Mah new toy

[goldenfooler]

sorry apache.. looks like a 5 yr old put a wing on that thing.

[Apache Warrior]

The short-lived Plymouth Road Runner Superbird was a highly modified version of the Plymouth Road Runner with well known graphics and horn. A horn which mimicked the Road Runner cartoon character.
Developed specifically for NASCAR racing, the Superbird, a modified Road Runner, was Plymouth's follow-on design to the Charger Daytona fielded by sister company Dodge in the previous season.
The rear wing was mounted on tall vertical struts that put it into less disturbed air thus increasing the efficiency of the downdraft that it placed upon the car's rear axle. For nearly 30 years the mathematic formula used to determine the exact height of the enormous wing was thought to be a highly guarded Chrysler secret. However, in the 1990s a retired Chrysler project engineer admitted publicly that the height was determined in much simpler fashion: it was designed to provide clearance for the trunklid to open freely. The rear-facing fender scoops were thought to ventilate trapped air from the wheel wells in order to facilitate brake cooling, but in reality they were to hide cut outs in the hood to allow wheel clearance due to the lowered height of the car for NASCAR. Ground clearance was 7.2
NASCAR's homologation requirement demanded that vehicles to be raced must be available to the general public and sold through dealerships in specific minimum numbers. For 1970, NASCAR raised the production requirement from 500 examples to one for every two manufacturer's dealers in the United States; in the case of Plymouth, that meant having to build 1,920 Superbirds. Due to increasing emissions regulations, combined with insurance hikes for high performance cars, 1970 was its only production year.
On the street, the nose cone and wing were very distinctive, but the aerodynamic improvements hardly made a difference there or on the drag strip. In fact, the 1970 Road Runner was actually quicker in the quarter mile and standard acceleration tests due to the increased weight of the Superbird's nose and wing. Only at speeds in excess of 90 mph (140 km/h) did the modifications show any benefit.
The Superbird's styling proved to be a little extreme for 1970 tastes (many customers preferred the regular Road Runner), and as a consequence, many of the 1,920 examples built sat unsold on the back lots of dealerships as late as 1972. Some were converted into 1970 Road Runners to move them off the sales lot. In recent years, however, the Superbird has become quite valuable. A Superbird can fetch anywhere from US$300,000 to US$2,000,000.

Apache

[JohnyRico]

Update: Today on the way to work I got pulled over doing 120 mph. The cop asked me how I had managed to get my vanity plate (CHLNGR), told me I had a hot car and gave me a ticket for 65 in a 60. Close one.

[K PhaNTOM]

I want one!

[Duke{CLR}]

Nice ride!

[Dead_And_Gone]

Middle aged crazy... Just sayin

Nice ride though

[JohnyRico]

I do not deny the "Midlife-Crisis-Mobile" angle. At least I'm not making an asshat of myself with some gold diggin' 20 something.

[K PhaNTOM]

gold diggin' 20 something.

I have a name, you know...

[[TT]BrundleFly]

Well...Now I got a stiffy...