Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Charger Daytona

Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Charger Daytona

Only one word comes to mind when I think of these cars. WOW!
I mean really with that long low look they just screamed speed. Originally over 200 mph on the Daytona and over 150 with the later Superbird off the showroom floor could anyone argue that these were true muscle cars?  They were designed for low air drag and the designed worked. On the NASCAR track they were winners.

I only saw a couple of these, built for speed, cars on the street in my life. One just in passing the other belonged to the son of a Chrysler/Plymouth dealer where I went to college. He had the yellow Superbird and everybody stared at that beast as he cruised through the small town. Some of the spectators just shook their heads as he drove by, the rest of them couldn’t keep their chins off the ground. The extended front end and the high tail spoiler made it quite noticeable. Now he did have the HEMI in that baby and even though I never saw it, I heard he often opened it up on the highway outside of town. I was then and still am now sorry I missed it.

The life of these special muscle cars was short lived. Insurance, pollution emissions then later fuel shortages and (haha) higher gasoline prices shut these performers down, as they did all the great muscle cars.