1970 Superbird & 1972 Cuda Racing On Interstate 75

[Creoledog]

CB RADIO WILL LEAVE FOREVER THE GOVERNMENT CAN CUT THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONES BUT NOT A CB RADIO

[orange70383]

I like the way the B-body torques and lifts the front drivers side. The cars would take that stance just before you'd feel it take off.

[Vaicurious]

CB radios, sweet!

[W31350]

really cool to see those icons together. great video...

[TropicalConfederate]

Oh gawd those cars are slow slugs lol, this was awesome to watch. Even seeing the trooper with someone pulled over just the same as today just with oilder vehicles. I wasn't even a year old when this video was made!

[TheBrute60]

Hey, I had a couple of 70 Road Runners, That's as close as you come to these Super Birds. You MUST have driven a Road Runner before, what can you say or feel as for the difference in these cars? Honestly curious! Do I know that feeling, of driving a Bird. or no?

[OneBadSuperbird]

@TheBrute60 To sum it up in one word - aerodynamics. Under acceleration in a Superbird, you can literally feel the car pull itself to the ground as you accelerate past 90-100 MPH. Below those speeds, they're essentially the same car besides the obvious aero body parts.

[WillieWonka928D]

The Superbird is such a cool car. I can't believe no one wanted it in 1970, wtf is wrong with people lol. I only know of 1 for sale, its at a Classic Car shop in Clarkston, Michigan. Its the usual orange color with a 440 4bbl under the hood with an Automatic. Their asking $175k. I knew of another one in Bay City, MI with a 440 6 pack and a 4 speed for $135k but that one is sold, to one lucky person.

[WillieWonka928D]

@HomeboySCO A little over $4000 in 1970. Now they're worth over $100k

[DetonatorYellow]

@HomeboySCO

Like 5-7 thousand....

[HawkRock1996]

Dont ever sell it,You will hate yourself forever.

[curtknows101]

That is too COOL and going on my Favorites, a Big thumbs up over lol

[MRAwesome1968]

MOPAR or no car!

[AphxTwn666]

im glad they have this car in gran turismo its great in the game as well as real life!

[euX222X]

wow... its so beatifull, vey nice video... congratulations!!!

[ekpd181]

Life in the 80s ? The Cuda body you see started in 1970, The winged Superbird or Daytona have been around since the late 60s

[xsmokedoutx]

@HomeboySCO 6500.00-7500.00

[tolow16]

@xsmokedoutx man i would love to go back in time to buy one when they was cheap now days there in the range of 500-800K dollars

[hltibbs]

I knew you were up in Northern Ohio when I saw the weigh station sign. The Bowling Green weight station is one a few of us truckers don't forget.

[70moparbaby]

so jealous!

[MaharishiMahaYogi]

I have a friend who worked at a dealer in 1970 and they had one in the showroom for a year and a half, couldn't give it away. They ended up selling it to a driver's ed school.

[NeroX231]

your superbird is amazing u should have found someone in a honda and smoke em ur a lucky man to have such a car like that

[OneBadSuperbird]

@NeroX231 Thank you! It's hard to believe the ol' Superbird and I have been together for nearly 30 years now. Just today, a good friend of mine posted a picture of the Superbird launching off the starting line at the 1986 Supercar Showdown (about 10 months after this video was shot) and it was a pic that I had never seen before. That was really cool!

[msbaugh440]

@OneBadSuperbird well I really hope you still drive her like you did in this video... rarely does a superbird get driven how it's supposed too.

[OneBadSuperbird]

@msbaugh440 Actually, the ol' Bird is undergoing a transformation. It's been a street and strip car for the last 20 years. It now has a 4-link rear, Dana 60, sub-frame connectors, roll cage and there's a fresh all-aluminum block and heads Indy/Koffel's low-deck stroker making 860 horsepower readty to drop in it. Check out some of my other videos to see the car when it still had the 440 in it and the fyno pulls of the new motor. The putists hate me for making an original Bird a drag car!

[msbaugh440]

@OneBadSuperbird honestly my opinion is simply as long is it stays MOPAR powered who cares... why leave it stock and never drive it right? Just don't get rid of that 440... lol

[OneBadSuperbird]

@msbaugh440 The 440 that was in the car wasn't the original 440. The original owner grenaded that engine when the car was still under warranty and I grenaded the warranty engine in 1985. I'll never get rid of the 440 that was in the car either though as it was built in 1986 by a friend who passed away in 1990. That enhgine survived over 20 years of being pounded on and still ran 12.80's when it came out of the car. It's now retired and lived on an engine stand.

[TheSlickSpencer]

They 1970 Plymouth superbird is my dream car to have when i get older. So hard to find them though :/

[didileypits]

@TheSlickSpencer Nothing is too hard to find if you have enough money

[iSkate7104]

I have a '71 340 'Cuda and a 318 project 1970 Barracuda

[adrenalineboyzryan]

I would kill to own one of those cars! You guys are dam lucky to have such amazing machines!

[OneBadSuperbird]

@adrenalineboyzryan Thanks! Keep in mind that the camera car was also a cool ride. It's a Limelight Green 440 Six Pack automatic Superbird.

[adrenalineboyzryan]

@OneBadSuperbird Oh man, that would be one hell of a fun day riding in that pack! Always great to see a classic, and to see such rare cars as these together would be amazing!

[OneBadSuperbird]

@adrenalineboyzryan Them were definitely the good old days!!!

[angelazul1234]

o love the barra cudA

[dorkf1sh]

I miss racing my 69 Hemi Roadrunner back in the early 80's down on North Main in Riverside, CA. Very few Chevy guys would even take the race.

[hamtrak]

Knew a guy that bought an Alpine White Superbird in 1978 for $1,600 bucks! All it needed was minor repair to the nose. That guy probably retired on what that car is worth today :o

[partywithbonscott]

God this looks like so much fun. Hopefully during my lifetime I accumulate more muscle car friends and we can do this up pacific coast highway.

[Wrestlemainia25]

all ya need is a trans am, a big rig, and a couple more smokeys and you'll have a gr8 chase scene

[OneBadSuperbird]

The sticker price was around $4,200 nut you could get one between $3,000 and $3,500.

[candle2k]

@OneBadSuperbird The sad thing is is that a lot of Superbirds even stayed on the showroom floor until late 71

[copedipinredneck]

i know theirs the mopar nats, in kirksville what car show were u going to?

[OneBadSuperbird]

LOL ya mean Kirkersville? Actually, National Trail Raceway is in the fine town of Hebron. Anyways, we were on our way to the 1985 SIAC (Special Interest Auto Club - they catered mainly to T/A's and AAR's) Columbus, Ohio Meet which was held at Northland Dodge on Morse Road in Columbus. What a blast that weekend was!

[copedipinredneck]

make your way to the nats and then go to keif i think thats the town, brice road means nothing now police overlook most of everything in heif or keif its been a while

[OneBadSuperbird]

The town is Heath. It's a few miles northest of National Trail Raceway. It was pretty cool a couple years ago but this year started it's decline due to the cops cracking down a little harder and the motels starting to really gouge on the rates.

[Zando24]

I could never afford a new Challenger on a college budget, but since high school I've been working on a classic one, and it's faster than the new Challenger for less than half the price of a new one. Around 16,000. Originally, they came out around 3,000 dollars. In today's money, that's 17,000. Compare that to the 39,000 dollar 09' model. That's just how I figure they are better all around.

[zero442]

what kind of restomod suspension is out there for E bodies? I just graduated college and havent worked on a MOPAR cince my 66 sport fury. I want classic looks with Handling

[OneBadSuperbird]

The white Superbird in this video now has a fully adjustable four-link coilover rear suspension from the folks at UnlawfulRacing . I don't think YouTube allows links so do a Google search under Unlawful Racing and rear suspension and I'm sure it'll come right up. They can also steer you (no pun intended) in the right direction on modern front suspension and steering components too.

[zero442]

I appreciate the help . Sweet car and vids. My dream is a trans am racing series look car but with suspension such as yours. This will help.

[OneBadSuperbird]

I hope it works out for ya! Stuff like this ain't cheap but the difference is truly amazing. Best of luck with your project!

[Zando24]

Check out XV Motorsports, they are the best for E-body suspension upgrades. In fact, that's all they do. I also recommend Hotchkiss, but they make upgrades for E and B-bodies, among other things

[OneBadSuperbird]

They have good stuff too but I'll stick with the folks from UnlawfulRacing tnank you very much! Good people, good product and many, many years in dealing with MOPARS!!!

[Zando24]

Yeah, I was responding to Zero, not you about the upgrades lol. Mine is still in progress, so I'll check out unlawful. Ever hear about XV though? Car and Driver actually covered them?

[OneBadSuperbird]

Oh yeah, I've heard of em. Nothing personal but I wouldn't give em a red cent knowing the folks at UnlawfulRacing as well as I do. XV struck me as being inflated on their prices and overly stuck up and snooty. I have know the folks from UnlawfulRacing for many years and they are great people with endless knowledge and talent and track-tested and proven products. They get my money any day of the week!

[Zando24]

Yeah thanks for the advice, I'm sure you know what you're talking about...I'll check them out

[Zando24]

First of all, awesome cars. Especially the Superbird. Second of all, about the new vs old thing going on in here. Both the classic and modern muscle cars are fast, and both have the potential to win based on who's driving them. I perfer the classics by far, but I have nothing against the new ones. Look at how it took 40 years to make anything that could even compete with the 60's/70's muscle cars. In my opinion, they sound better, feel better, and look better. Hell, for the money they are better

[vcval]

that many mopars at the same time on the road and the cop is oblivious to what is going on lol my 67 a body used to smoke a bit when she hit 95 but suppose she was 40 years old and a slant lol mopars rule

[psychoclown420]

I used to live around there, but i wasn't born yet when this video was made

[OneBadSuperbird]

Man, that just made me feel really old!

[psychoclown420]

well, i'm only 15

[Tripp426]

Now that's a good time.

[AllFoamNoBeer]

CB radio...tooo funny ~

[eldorado303]

freakin ace!!! i love cb's. i was a cb buddy till 2001. it was awesome. started in 94.

im gonna bring the cb back. i love the vibe.

nice vid man... awesome pulling

[bernerdoggie12]

wow 2 superbirds and a cuda. I would have my camera out if I saw that trio on the highway..  If i could have any one of those I would want the lime green Superbird. I love that color.

[josemustang65]

Those were the good old times.

[72charger440se]

OH ya! classic American Muscle, the best and always will be at the top! i woulnt give my 72 charger for any new car! new cars are kinda boring compared to classics and new performance will never sound as awesome as classic performance!!

[68RDRNR]

Just to add to your comment, in 40 years new car performance will be a soup can, and not a million dollar piece at Barrett Jackson!

[2007ShelbyCobra]

very cool, but lol, these cars are so slow compared to new ones. I know back in the day that kind of horsepower and speed was crazy, its amazing how much the standard has gone up

[OneBadSuperbird]

OK, I just have to jump in here. All three cars in this video, the white Superbird, the orange Cuda and the green Superbird camera car were all low 13 second cars. Yeah there are a few cars built today that are indeed quicker but make no mistake, the REAL horsepower and torque days were in the '60's and '70's. There are musclecars of all makes that run in the Pure Stock Musclecar Drags every year that run low 12's on the skinny little bias-ply tires that was factory stock back in the day.

[CobArchEnemy406]

OneBadSuperbird i have to agree with you. 2007ShelbyCobra thank you for the respect it means a ton to muscle freaks like myself. however, they are not slow at all. take a ride in one of these old gems and you will definitely need a change of pants after. lol.

[lostcause525]

A friend of mine has a black 68 dart and a 32 Chrysler. (not sure what model) even If you go back as far as the 30's, they're a rush to ride in. I'd love to drive some good old muscle with 3 inch pipes, yeah, it'll give ya a rush.

[DIMEBAGJIMMY426]

you should really think about removing your comment if theres one thing you should no obviosly you dont no much about true muscle cars its that mopar guys are a different breed of car guys i might be a pot head but im also a mopar guy and idk about anyone else but wen i read your comment it really pissed me off im not gunna sugar coat it at all your an idiot those cars were and are extremely powerfuland very fast especially for being 40 years old

[OneBadSuperbird]

No worries man. I've come to realize that the internet is loaded with morons who are absolutely clueless. I just tell the morons off with facts and reality checks and if they keep on, I just remove their comments and block them. Too many idiots with no common sense in the world nowadays.

[2007ShelbyCobra]

Its just that this video is from a highway roll, and there are PLENTY of newer muscle cars that would have the old ones in some trouble. No shit that from a light or at the strip the old ones would win stock for stock, but on the highway or for high speeds newer owns.

[DIMEBAGJIMMY426]

lol duhh id hope after 40 years we would have cars that are faster then 60s and 70s cars alls im saying is that ur wrong about muscle cars and for the record real muscle cars are 1962 to 1973 new cars arent muscle cars

[OneBadSuperbird]

Newer owns? Let's take the OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION out of the picture and see what owns. A mildly prepped Daytona or Superbird with gearing can top 200 MPH. You have to remember to that horsepower and torque are always the variables here. Not taking anything away from today's cars but they don't "own" anything.

[Hless421]

american muscle ahhhh they sure made some beauties back in those days. great to still see them out there.

[mbleft]

Love the cop on the side of the road.

[73sebrougham]

This is the best! love the fact you use C.B radios too!! Great video

[55f350]

CHRIST IM GETTING OLD , AND THESE VIDS SURE BRING BACK MEMEORIES FROM THE DAY !!!!!!!!!!! NOW I GO A BIT SLOWER , MY BUD NORM , MR.MOPAR WELL HE'S BUILDING HIS 70 HEMI CHALLENGER VERT , IM STILL PUTTERING AROUND IN THE 1ST COOLEST NEXT TO A REAL HEMI , A FLATHEAD lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey, I'm glad ya liked the video! Keep the gearhead faith! In these tough times, these are some fond memories we can look back on of a different time and place in our lives. Thanks for stopping by.

[leofender22]

Cool! I love all your videos. Show glimpses of Mopar before they were real old, but still classic.

You guys runnin CB radio>? That would be cool.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey! I'm glad you enjoy our videos! Posting these videos from back in the day bring back a lot of really cool memories for me of a completely different time. We were running C.B.'s in this video. In fact the three count is given from inside the green Superbird that the camera is in over the C.B. right after we pass the Ohio Highway Patrol trooper with the car pulled over.

[RollinOnDemDubz]

y didnt u race with them?

[OneBadSuperbird]

Ummmmmmm...I was driving the white Superbird. Two people I know were in the green Superbird that was behind us and I let them use my video camera. Also, there are only two lanes. Be kinda tough to put three cars in two lanes, don't ya think?

[Kaevar7]

good to see 'em runnin free and wild!

[blakew04]

So true!

[BurnoutJacK]

Love the Superbird!

[VampyrMygg]

now that is awesome, my two most favorite cars in the entire world, in a race :p

[Bbdrew]

God I love these cars.

I only wish I could get my hands on one.

But I'm in the same shoes as others.

I drive a 2001 Mustang v6 because it's all I can afford being 18 with a minimum wage job + school. Would kill for any v8 muscle car tbh, but Mopar is king.

One day I hope to get one of the new R/T Charger or Challengers.

But i still am making payments on my little v6 mustang and owe 6,000 and I already worry about those payments :(

[OneBadSuperbird]

Keep the faith! Stay in school and work hard. You can make the dream a reality. Good luck!

[Chevaholic]

Well they are selling 5.7L Hemi models, just shy from 400 hp for around $20,000.00 not all that bad. Even cheaper than a brand new Honda supprisingly.

[NismoTyler]

Hey man by the time you're able to afford your own high end ride, the 08 and 09 Challengers will be thousands less! They'll probably be around 11,000 in the next few years.

[zzfan1]

HI THERE! I'm 15 years old, and I can't find ANY classic or muscle car to save my life. When I do find one, they are about $20,000 or something. xxshortyownzxx, how does someone your age get that many classic muscle cars without winning the lottery? The only classic I can find at all is a 1965 International R190 (which about thes size of a Dodge Ram). My dad won't let me get the darn thing. When will some luck come my way? I'm not driving some trashy plastic Rice Grinder car thats for sure.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey, where are you from? There's still deals to be had out there. Maybe not anything real exotic but definitely something classic and with some muscle under the hood. Leave no stones unturned and check craigslist often. Keep the faith and the right car will come along!

[zzfan1]

I am in the dayton area (not in dayton itself, but in the area) Ohio, and none of the junkyards have classics (other than the one truck at a scrap yard I mentioned that my dad won't let me get). I have found classics on craigslist but they are several hours away, like on the other side of the state or something.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Cool deal. There's a LOT of Mopars spread out across Ohio. In fact, the video on this page was shot on I-75 about 100-110 miles north of Dayton. I have a lot of Mopar buddies across Ohio so let me know what your budget is and maybe I can help ya find something.

[xxshortyownzxx]

honestly i'm only 16 and i hate most of the kids views on cars at my school. they all like those ugly fast and the furious cars or real new stuff. i like it old. right now my daily driver is a 79 mustang 5.0 with a 86 front clip that runs 12's in the quarter. and i'm in the process of roddin up a 69 charger and 67 mustang. the 69 has a 440 and there is nothin better than linin up on a dirt road and smokin some ignorant punk who thinks he's faster cuz his carsr body is nicer

[OneBadSuperbird]

Cool deal! I'm glad to hear that there's still a few young guns out there who respect the old styff. Keep the faith!

[flyfish777]

its all about money, what all is done to this an that, mopar or no car for me, its about looks an power, i gotta purple 67 cuda for sale, see craigslist, atlanta,, fast 360, plum crazyfastback cuda,

[Boss302fan]

I love this video. Wow. Very nice.

[alkyinjected426]

Glad to hear you still own the car, too many mopar owners sell out because of a (more money than brains) collector offers them a handfull of C-notes and then sits on the car polishing it with a diaper hoping to turn a quick buck down the road. These cars were meant to be driven and enjoyed. If you ever get the chance bring it out to Mopars In The Park at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Minnesota. Wing cars rule!

[OneBadSuperbird]

I have wanted to come out to the Mopars In the Park event for many years now. The date clashed with the Englishtown Mopar event for many years and now we don't even cover that event. I kinda tend to stick to Mopar events that have drag racing but I will definitely make it out there one day. And you are so right about folks selling out. I could never do that and they'll have to fight over my wings when I'm dead and gone.

[harley145000]

looks like the cuda had a little chevy dust still stuck in the carb for a sec.

[slashmckagen]

You still have the superbird?

[OneBadSuperbird]

I sure do. I've owned the car since 1981. It's not a stock Alpine White 440 4-barrel Superbird anymore though. You can see it in another one of the video I have posted here on YouTube. The car is now done up as a replica of the Sox & Martin Superbird.

[slashmckagen]

Sweet!!and thanks for the reply :D

[jamescgale]

This is an old video. Did you see that cop car?

[tankcore]

That's pretty cool, I've never seen "vintage" street racing action before, at least not on a real public road.

[maxell07c0]

ahhhh the days when gas was around a buck a gallon and drinking many beers and playing cb tag :)~

[aj0049]

i did a double take when i saw the oldie cop cruiser cuz i was like 'wow that 80's', then i had to read the description :-P

[cudagon]

cool,thay didn't open them up,to bad,no need we know,a zippy 340 vs a top end 383,it sucks not having a mopar anymore

[PontiacMuscle400]

Very nice, I still need to get a vid of me and my buddy highway haulin'. I like that you have a separate cameraman and it's not night like most of the dumbass race videos you see.

[Ttran778]

I saw one on I35 in Austin,TX in my yaris the other day. They definitely don't make cars like the Superbird anymore :-(

[phxsuns111]

how many tickets did you all get together that day

[OneBadSuperbird]

We had a lot of fun that weekend and believe it or not, no one ever even got pulled over! When we got to the Mopar show in Columbus that we were going to, I had a spare set of tires that we put on for the burnout contest. I did a burnout that was over a minute long and smoked out the entire dealership the show was held at. I'll have to dig out that footage and post it up here.

[phxsuns111]

Love Mopar always will! I'd love to see that sick burnout, I've seen a few chiped and charged 300Cs(new 5.7L & 6.1L) smoke out people but the Superbird a true HEMI can't wait to see what that's like

[OneBadSuperbird]

I'm leaving for Phoenix and Las Vegas in a few days but I will post the video when I get back. By the way, the Superbird had a 440 in it at the time. The engine is currently out of the car and I'm still not sure if another 440 will go back in the car or whether it will be a Hemi this time around. To see more of this car as it is these days, be sure and check out my "Sox & Martin Tribute Superbird 1/4 mile pass" video.

[lynxvosmia]

man, if I saw 2 Superbirds and a Hemi Cuda driving down the highway together I think I'd shit myself!

[OneBadSuperbird]

The Cuda was still 340 powered back then but who's counting? LOL! There was also two '69 383 Road Runners with us that day, a white one and a blue one.

[bigdoglildog1]

what kinda car is the camera man in

[OneBadSuperbird]

Another Superbird. Limelight Green 440 Six Barrel automatic. Yeah, we sure had a lot of fun back in the day!

[ariel4more]

holy shit, it is a small world after all. This is I-75. The sign said Findlay/Ottwa. That is about 10 miles from my house. I was going to ask where at on 75 this was, I got curious when I saw how flat the ground was, and then the sign answered that question.

[Rhenoism]

I remember travelling through there in the summer of '95 with a CB and hearing about the two truck drivers who got into a fight. One stabbed the other with a knife at a rest area. Yeah, it's a small world.

[ariel4more]

really, I never heard about that one. I only would have been 12 at the time, that might have been why.

[73DrtSprt]

what do they got in then...superbird has to be 383 or better..cuda..340???

[OneBadSuperbird]

The Superbird is a 440 four barrel automatic and the Cuda was a 340 four speed. Now, 22 years later, the Superbird is a functioning replica of the Sox & Martin Superbird and is getting an Indy Cylinder Head all-aluminum 451. The Cuda is now powered by a Hemi. I still own the Superbird and my buddy Dave still owns the Cuda.

[73DrtSprt]

hell yess!!!! SWEEEET..im slowly workin my way up..got a 73 Dodge Dart Sport.and soon to get a 72 Charger 440 magnum..426 Hemi 72 Cuda???? sox n martin ehh..bet thats a fun thing to drive..like exact replica..or just close body stuff..same engine and some off things?? take for a spin will ya

[OneBadSuperbird]

I converted the Superbird over to an S & M replica in 1991. It retained the basically stock 440 right up til a couple months ago and ran a best of 12.86 @ 108.5. The car is currently apart and getting the new 451 and some chassis mods. The original S & M car was a four speed but this car was and still will be a automatic. Check out my other videos to see the car in action with the old engine.

[73DrtSprt]

sweet duee..sell me the 440..so i can put it in my dart..lol..my frame would be worth a shit if i did that..lol..

[OneBadSuperbird]

Actually, the 440 is going to end up getting completely detailed and put on an engine stand. If you watch the video of the '72 Charger Rallye 440 Six Pack owner interview, the owner of that car built this 440 in 1986 and it's been in the Bird virtually untouched ever since. Mike passed away in 1990 and this engine is my memorial to my friend.

[73DrtSprt]

sad..MOPAR!!!!!!