1970 Plymouth Superbird

While I am not really what I would consider to be a huge Mopar fan, there are certain models that stand out to me.

This 1970 Plymouth Superbird being one.

1970 Plymouth Superbird

It started as a more base model Plymouth Roadrunner, and was fitted with an aerodynamic cheating nose cone, and giant wing on the back. The theory at the time was that the wing was that tall, to get it into "undisturbed" air flowing above the car.
This later was debunked, and it turns out the height was determined by the clearance needed to open the trunk.

Really just to get the trunk open

The addition of the nose cone, adds 19" over the length of the same year Roadrunner.

Giant nose cone for high speed aero.

My choice for color is a color known as "Lemon Twist".  I forget the actual Plymouth paint code, but this is a close approximation.

I did some research online, and really fell in love with the yellow color, with the black stripes and roof. However, there appeared in online searching to be different shades of yellow.
I don't know if this was factory, or people had repainted their cars, or even if they were clones made in someone's garage.
There was a company that offered correct, factory matched lemon twist paint, but I couldn't see spending $15 for a bottle of paint just for the one car.

And seeing as Lemon Twist was only offered on a few mopars, of vary limited years, I didn't see needing it for more cars in the near future.

This particular kits came with the factory 440 - 6 barrel set-up. It is basically 3 2-barrel carbs.
I also found it difficult to get good clear pictures under the hood of a Superbird, so I picked out some details, in colors that I felt added some visual interest under the hood.

All in all, a great kit, of a really unusual and identifiable car from the muscle car era.
The only thing that could ever even be remotely confused with it, would be it's corporate cousin, the Dodge Daytona.