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Back In The MOPAR Game!

Lighthorseman

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Hello everyone - After a too-long hiatus for family and career, I am finally back in the Mopar game with my new acquisition...and here's the backstory.

I got my first Mopar when I was 17. It was a '79 Dodge Aspen RT. Eventually, it ended up with a tunnel ram, 2 fours, a good sized cam and centrelines. Sadly, I got this one BEFORE I had ever even heard of the B Body Mopars.

On cruise night, I'd pull in beside SuperBees and RoadRunners, and wish I had purchased one of THOSE. For a while, my dream car was a '69 SuperBee, 440 6 Pack 4 speed.

Then I saw a picture of a SuperBird. Okay, that was IT! One look was all I neded to know what my vision of the ultimate Mopar was. I remember thinking that it was a shame they never made those in convertibles...and it wasn't too long before I had the epiphany.

I was in my work truck, and it was a nice day. The radio was on, and Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream" started playing. He was singing about the sun beating down, and driving with the radio playing. My mind wandered, as it does too often, and the vision of a SuperBird convertible tooling down the road...with ME at the wheel took over.

I had just always assumed that there was no real way to make a Superbird convertible, because the parts had not been made for 20 years.

That was about 20 (at least) years ago. That automotive ideal has never left, and has never been replaced by another. The convertible SuperBird has been my automotive holy grail for that long. Then the internet and all the wealth of information attached to it came to be. As I got closer to being able to look seriously for a fun summer car, I found out that while it would be a lot of work, there ARE sources out there to make such a dream a reality.

And so, the first step. I have been looking for years, and have finally found a 1970 Satellite that I hope to turn into a convertible SuperBird.

The previous owner had too many irons in the fire and had to liquidate toys to stave off bankruptcy. It has all original sheet metal, and is lemon twist yellow with a 383 column-shifted automatic transmission with 43,150 miles on it. The car has factory air, as well as power steering, brakes, windows and top. It is originally a California car, and as such, is completely rust-free and solid.

Because I interrupted his restoration, I have some final assembly to do, but virtually everything I need came with it.

Here's the car coming off the carhauler.
 

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Hey man.

Awesome write-up (yes I did read the whole thing).

Good luck. Looks like ya got a real nice platform to build on.
 
Sweet car brother, welcome to the site from the Motor City! Moparstuart will be able to help you out conciderably if you have any questions, I'm sure he will be chiming in shortly.
 
Welcome to FBBO forum. Good luck with your build.
 
yes we have already talked on the aerocar board at DC.com

here is what you may end up with
 

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Moparstuart, I got to laughing when I saw the pic of your car out in front of the Dollar Tree, I notice you stole all the money off the tree out front and came back to the same location to take a pic with the car you built using all that money!!!!!
 
That is too funny, my 3 year old Skylee loves Dollar Tree as well!! loves those junk toys that break the minute you get em' out of the package!
 
Thanks for the warm welcome! I got the front bumper and grille put on, as well as some general cleaning and wiring. Took it out for a quick spin, then stopped by the pond for a quick picture before putting it back in the garage.

Sorry for the picture quality - the sun really washed out the colour.
 

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welcome.Is that going to be a lemon twist convert?
 
Good Idea!

Good idea Tallhair. x2 on the update. Maybe Lighthorseman needs a :poke:
 
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