Superbirds/Daytona Chargers is statement true? - Page 2

**gb70** · #11 10-24-2009, 12:54 AM

Steve, do you mean to say just in the B bodies? I have owned 2 E bodies (cudas) with the "U" code 440 ci 4 barrel.

**njsteve** · #12 10-24-2009, 03:13 AM

Only applies to Road Runners in 1970.

**gb70** · #13 10-24-2009, 04:17 AM

Interesting I did not know that. I have had some b bodies, but I have not had a Road Runner.

jannes_z-28 · #14 10-24-2009, 09:01 AM

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If you spot a 70 Road Runner with a "U" engine code (I.E. RM23U0), it's a 'Bird.

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But there are Hemi superbirds that were converted back to Roadrunners, they have the R-code.

One lucky guy over here found out that it wasn't just an ordinary Hemi roadrunner he had, it was a Superbird. Telltale was of course the rearwindow and the rearwing reinforcements in the rear quarters.

Car is in its final moments of restoration and should be ready for next summer.

Jan

**njsteve** · #15 10-24-2009, 05:41 PM

You're reading way too much into this. He was just giving a heads up for people. What he is saying is that since the 440 4bbl was not avail in a RM23 Roadrunner, if you find an RM23 Roadrunner with a U engine code in the VIN, it was originally a Superbird because there were no 440 4bbl Roadrunners except for the RM23U Roadrunner Superbirds.

Your buddy's car must have been a heck of a find. Not only a Superbird but a hemi, too. Was it found over there or in the states and shipped over?

jannes_z-28 · #16 10-25-2009, 02:51 AM

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Your buddy's car must have been a heck of a find. Not only a Superbird but a hemi, too. Was it found over there or in the states and shipped over?

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It was one of many musclecars that ended up here in the mid 70's, and it came here as a Hemi Roadrunner. It was many years later that the owner of it then made the discovery.
After many years of restoration it is now a Superbird again. It has been a lot of hassle to find parts for it, especially the nose.

Jan

**njsteve** · #17 10-25-2009, 03:09 AM

Awesome. Post some photos when you get a chance.

COPO_Anders · #18 10-26-2009, 02:51 AM

Janne, is it this one ?

**njsteve** · #19 10-26-2009, 04:01 AM

That would be one de-winged Superbird.

jannes_z-28 · #20 10-26-2009, 03:30 PM

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Janne, is it this one ?

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Yes that's the one, came to Sweden in 1976.

Jan

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