Birds and Bees

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The Dodge Super Bee is a mid-sized muscle car that was produced from 1968 through 1971 model years. The origin of the name, "Super Bee", has its basis in the "B" Body designation pertinent to Chrysler's mid-sized cars, including the Road Runner and Charger. A "six-pack" (three two-barrel Holley carburetors) version of Dodge's 440 cu in engine was added to the offering list mid 1969 rated at 390 bhp @ 4700 rpm and 490 lb⋅ft @ 3600 rpm of torque.
1:24 Revell '69 Dodge Super Bee 440 Six Pack

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The Superbird was based on and served as the successor to the Dodge Charger Daytona that was used for the 1969 and early part of the 1970 NASCAR season. While Dodge only needed to sell 500 units of the Daytona, new rules mandated that Plymouth sell one Superbird per dealership to compete.

Thus, just like Dodge with the 1969 Daytona, Plymouth made the 1970 Superbird available to the public, purely for homologation purposes. It did not sell particularly well, but did enough to make it eligible for NASCAR, which was the whole point anyway.

Plymouth would be rewarded for their invention of the Superbird. In 1969, Plymouth raced the Dodge Daytona and did very well, winning two races. The next year, the Daytona won another four before it was succeeded by the Superbird. The Superbird, piloted by the famous Richard Petty, won eight races in 1970, showing it to be an improvement over the Daytona – or maybe it was just the addition of Petty.

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Chris Reimann check out the updated photos now that the models are completed.

Bill Newcomer
Thanks for sharing. When I was in grade school, the neighbor up the street had an Orange Superbird for a couple of years.

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Bill Newcomer how cool is that! For me the sad thing is that NASCAR only uses cars from Toyota, Ford, and Chevrolet. The current models used are the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, the Ford Mustang GT, and the Toyota TRD Camry.