The Superbird wing is now on my 69 Roadrunner (with pics)

hotrod98 said:

We like to stand out in a crowd. My wife and I have always had musclecars of some kind. Even though our Cudas are pretty much stock except for aftermarket wheels, they stand out on their own just because no on sees many cudas out driving around. The roadrunners, while fairly rare, don't seem to stand out. Kind of like comparing Torinos to Mustangs or Monte Carlos to Camaros. The wing changed all of that.

Now my Daytona will stand out. Big, black and menacing.

I've always said that we don't really own these cars...we're just temporary caretakers.

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hotrod98 said:

Excuse me? Who's the attention whore? :grin:

Okay, so we both are. Must have something to do with those wings.

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hotrod98 said:

I've always loved the purple wingcar....:yes:

I did finally get the decals on the wing. They're black lettered decals but look white when the camera flash hits them.

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hotrod98 said:

Mike Goyette with dayclona is a great guy. I've bought many wingcar parts from him and they've all been top notch.
I just bought a 68 Road Runner and I may have to put a wing on it. We drive our 69 just about every day now. We were over in Fort Smith picking up car parts today and I was surprised at how many people honk at us every where we go. They all give a thumbs up for the car. Big difference from when we drove it before. No one ever even noticed the car before adding the wing.

Here's a couple of pics of a yellow 68 with a wing. Would love to know where it is today.

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hotrod98 said:

This old runner is no where near as nice of a car as the pics make it out to be. The paint is almost non-existent. It has numerous dings,dents and rust bubbles and the driveline is not original to the car. The seats have repro covers that were installed in the 80's and now they're coming apart. Half of the headliner is missing and the door trim panels are coming apart. It's an old everyday run of the mill Roadrunner that belongs to me and will probably not be sold while I'm alive. In fact it probably won't be sold by my son or my grandson either. We drilled a few holes in the top of the quarter panels and bolted the wing on. We can always take it off and weld up the holes. No one would ever know. What harm has it caused?
We drive the car almost every day now and it never fails to attract attention. We hardly ever chose this car to drive before. We would usually pick one of our cudas or one of our Trans Ams. Now when we come out of a restauraunt or a store, there is almost always someone looking at the car. They love it.
There are very few Mopar faithfuls around this part of the world. I probably own more mopars than the other 250,000 people that live in this area combined and that's not an exaggeration. This wing has been the best thing that has ever happened to this old pile since the day it was built. It gave it a new look and a new life that it never had before. I've taken this runner to car shows around here over the last few years and people would walk right by it. I'll bet they don't walk right by it now.
Once I've finished my Daytona clone and my wife's Superbird clone, we may take the wing off of the runner and hang it on the wall with all of the other wingcar parts that we have left over from past projects. I plan to restore the car eventually anyway. But, for now, we're having fun. :grin:

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