Hi

Been here before ... just had to reg agin..

ok here we go I found my wife her dream car for her b-day.. So now im looking for some info on birds ..

1. what do all the #s on the top two lines of the fender tag denote ?

2. I seen a post on here a the bird owner has two jacks ? hows that ?

3. We got this car and it has a nice cage in it. should i cut it out or leave it in ?

4. the hood is luvered ( funky ) Can the hood be re-skined ?

5. How does anyone like the Passon overdrive Or is there better way .. ( we want to tour with the car )

this is the way we found here resting in the garge for the last 20+years ...and we are the 2nd owners

sorry about the size of the pic ...

Thanks
David ...

The Passon OD trans is an awesome piece, you'll love it! However, if you still have the original #'s matching trans don't let it go anywhere!

Nice find,......as far as the cage in the car, if it your "wife's" car, I'm sure she'll have a say as to wether it stays or goes esp if you have to climb over a bar to get in?.......be interesting to see some pics of the "louvered" hood?

I'll assume that asking about the Passon transmission, the car is a 4spd, if so, it should have a dana 60 rear with (if stock) 3:54's or 4:10 gears, the 3:54's aren't bad for cruising, the 4:10's will be street only, as they would be unbearable for highway use, unless you like driving "slow" ,.....the Passon gearbox would be a nice upgrade if the "stock" look is what your after,........but if you like to cruise at speed, and have some serious top end speed, esp if equipped with 4:10's, and want to drasticaly lower the RPM's, and increase the MPG as well, I'd recommend a Keisler TKO 650/600 .64 OD 5 spd,.....that's usually my recommendation, I run one in my Tona' with a 440/6 Pak,450HP with a dana 60/ w 4:10's, and 27" tall tires,.....top speed is just under 150 MPH, at around 5800 RPM, cruising at 80 MPH is around 2200 RPM, fuel economy on long trips avgeraging 80 MPH is approx 20-22 MPG

Mike

Thanks all

for the great feed back
the tag decoaded is the numbers in read are the top two lines that dont decode

RM23:
Plymouth Belvedere,Satellite
Medium, Road Runner
2 Door Hardtop

V0A: 440 390HP 3-2BBL 8 CYL
1970
Lynch Road, MI, USA

: Sequence number

E87: 440 cid 3x2 barrel V8 (High Performance) 390hp
D21: 4 Speed Manual Transmission
EV2: Hemi Orange Exterior Color
P6XA: Trim - Premium, Vinyl Bucket Seats, Charcoal/Black
TX9: Black Int. Door Frames
B30: Build Date: November 30
: Order number

V19: Full Vinyl Top, Special Order (V19=Black on Superbird)
V88: Tranverse Stripes, Deleted

26: 26in Radiator
C16: Console w/Woodgrain Panel


122: Unknown
083: Unknown
676: Unknown

15150: Unknown
169388: Unknown


todays ?s

1. rebuilding the front end ( rubber or poly )

2. Tor-bars what die ? .90 ? (I dont want the front to lean)

3. what leafs in back ( want to keep the ride nice)

I want to lower it just a bit to get that track car look but not slamed ?

and we are doing a pic file that I will host and put up a link for you all...

Miguel (Migs big) is helping me do that..

who on here does bird parts?

thanks guys

Hey ramcuda (david) glad to see your back on the site, been awhile now.

Thanks for sending me those pics and john can't wait to work on the car. I'll say to wait awhile for body number posting til we get the car all sorted out and running good again.

The passion is a great conversion and may not modify the floorpan like earlier ones did (thought the rool cage saw to that).

If your looking for some good stuff on the bird, then Mike (dayclona) is your guy as he has those few little things you need that are specific to the car.

The fender tag read posted by Barry (Alaskan_TA) is not to bad as long as your read slow.

We talked about the cage and hood, so you know how I stand on those. If you want to leave the 440-6 out, I do have a nice slant 6, 3spd manual we can put in.

I didn't kow you needed more stuff than we talked about. If you are wondering about rubber/poly on it, wait til greg is done with my rallye charger. It's getting bigger bars, polygraphite, tubular arms, friction pads, HD swaybars, kyb or blisteins and some nice rollers. SO if you and misses D. ant to see if the poly might be too ruff or the rubber is just right, I'll throw you guys the keys & you can take it out for the week when you go to sacramento.

When you get the time, I'll get together and do the pictures, though I'm alittle busy this week with that other readrunner we found in the garage. See ya around.

Congrat's on the SuperBird!

Get it together and take the ride to Talladega Alabama for the Aero Warriors reunion at the end of October!

Post some pics of the hood, you never know if someone out there might trade you for a regular hood if they like yours.

For the rear springs, my nod is ESPO, they have done my last two wing cars leafs. They can adjust the ride height if you want.

David,
Here is a site, if you want to call to get info.
www.musclecarrestorations.com
They are out of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Here is a nice bird they did.

Good to see the pictures in the other thread!