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My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird #2997009
12/20/21 12:04 PM
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Operation: Hemi Superbird, the former Jim Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat record holder. As you can see from the pictures, it had various schemes from the original paint with decals to a brownish paint for which you can still see the white in the door jambs.

How it came to be... Pete called me about a part I was looking for on that 1970 six pack Charger R/T I am working on and conversation turned to he wanting to sell the Bird. I knew what Bird he had, have known Pete for nearly a decade, almost bought his former F6 Playboy Daytona but it wasn't meant to be. This time he told me about selling the Bird.. Lordy, a chance to get an original Hemi Winged Car with racing pedigree. I asked for a week to try and sell my 500, he said sure.. Damn if you wouldn't know it, I had someone interested in it in less than a day and bought a day or two later. This time, this car was meant for me.

Pete was a great caretaker to the car and had a bunch of documentation for me with the car including the original California pink slip with Mr. Lindsley and original plates and dealership frame !! Thank you again Salt-free Pete..

I weighted the cost of shipping and a flight to Connecticut to make the financial part versus me just going to get it. Thanks to my friend Jeremy for going with me and Dave P. for letting me borrow his trailer to Julius to supporting the decision. So, here it is. Will pull out of the trailer probably Friday, still on the road... will take some pictures of the rest of the car. Getting tired of the 3 days of heavy driving but have had a great time. Drove the car to lunch with Pete and Jeremy, Bird runs great!!

https://youtu.be/q6GheV0RB_M

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Troy
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'69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi)
'69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana
'70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)
Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: hemi68charger] #2997010
12/20/21 12:06 PM
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Some vintage pictures from its racing days.

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Troy
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'69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi)
'69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana
'70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)
Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: hemi68charger] #2997011
12/20/21 12:07 PM
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Back home:

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Troy
Houston Mopar Connection Club
'69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi)
'69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana
'70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)
Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: hemi68charger] #2997061
12/20/21 02:29 PM
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Damn nice!

Where the hell is the like button!?

Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: larry4406] #2997087
12/20/21 04:43 PM
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Outstanding! Congrats! [Linked Image]


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Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: DynoDave] #2997110
12/20/21 07:00 PM
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very Cool
Congrats man

Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: hemi68charger] #2997527
12/22/21 10:29 AM
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That's a sweet Bird Troy........I'll play Devil's advocate....seeing the myriad versions this car has seen in it's life, it's just a set of bucket seats and a console pistol grip away from being the ultimate Superbird.....Hmmmmm?

Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: DAYCLONA] #2997565
12/22/21 12:31 PM
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Congradulations on the new car Troy!! If I knew you were coming to Connecticut we could of met up. I remember this car used to come to our car clubs Mopar shows a lot, there is a picture of it on the internet but I can't find it right now

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Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: DAYCLONA] #2997596
12/22/21 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by DAYCLONA
That's a sweet Bird Troy........I'll play Devil's advocate....seeing the myriad versions this car has seen in it's life, it's just a set of bucket seats and a console pistol grip away from being the ultimate Superbird.....Hmmmmm?


Not sure about the Bonneville Bird, but the Daytona !! mmmmm, it already has a Dana in it......... work


Originally Posted by SportFuryS/23383
Congradulations on the new car Troy!! If I knew you were coming to Connecticut we could of met up. I remember this car used to come to our car clubs Mopar shows a lot, there is a picture of it on the internet but I can't find it right now


Could have done so, but Tuesday was awash with getting to Pete's, the bank and then loading up...... I was ready to start the 2-day drive back...





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Troy
Houston Mopar Connection Club
'69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi)
'69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana
'70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)
Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: hemi68charger] #2997820
12/23/21 10:54 AM
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Congratulations! The bird and Daytona look killer together!

Re: My New Aero; Hemi Bird.. Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat 'Bird [Re: biggE] #3078297
09/18/22 09:13 AM
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Operation Almost-ready to jab:
Doing the final touches on the differential for the Superbird. Thanks Jamie Stephan , got the brake lines just now. It isn't perfect, but looks good and I am happy with the outcome. Now, ready to install but going to take the mufflers and resonators out for the new ECS exhaust coming in and fixing one of the original resonators

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Troy
Houston Mopar Connection Club
'69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi)
'69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana
'70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)






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