Equipment
440 375hp Magnum, automatic, P B, no P S, 8 track stereo. 50,000 mile car. Excellent paint, interior and chrome. Restored like new with build sheet, known history and a great story: The origil owner purchased the car when he was 16 (with paper route money) from Southern Chrysler Plymouth in High Point, North Caroli. They were a sponsor for Petty Enterprises. The origil Petty Enterprise showroom plate is included with car as are two origil Hemi 1 and one 1974 Bird license plates.... The origil 1974 title is included, prior to 1974 the car was titled in the origil owners mothers me as he was too young to have a title then. On January 4, 1971 the owner was playing hookey from school and was ticketed for Failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision and damaged the nose. Uble to get one from a dealer he contacted Petty and got a nose from him. This nose is on the car and has two spoiler mounting nuts one origil and on for the SCAR chin spoiler. The origil ticket, nose, and both spoilers are included with the car. The car has been sat in and signed by Richard Petty.
Market commentary
Purchased at the B J West Palm auction in Aprl 2005 for $153,360, this Superbird has an intriguing history, known miles and an excellent restoration although valuing it at anything more than the reported high bid is optimistic.