Could this be a $3-million car?
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According to Brian Chaffee, for half the price of Steve Austin, you can have a car that’s better, stronger and faster than the day it came off the assembly line and at the same time have a piece of history.
Chaffee of Middlefield, Conn., is helping to sell a 1970 Plymouth Superbird. It’s not just any Superbird either. This one was used to test emissions during the early 1970’s. The car ran at high speed following not only other cars, but jets as they took off.
The data collected helped make the case that leaded gas and asbestos brakes should be banned.
Chaffee worked for three years to research and restore the car and now hopes to sell it for $3 million at auction.
There may be a fly in the ointment, however.
Phil Skinner, editor of the Kelly Blue Book Classic Guide said the $3-million price tag was unrealistic. ‘A few years ago, a 1971 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda convertible sold for $3 mil, but that was a Hemi. This is an interesting car. The highest price I could find for any Superbird was around $525,000 for a Hemi Superbird, and that was at the height of the craze in early 2007. ‘
‘Current values would be about $100 to $125K for the 375 HP version,’ Skinner said.
-- Doug Stewart