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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 01:22 AM
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HPP Richard Petty Superbird

Pretty cool.



























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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 02:26 AM
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I like the front and rear views. The side view looks a bit odd.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 05:44 AM
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That is sweet! Love the modern interpretation of a classic shape. But I vote for a Petty Blue paint job.

The side exhaust has got to go.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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Too tall, but that's all they got to work with.

And the interior still sucks, painting the pieces didn't help.

Lovin' the supercharged motor though.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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While I think that's ridiculous, it's also pretty cool in it's own right. Except for the same ol' boring interior. As was already mentioned...it needs a lot more than a few painted pieces to fix that interior.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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It's OK, but that silly exhaust really has got to go.
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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To me the wheels look tiny in the side view compared to the rest of the car.
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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I think I just disagree with all of you. It would have been better with a Charger turned coupe like WCC did for a General Lee tribute. The wheels suck. Plain as that. I just hate that it's a Challenger. The interior is very correct for the refreshed vintage Dodge was going for. All Domestic brands are just catching up to the trend of better looking interiors.

Now here's what I do like. The pieces added to the car are well executed. It's a great color. Not perfect but it's nice. Love the superbird logos! It just wasn't executed the way I would have done it. So I give it a meh for me and a thumbs up for quality work.
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 11:24 AM
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I just hate that it's a Challenger.
But its a Plymouth. That would make it a Cuda.



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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by cdynaco
But its a Plymouth. That would make it a Cuda.



Actually it would make it a Road Runner since Superbird was based off Road Runner.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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I like it...

But for authenticity, I agree it should be a charger. The Superbird was the Plymouth equivalent of the Charger Daytona. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to use the Challenger.

I know the chargers are four doors, but i think it would have been really cool if they used the new Charger since they redesigned the body.

Since this is supercharged, I'm going to guess they used a 5.7, since it is more common to see them with superchargers, (SMS Supercars uses the 5.7 with a supercharger) so why not use a new Charger?
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