Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken - Page 5

Frank Castros · 12-14-2014, 08:55 AM

Two of the coolest Mopars ever.

The picture of the Superbird in front of the Sox & Martin facility is awesome.

What would that car be worth today?

dc1320Fan · 12-16-2014, 01:04 PM

Topper: I may be able to answer some questions for you. There were 2 Superbirds at S&M. The one in front of the building at the top in post #32 was a street/show car. The lower shop photo shows Joe Fisher at rr, myself standing at front of the race car. The Paul Lance SS cuda is on the right and Chuck Neely's (SS racer from S Carolina) car is against the wall. The race car was sold to Norm Parha (sp?) from Baton Rouge LA some time late 70, early 71. The show car belonged to Chrysler and I believe was returned to them. The race car was searched for by MANY people since then and has never been found.

Mike McCandless · 05-09-2020, 02:51 PM

Randomly came across this thread.

Funny story on Dad running the bird. He won first round of eliminations, came back up for 2nd and they had marked the sheet wrong. They wouldn't let him back in because he wasn't listed as the winner. Other guy was already gone.

Correct on being 2 and one being a street car. Car was butchered later in life, but hasn't been found, but plenty of people own it, as they keep trying to sell it to me.

Topper · 06-18-2021, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike McCandless

Randomly came across this thread.

Funny story on Dad running the bird. He won first round of eliminations, came back up for 2nd and they had marked the sheet wrong. They wouldn't let him back in because he wasn't listed as the winner. Other guy was already gone.

Correct on being 2 and one being a street car. Car was butchered later in life, but hasn't been found, but plenty of people own it, as they keep trying to sell it to me.

Don't really dedicate as much time to this as I should. lol.

Mike, you're kidding right?? PM'd you my contact info, just in case.

Topper · 06-18-2021, 02:19 PM

Update: I found the shop that I think the old bracket car used to rot behind. Also found the owner that sold her after Katrina.

The shop looks like it would have been mostly underwater following the hurricane. The owner says he'll try to dig up some old photos, but can't help with who he sold the car to.

Post pics if anybody's got color pics of it following its trailer accident, nose removal, and repaint under Norm Pearah. Happy hunting.

Mike McCandless · 10-29-2022, 01:39 PM

Bumping an old thread. We just finished filming a Buddy Martin documentary at my place. During the week of filming, we confirmed that the "race bird" had the vinyl taken off the roof and painted per Ronnie's instructions. It was then promptly corrected by the higher ups to have it put back on. This was confirmed by the man that painted the car at that time.

Topper · 09-16-2023, 06:00 PM

Sweet find! So many questions:

Who painted the car, Red Gibson? Rumored that there was a Plymouth dealership Body shop that painted the SM cars and then they were lettered by Carl Clayton.

Any pics of the car before or after paint? Before pics would be the HOLY GRAIL of Superchicken pics.

Where can I see the documentary?

herbjr · 10-28-2023, 12:44 AM

Documentary is close to being finished it will be posted here on the main page, also Red did alot of the paint work and Carl lettered the cars.

Topper · 02-09-2024, 01:34 AM

Watched the documentary. Great work!

I read somewhere in some obscure post in a random forum about a guy that used to work at a dealership where he used to wash/prep the S&M cars before and after paint.

Kind of implied the cars were painted at the dealer's body shop. Would Red have worked there too?

12-14-2014, 08:55 AM	#41
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,810 Likes: 2,300 Liked 2,391 Times in 873 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Two of the coolest Mopars ever. The picture of the Superbird in front of the Sox & Martin facility is awesome. What would that car be worth today?

12-16-2014, 01:04 PM	#42
dc1320Fan Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 28 Likes: 1 Liked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Topper: I may be able to answer some questions for you. There were 2 Superbirds at S&M. The one in front of the building at the top in post #32 was a street/show car. The lower shop photo shows Joe Fisher at rr, myself standing at front of the race car. The Paul Lance SS cuda is on the right and Chuck Neely's (SS racer from S Carolina) car is against the wall. The race car was sold to Norm Parha (sp?) from Baton Rouge LA some time late 70, early 71. The show car belonged to Chrysler and I believe was returned to them. The race car was searched for by MANY people since then and has never been found.

05-09-2020, 02:51 PM	#43
Mike McCandless Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 113 Likes: 3 Liked 206 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Randomly came across this thread. Funny story on Dad running the bird. He won first round of eliminations, came back up for 2nd and they had marked the sheet wrong. They wouldn't let him back in because he wasn't listed as the winner. Other guy was already gone. Correct on being 2 and one being a street car. Car was butchered later in life, but hasn't been found, but plenty of people own it, as they keep trying to sell it to me.

06-18-2021, 02:19 PM	#45
Topper Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 16 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Update: I found the shop that I think the old bracket car used to rot behind. Also found the owner that sold her after Katrina. The shop looks like it would have been mostly underwater following the hurricane. The owner says he'll try to dig up some old photos, but can't help with who he sold the car to. Post pics if anybody's got color pics of it following its trailer accident, nose removal, and repaint under Norm Pearah. Happy hunting. __________________ _______________ 72 Charger Topper

10-29-2022, 01:39 PM	#46
Mike McCandless Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 113 Likes: 3 Liked 206 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Bumping an old thread. We just finished filming a Buddy Martin documentary at my place. During the week of filming, we confirmed that the "race bird" had the vinyl taken off the roof and painted per Ronnie's instructions. It was then promptly corrected by the higher ups to have it put back on. This was confirmed by the man that painted the car at that time.

09-16-2023, 06:00 PM	#47
Topper Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 16 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Sweet find! So many questions: Who painted the car, Red Gibson? Rumored that there was a Plymouth dealership Body shop that painted the SM cars and then they were lettered by Carl Clayton. Any pics of the car before or after paint? Before pics would be the HOLY GRAIL of Superchicken pics. Where can I see the documentary? __________________ _______________ 72 Charger Topper

10-28-2023, 12:44 AM	#48
herbjr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 1,027 Likes: 1 Liked 83 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Documentary is close to being finished it will be posted here on the main page, also Red did alot of the paint work and Carl lettered the cars.

02-09-2024, 01:34 AM	#49
Topper Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 16 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sox & Martin Superbird aka SuperChicken Watched the documentary. Great work! I read somewhere in some obscure post in a random forum about a guy that used to work at a dealership where he used to wash/prep the S&M cars before and after paint. Kind of implied the cars were painted at the dealer's body shop. Would Red have worked there too? __________________ _______________ 72 Charger Topper