Maryland Bans Superbird

[1978 NYB]

 

[1978 NYB]

The People's Republic of Maryland......

 

[detmatt]

They had no problem with the Daytona 6 months earlier?

 

[azblackhemi]

Why were they even worried? Back then all bumpers did was protect the car from serious damage in a light impact. They didn't ad any safety to the occupants.

 

[commando1]

Interesting historical note on wing cars. I imagine that announcement didn't effect sales one iota. The sales were bad enough already.

 

[jct]

Wonder what kind of bumper they put on it

 

[azblackhemi]

Wonder what kind of bumper they put on it

One of these maybe?

 

[Carmine]

Wonder what kind of bumper they put on it

They concocted some pieces of chrome tubing which looked like a luggage rack bolted to the front of the car.

 

[68PK21 440.6bbl]

It was a ploy from the Dodge dealers to sell their Daytona's!

 

[jct]

They concocted some pieces of chrome tubing which looked like a luggage rack bolted to the front of the car.

Looked for picture of one, found none

 

[65 500]

I see that Maryland was run by idiots even 48 years ago.

 

[live4theking]

Unbelievable...

 

[jct]

Found these while on my search

 

[CBODY67]

Wonder if they'd issue a title for the ones that were converted to Road Runner front configuration when they didn't sell?

CBODY67

 

[pomonamissel]

i saw daytona's and superbird's go to the car actions years later because they would not sell . here in california so sf bay area . the cars had a few miles on them , so they were 3-4 years old . sold them at the used car actions .

 

[odcics2]

Actually, the Daytonas sold out before production started.
Birds were another story, with 1970 being the start of a recession.... Plus they had to build 4 times as many!

 

[69CoronetRT]

So how many guys with a non Superbird got hung up at the DMV simply because their car VN started with RM23?

How many cars could this have applied to? 30? 40?

 

[cm23uoc]

It seems the Charger Daytonas were not legal and registered in Md., Plymouth might have considered their bumper Strip sufficent which it was not. DC seemed to have had the same rules.
At least one car was registered in 1969 is still considered to be in the Hands of the original owner. Most or all others are supposed to be bought back and redistributed to Fla. to some sources. And there's the Story about at least two 70 Daytona Chargers but without the rear window treatment, one registered originally in MD to a Bethesda Hospital doctor by the Name of Jackson with some bumper cobbled up for Registration back then, now residing in Kansas.
Aero Warriors - 1970 Dodge Charger Daytonas

 

[livininharrow]

Robert j haburchak was an *******. or a chebbie guy. happy new year.

 

[1978 NYB]

There were 2 Superbird's in the Aberdeen area in the 1970's. Alpine White and another was limelight Green. Both owned by soldiers and titled and tagged in other states. I knew the guy (1977) with the white bird and he said the locals stopped him a couple of times and he had all of the legal documents. They were more interested in what was under the hood and never said anything about the bumper. I had a beat up 1971 GTX back then that I ended up shipping to Germany when I was stationed there later that year.