1970 Plymouth Superbird

From Delton Mcgaughy one of its previous owners ,

1970 The Car was purchased knew from MAGIC CITY DODGE, was driven almost 20,000 miles by 1975, it was Originally a yellow car from the factory. It was stripped Down and repainted Petty Blue, with an advertisement Painted on the top, the car was used as the pace car At Birmingham International Raceway for 3 years, He was friends with the Allisons. The second owner Purchased the car in 1975 and had it repainted in 1980 He put a total of 23,600 miles in 26 years, as it was only a show car then. I met the second owner in 1979 at a Winged car national show in Atlanta, Ga. I tried to purchase the car, he wouldn't sell it then but he Told me about another one that I ended up purchasing at that time, I sold it a short time later and have always Kept up with this car until recently purchasing it. The car has always been garage kept, never wrecked and has no rust, this is the actual mileage on the car.


Car: 1970 Plymouth Superbird RM23UOA1xxxxxx Original color Lemon Twist Yellow 440, 4-speed bucket seat black interior, Dana rear end

Ownership History:
Dealership Where Sold: Magic City Dodge. Birmingham, Alabama? (Now in question after phone call with James Cash)

1st Owners: Car was sold new in 1970 in Florida (?) to a 65 year old couple that would not take delivery until the vinyl top was removed and the car was painted Petty blue by the dealership. This couple drove the car for one year, then traded it in.
Period of Ownership: 1970-1975? Old title shows 8/5/75 title issue to Robert Davidson of Vernon, Florida who was born 2/15/1933 Verification Method: Phone conference with 3rd owner James Cash

2nd Owner: Royce Lambert from Clanton, Alabama had 26,000 miles when he bought it
Period of Ownership: August 31, 1976 and sold it to James Cash January 12, 1981
Verification Method: Phone conference with 3rd owner James Cash and 10/26/19 phone call with Royce Lambert. He bought it from Robert L Davidson for $2,000. Sold it for $4,250.

3d Owner: James Cash Hueytown, Alabama Period of Ownership: 1981-1993
Verification Method: Phone conference by Bob Jennings with James Cash Owner verbal/written comments: At first the car was a driver and race car, timed at one point at Charlotte Motor Speedway at 158 MPH on bias ply tires. (James was a race car driver from Hueytown, AL). He had it repainted (poorly he says) Petty Blue once because of paint damage from sitting under an oak tree. In 1986 he stripped the car to bare metal and had it painted in lacquer dark blue, pinstriped and signed by Richard Petty soon thereafter., He showed it in 5-6 World of Wheels events and won first place in every show as a trailer queen. For 1 year it was the pace car at Birmingham International Raceway when Tom Gloor owned the track. The car has a blank warranty block, 3.54 Dana rear end and to his knowledge is original.

4th Owner: Delton McGaughy Leeds, Alabama 1993-8/20/01
5th Owner: Danny Ward from Pocahantas, Alabama, Period of ownership, 08/20/01-9/17/02
6th Owner: Terry Sevener of Jonesboro, Arkansas "The hippie drag racer" Period of ownership: Estimated from 9/17/02-2/12/2017-his death Verification-newspaper articles
7th Owner: Billy Harman of Dunegan, MO bought it from Sevener estate Period of Ownership: 2/12/2017-5/28/2018
Verification: Bob Jennings bought car from Billy. Title clear, title problems because Arkansas does not use titles took him a year to clean up estate and get clear title. www.SuperBirdNorth.com
8th Owner: Bob Jennings Period of Ownership 5/28-2018 to Paperwork with Car-in Bob's Safe and electronic image:
Original Broadcast Sheet: In safe (2)-Decoded Broadcast Sheet: No Traveler Sheet: N0 Purchase Information

Date purchased by Bob Jennings: 5/28/2018 Purchased from: Billy Harman Purchase method cash or wire and cost: Cash $xxxx How returned to Indiana: Bob & Jean hauled via Open trailer from Missouri
Condition when purchased: Running, very bad paint, cracked and broken around window plug, very bad wiring, carpet, seats, car was a mess and, although running and driving, was in need of first repairs in 35 years plus desperately in need of paint. Original transmission and body, but warranty 440 block.

Purchase notes/story: Car located in extremely rural Missouri woods at the end of a dirt road in a junk yard. Very cautious cash transaction, needing help to get out of the woods with car on trailer.

Vehicle resides in San Diego, Ca with a well-known local automotive enthusiasts , as the owner and host of several Southern California Car Events the vehicle is a local ICON of Speed and is represented at Various cruise nights, cars shows and a variety of events for San Diego and been on display at our local museums , international auto shows and special events alike. In great driving conditions to attend these events its driven not trailed , its fitted still in the Richard Petty motif with added stickers for the cars current car show sponsors. The vehicle is reportedly still to have the Richard Petty Signature on the nose come as depicted in the photos however without pulling off the wrap we cannot confirm. Using the docs presented to us of Richard Petty himself signing it and photos of one of the previous owners with the car clearly showing the signature we assumed the best. Long history and well documented the car comes with original broadcast sheet, appears to have a full dynoD freshly built engine with merely a few thousand miles , original trans is noted in reports. This is a True Superbird and a highly collectible example.