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Originally Posted by bcj
Could buy these off the dealers lot.
These and the Coronet are pretty much twins territory in my mind.
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Let's not confuse history. The RoadRunner and Coronet were based off similar platforms, but what you posted was a SuperBird which had so many modifications to try and make up for it's chassis limitations that it was far from a twin to the Coronet R/T.
The Super Bird shard most of it's components with the Dodge Charger Daytona and for the most part used the fenders and hood from the Coronet as well as many shared parts from the Mopar parts bin suitable to the "B" chassis. The iconic SuperBird aero treatment was designed for speedways and fit with the Coronet hood and fenders better. Underneath, the SuperBird had much more in common with the SuperBee that I noted above than any other model Coronet (including the R/T.) Due to the added cost of making the platform actually competitive both Plymouth and Dodge sold so few SuperBirds/Bees that the models only existed for a short time. These were not purpose designed chassis, so they were more suited to the role of muscle car than Sportscar. Indeed, you could order one from any showroom but how else would you get it? I don't really see how that contributes to the differentiation here, but am open to hearing. Remember, the idea behind Stock Car racing was to market regular passenger cars as being capable on the track, but even the Stock cars of the 70's were far removed from their passenger car beginnings, still they had to be publicly available for sale to meet competition eligibility requirements.