1973 Ford Superbird

I bought this from a work colleague in 1974 and eventually sold it in 1976.

I dont know how many of these Superbirds were made with the full length Graphics like my one.

The following is straight from a Ford website:

The Superbird started life as a one off show special, designed to attract attention at the Melbourne and Sydney motorshows. It was such a success, however, that Ford decided to release a limited run of Superbirds.

They toned down the graphics of the showcar, limiting it to a much smaller bird on the rear wings than the large bird featured on the special, which covered the rear quarter panel, door and part of the front guard. The car was available in three different paint schemes, white and blue, lime and green and yellow and brown and each was fitted with a louvre for the rear window.

Mechanically they ran the 302ci V8 engine with a choice of manual or automatic transmissions and featured a plush interior and GT instrumentation. Approximately 750 Superbirds were made in all three colour schemes, 550 with automatic and 200 with manual gearboxes.

I added the XB grille so driving lights could be fitted more asthetically and replaced the ugly (my opinion) rear tail lights with XB ones.
The air scoops in front of the rear wheels are also an add-on
Yeah I know I am not a purist.

The photos shown are from the present owner and the only difference I can see from when I owned it is the original steel rims have replaced the alloy rims that were on it.

Good to see the original number plates are still on.