The fervor of the January auctions in both Scottsdale and Kissimmee has energized the collector car market.  Mopars in general and HEMI cars in specific seems to get their due, handing off the title of "poster child for overvalued and under-performing" to the Shelby's for a while.   Three HEMI cars exceeded expectations, the Zenith Survivor 1970 Hemi Cuda selling at $320k, the yellow 1970 Hemi Cuda with no paperwork or original fender tag selling for $275k, and the purple 1971 Hemi Cuda convertible selling for $1.32M.  Even in a soft market, you'd expect a top-drawer specimen like the black Suvivor Cuda to pull in proud money, but when cars with obvious and disclosed short comings start to reset current market value, then you know its time to buy before the market flips entirely from the buyer's advantage to the seller's.   Featured below is a one HEMI powered Mopar that makes no excuses and offers a tremendous value in the current market climate.  Now is the time to grab it before turns back into Unobtainium.            

From the Wellborn Musclecar Museum, 1970 Plymouth HEMI Superbird, Concours Restored, Tor-Red, White Interior  Plymouth Superbirds are the rare Winged Warriors, living legends of Mopar dominance in NASCAR racing. But the rarest of the rare are the Hemi Superbirds. Of the 1,935 Superbirds produced for homologation by the factory, only 135 were equipped with 426 Hemi engines in 1970. A fair number of them may have low miles, but very few have a the story behind it as this one from Alexander City, Alabama.  

The 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird you see pictured here is a 13,000-mile example purchased new in January, 1971 out of Potsdam, New York and driven extensively. But, for some reason, the owner did not keep up the payments. It was repossessed in May of 1971, repurchased by another Potsdam resident who drove it over the next few decades much more sparingly.