Man says his lime green Plymouth Superbird is so unique that it stands out from all of his other vehicles
- Mark Marougi is a car collector who loves muscle cars and movie cars
- He’s owned two Plymouth Superbirds
- After selling the first one, it took him 35 years to find a new one
Published on Sep 06, 2024 at 7:22 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Sep 08, 2024 at 5:37 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This collector owns a lime green Plymouth Superbird that he says is by far the car in his collection that gets the most attention.
We’re not surprised.
The Superbird is a rare and iconic car, and it has a massive wing at the back that characterizes it.
The fact that it’s painted lime green is the icing on the cake.
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A decades-long hunt
The car belongs to a seasoned muscle car collector called Mark Marougi, a guy who also owns a long list of movie cars.
He’s also a huge muscle car fan, and the Plymouth Superbird is probably his favorite all-American car.
Speaking to Dodgegarage.com, Mark explained how he spent decades looking for this car.
He’d originally bought it in the mid 1980s but he sold it shortly after.
Predictably, he immediately regretted it, and then he spent the next 30-odd years looking for a new Superbird to buy.
After a couple of duds and failed attempts, he finally managed to buy it a few years back, thus ending a decades-long hunt for a Plymouth Superbird in mint condition.
The story behind the Plymouth Superbird
Plymouth unveiled the Superbird in 1970, but production ended the same year.
No one knows for sure how many were built, but what we do know is that only about 1,000 examples still exist today, and most of them aren’t in great nick.
That’s why they’re so rare.
People still find them in barns, from time to time, but generally speaking they’re a lot harder to track down than most cars from the same era.
These cars are tough old birds, if you’ll pardon the pun.
A while back, somebody managed to start two Plymouth Superbirds that hadn’t moved since 1975.
