Man takes $130k chance on Plymouth Superbird he’s never seen, gets a nasty shock

A man thought he snapped up a bargain when he bought a 1970 Hemi Plymouth Superbird ‘sight unseen’ but his dream car soon turned into a nightmare.

Tyler Hoover of Hoovies Garage splashed out $130,000 on the car after seeing it up for sale online.  

While $130,000 might not sound like a bargain, Hoover thought it was actually a pretty sweet deal given the rarity and condition of the car.

However, in a true lesson of the old adage ‘buyer beware’, he later learned that his ‘cheap’ Superbird was riddled with issues.

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The Plymouth Superbird was riddled with problems

Plymouth Superbirds are pretty hard to come by – although some folks do get lucky and stumble across them in barn finds, such as this guy who managed to find not one, but two of the classic cars, or this one that was uncovered in a Texas barn.

Sadly, when they do crop up they’re often in less-than-perfect condition – so when Hoover saw this 1970 model that looked in near-mint condition for sale online he snapped it up.

However, his joy turned to bitter disappointment when the car arrived and he found that the seller ‘did not know, or did not disclose, a ton of issues with the car’.

In a clip shared to his YouTube channel, poor Hoover examines the car and points out a mounting list of problems, including a gushing radiator and issues with the suspension.

He also had real difficulties properly tuning the car with its retromodded HEMI engine.

And to add insult to injury, Hoover revealed that the seller had promised the car would come with some cool vintage NASCAR memorabilia but when it arrived it was nowhere to be seen.

The seller said the memorabilia must have went missing in transit.

Fortunately, the car wasn’t beyond help

While many folks would be – understandably – furious with the seller, Hoover appeared to give him the benefit of the doubt and instead told his subscribers to take the whole thing on board as a cautionary tale.

Fortunately for Hoover, the story does have a happy ending.

After calling in the experts to get the Superbird’s myriad of problems fixed, he decided to sell the car at auction.

And somewhat incredibly – after carrying out all the necessary work – the vintage motor sold for $170,000 netting him $14,000 in profit.

Which is really not so bad, all things considered.