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« Reply #40 on: December 11, 2006, 06:30:57 PM » |
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Geno Good luck with the resto. After all the money and time spent on these projects there still worth it. Aint they  ? Ed |
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« Reply #41 on: December 11, 2006, 06:32:21 PM » |
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hemigeno,, A Hurst "T" handle is possible as original.I have the April`69 Super/Stock magazine,in it are two road tests.One a hemi 500 4spd with a flocked(like a velvet covering) T handle.The other a Coronet R/T 440 4spd with a T handle as well.
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« Reply #42 on: December 11, 2006, 06:43:47 PM » |
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UFO anyway to scan in those pictures your talking about?
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« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2006, 07:08:59 PM » |
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Glad you guys have enjoyed "the rest of the story". I really hope to take the car up to KC after it is done, since I think those previous owners would really like to see the car back together and on the road. I'll just remember not to let Terry Alden drive it, or let Gerry Meade work on the fuel line...  Gene, when is your next planned trip up to check the car out? Christmas weekend?
If Vance got it done by Christmas, I'd be tempted to be there Christmas morning to pick it up. [pleading voice] Kids, Daddy needs to go to Michigan, since Santa needs this special sleigh with a wing on it to make his deliveries on time. No, really! [/pleading voice] Next time you plan on heading up that way give me a shout, and maybe I'll swing up that way to check it out with ya, if you don't mind.
Sure, I'll let ya know. Might be a good time for me to give you those resto tapes too. Probably will be the week after Christmas, but my schedule is always subject to change. I'm guessing the David H. guy bought it & stashed it in a garage for 11 years, wanting to restore it, then deciding the reality was that he was never going to get to it?
Dave had the car for 21 years  and yeah he pretty much came to the conclusion that it was going to be hard for him to restore all his cars (plural). That's a whole 'nother story though. Good luck with the resto. After all the money and time spent on these projects there still worth it. Aint they ? Thanks, Ed - and don't even tease about it not being worth it. They are worth the trouble, right? right?? hemigeno,, A Hurst "T" handle is possible as original.I have the April`69 Super/Stock magazine,in it are two road tests.One a hemi 500 4spd with a flocked(like a velvet covering) T handle.The other a Coronet R/T 440 4spd with a T handle as well.
I don't doubt that the dealership could have installed the T-handle. Don't forget that the guy who told me that the T-handle was original-equipment was also the second owner of the car, and he bought it off a Used Car Lot in a one-horse town. The original selling dealer did make two modifications to the car that they apparently also made to 3--Daytona's F5 Daytona (which sold from the same dealership). They painted both our cars' fender scoops and nosecone spoilers black, in an apparent attempt to match the stripe color and make these features stick out a little bit more. Guess the dealership was about to choke on these two cars which were languishing on their lot for 5-6 months and they were probably trying to spruce them up a bit. I would not put it past them to have added the T-handle as well. Of course, the Hamtramck-installed knob was a woodgrain variety, so that's what I'll go back to. |
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« Reply #44 on: December 11, 2006, 07:24:15 PM » |
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I know Fl and MO are some of the states that have motor vehicle historical services that get you copys of MSO and prior title historys.Where you can trace back a cars owner history.NJ doesnt.Imagine taking the serial numbes for all the MO 440-426 daytonas from the shipment list,And conduct a search  |
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1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701
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« Reply #45 on: December 11, 2006, 07:45:37 PM » |
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We'll forgive you for farming out the full restoration. Some cars deserve such an involved process, and a daytona is one of those cars. Probably more so than almost any other car of that era. Glad to see you could track the car back to the original owners. I wish I had saved my money from my last dd car which i rebuilt at 100k miles and spent more than a decent restoration would have cost me on my own charger rtse.
These winged cars were very slow movers in the early 70s. I found a brand new 70 superbird on a chrysler lot in 1974, it had been a showroom model on the display floor, but they pulled it out and were ready to discount it to move it off. It was priced at 3000.00 with less than 300 miles on it, and a 440 six pack and a 4spd. My dad wasn't going to trust his 15 year old son with one at that age though.
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69 RT/SE Y3 cream yellow w/tan vinyl top and black r/t stripe. non matching 440/375, 3:23, Column shift auto w/buddy seat, tan interior, am/fm w/fr to back fade, still wears the slots it came with in 78.
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« Reply #46 on: December 11, 2006, 08:42:34 PM » |
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Here ya go.
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« Reply #47 on: December 11, 2006, 08:43:20 PM » |
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Heres the coronet R/T
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« Reply #48 on: December 12, 2006, 02:54:57 AM » |
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good story (hemigeno ) , it made for some good reading  , history on our cars like that from previous owners , i find fascinating / intresting  .... good stuff ... thanks for posting the storys  |
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« Reply #49 on: December 12, 2006, 01:53:02 PM » |
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I'm guessing the David H. guy bought it & stashed it in a garage for 11 years, wanting to restore it, then deciding the reality was that he was never going to get to it?
Dave had the car for 21 years DOH!  Ok, so I can't add on a Monday.  |
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« Reply #50 on: December 12, 2006, 03:02:20 PM » |
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Great stories on your winged wonder. I have family from St. Joe, still do. We went there back in the early 80's, late 70's but I don't remember any of it. I tried to get a title search on my car but state of Oregon wouldn't do it.  You only get out of life what you put in it, like your car, what you're having done to it will pay off immensely in the long run.  Your kids must be licking their chops. I remember those Hurst handles being the "in" thing back then. Heck, I even had one in my /6 powered '70 Camaro back in '79.  |
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HELP SUPPORT THE REGISTRIES Because all cars matter.  I like to sleep For I'm walking in my dreams. Live life like every DAY is your last!  |
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« Reply #51 on: December 13, 2006, 07:21:26 PM » |
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Well Gene, if it is on a weekend then let me know. I'm now off Saturday's and Sundays' with the new job. So I'd be more than happy to swing up there to check out the car and progress. Would also give me a chance to meet the restorer and ask him some questions about the video's.
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« Reply #52 on: February 27, 2007, 09:57:18 AM » |
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Vance Cummins sent me some pictures a couple of weeks ago after my chassis came back from the media blaster, but I haven't had the time to resize and post them on the board. I finally got that done this morning, so here are the pictures. These first few pics of the wing uprights I've had for a while, and I think I posted some of them in another thread.
I'll have tons more to post in the near future.
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« Reply #53 on: February 27, 2007, 09:58:12 AM » |
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More pics
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« Reply #55 on: February 27, 2007, 10:00:23 AM » |
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« Reply #56 on: February 27, 2007, 10:05:39 AM » |
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Still more pics... and yes, the hood is the 1970 Charger hood (with the stiffening ribs) not the "real" Daytona hood that I brought to Vance. The Daytona hood is racked & twisted a bit, and has a LOT more rust than this '70 Charger hood does, which is why I brought him both hoods I had. Vance made the decision to cut out and smooth the stiffening ribs on the '70 hood rather than fix all the problems the "real" hood had. I told him that was alright as long as there were NO other differences in the stampings between the two styles. I think I'll put the Daytona hood back on the shelf in case someone someday finds an additional, obscure difference between the original hoods and '70 Charger hoods. Vance knows all about how they painted the hoods at Creative, etc. so by the time he's finished it should be impossible to tell that this is not an original Daytona hood - at least that's the plan...
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« Reply #57 on: February 27, 2007, 10:07:53 AM » |
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More pics... The last one is pretty scary. That's what rust and a screwdriver will do to the edge of a decklid. Vance told me they've already fixed this up, and they didn't even have to cut up the rust-free regular Charger decklid I had brought him in order to make the repairs. Those guys must be really, really good...
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« Reply #58 on: February 27, 2007, 10:09:15 AM » |
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Last batch of pics - for now...
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« Reply #59 on: February 27, 2007, 10:26:17 AM » |
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Awesome Geno !!!! Looks like she needs some good ole' attention there, but there's nothing that can't be fixed it appears...... Still blows me away that MaMopar didn't put tachs as standard equipment on 4-speed cars.......
Troy
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