Myth ,Urban ledgend or true...R/T emblem on Daytona?

[Charger-Bodie]

Is it true that some Daytona's slipped through with an R/T emblem on the tailpanel?

[ZSmithersCharges]

Is it true that some Daytona's slipped through with an R/T emblem on the tailpanel?

I don't know as I wasn't alive then but I do happen to see a few Daytonas with R/T emblems on the back but they are probably clones  

[moparstuart]

    heard of a couple , you never know with that great quality controll at creative  
 really hard to prove they can that way though  ?  without day one pictures  

[tan top]

 seen a unrestored in a magazine  , in T7 with a R/T on the tail light panel

will have to look for it , was in mopar muscle i think , car came out of a cvollection in texas & was owned or ordered new by a Vicar , i think 

[ZSmithersCharges]

What are you saying anyways?  Are you just pointing out that Daytonas are nothing more than an R/T with a nose cone and wing and that apparently the workers thought the same?  Cause we all knew that  

[hemigeno]

If the mistake was made it was Hamtramck's mistake and not Creative Industries'.  The A11 Daytona code was "supposed" to mean that R/T emblems were not used anywhere - even on the quarterpanels which was normally the case when a V88 (bumblebee stripe delete) code was used.

I've not seen any such cars in person, but have heard about a few and seen pictures of cars with this trait.  I've also heard of cars with suspicious-looking quarterpanel holes filled in, presumably where R/T emblems were inadvertently installed.  THOSE would have had to be removed because of the Daytona stripe, but the tailpanel was probably left alone since it didn't matter as much (plus working with Organosol is way tougher to start with).

Personally, I've wondered if there was a connection between accidental R/T emblems on the tailpanel and evidence of quarterpanel emblems having been removed, but I somehow seem to think that a few cars with quarterpanel holes had the "regular" Charger/arrowhead taipanel emblem.  Just a thought...

[hemigeno]

Cause we all knew that

Rookies...  

[Charger-Bodie]

What are you saying anyways?  Are you just pointing out that Daytonas are nothing more than an R/T with a nose cone and wing and that apparently the workers thought the same?  Cause we all knew that  

Im building a clone and kinda want to put the R/T emblem there due to the fact that Im building the car from the only REAL R/T Ive ever owned.

[hotrod98]

Since I was going to go stripe-less, I was thinking about doing the same thing on my R/T SE Daytona clone.
Of course I didn't come up with the idea until right after I had finished welding up all of the R/T holes.

[Brock Samson]

wasn't there one in the group DAYTONA shot at the creative industries lot?.. I seem to remember a couple oddities in those two shots.

[ZSmithersCharges]

What are you saying anyways?  Are you just pointing out that Daytonas are nothing more than an R/T with a nose cone and wing and that apparently the workers thought the same?  Cause we all knew that  

Im building a clone and kinda want to put the R/T emblem there due to the fact that Im building the car from the only REAL R/T Ive ever owned.

Oh just leave it on there your asking a group of people who know EVERYTHING about Mopars and even we don't know... so if not us who would?  Not to mention all of the factory irregularities on just regular models an R/T symbol was bound to have slipped on a Daytona, I say leave it on there  

[Charger-Bodie]

The thing is that Im trying to not stray very far from what an original Daytona could be. Therefor I would not want to do it if it werent something that was accepted as a true factory mistake. But, anyway it will have one.

[1969chargerrtse]

What are you saying anyways?  Are you just pointing out that Daytonas are nothing more than an R/T with a nose cone and wing and that apparently the workers thought the same?  Cause we all knew that  

Im building a clone and kinda want to put the R/T emblem there due to the fact that Im building the car from the only REAL R/T Ive ever owned.

Oh just leave it on there your asking a group of people who know EVERYTHING about Mopars and even we don't know... so if not us who would?  Not to mention all of the factory irregularities on just regular models an R/T symbol was bound to have slipped on a Daytona, I say leave it on there  

That's why I have standard 440 valve covers, over the same looking ones on ebay for a R/T car that were close to 500.00.  I've Never heard anyone notice the difference.

[65post]

I think the copper one that was-is at the Walter P. Chrysler museum had the R/T on the tail.I know I got a pic of it somewhere....

[arrow]

Ron Slob had one with the RT emblem on the tail panel  , think the car was some sort of copper color T5 maybe , he claimed it was that way sense new ??

[Daytona R/T SE]

My '69 R/T SE turned Daytona clone will retain it's R/T on the tail panel, and it's SE emblems on the sail panels...

Not to mention every other gadget/option I can throw at it...

[69_500]

Ah someone beat me to too it. The Ron Slobe car is one that comes to mind as having the R/T emblem on the tail panel, and it had it on there back in the 70's. Have some photo's here my dad shot of the car back in 1975 and it has the R/T emblem on the tail panel. The Daytona that is on display at the Chrysler Museum in Detroit also has the R/T emblem on the tail panel, not sure if its Ron's old car or not but both are bronze.

Side note here Gene, but we did look at one that didn't have any emblem on the back. 

[maxwellwedge]

People could have and did put stuff on their cars as early as day 2. Emblems, decals, upgraded trim, wheels etc. After a few years it would look original to the car.

Just Sayin'   

[The70RT]

So for the purist it's gonna take an assembly line or showroom pic.....

[65post]

Here is an old daytona from 1971.No tail emblems.Original? Like MAXWELLWEDGE said alot of these cars were modified very early on so who knows.

[ZSmithersCharges]

Damn that's a dirty Daytona SHAME ON THEM 

[Daytona Enthusiast]

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[tan top]

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thats the one i remember reading about , i mentioned in my previous post   looks like i remembered the color wrong  

good find , thanks for posting  

[Hemidog]

Hey, an R/T Daytona is way faster than a base Daytona! 

[PocketThunder]

Here is an old daytona from 1971.No tail emblems.Original? Like MAXWELLWEDGE said alot of these cars were modified very early on so who knows.

Hey is that a vinyl top!?   

[maxwellwedge]

Might be painted - cant tell if those are mouldings or not.

[hemigeno]

Side note here Gene, but we did look at one that didn't have any emblem on the back. 

Yep, I remembered that one, but it didn't say R/T (at least at the time).  That's only one of two reasons I didn't mention it.

[69_500]

There is also a photo from a race back in 1969 I think, showing the tail panel of a Daytona that is without any emblem on the tail panel.

[nascarxx29]

Second thumbnail picture on this link 69 daytona with R/T tail panel emblem
http://www.autotraderclassics.com/car-article/Ten+Greatest+Mopars+Of+All+Time%3A+1969+Dodge+Daytona+and+1970+Plymouth+Superbird-60967.xhtml