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Title: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: Charger_Fan on July 10, 2008, 12:12:09 PM
Really cheap, too! :icon_smile_tongue:  I wonder if this is really Daytone #1, or if it's merely the lowest VIN recorded. :scratchchin:
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(http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/fd/18/fd03_1.JPG)
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Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 12:19:08 PM
nice car     only a couple hours away from me

Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: BigBlockSam on July 10, 2008, 12:34:05 PM
i was looking at that earlier today . nice car but that sure is a lot of money that he wants  for it .  he sure is in a rush to sell it. the cars not even finished yet .  :shruggy:
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 12:39:51 PM
Quote from: BigBlockSam on July 10, 2008, 12:34:05 PM
i was looking at that earlier today . nice car but that sure is a lot of money that he wants  for it .  he sure is in a rush to sell it. the cars not even finished yet .  :shruggy:
plus a warranty block car , alot of cash for not number matching !  love the color !

Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: richRTSE on July 10, 2008, 12:58:49 PM
QuoteCorrect warranty motor.  #s block was not with car.

That's a very nice car, I'd love to have it, but a bit too much I think...you could buy quite a few really nice Mopars for that much cash...
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: hemi68charger on July 10, 2008, 01:20:14 PM
Maybe he wants a '68 Hemi Charger R/T..............  possibly, the only LL1 with white interior........  :icon_smile_big:

Soo, this one's the 1st slated TO BE a Daytona and the other R4 on ebay now is the first shipped?
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: pettybird on July 10, 2008, 01:20:50 PM
i'm thinking $575k would pry the hemi car at work out of my boss's hands...
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: tan top on July 10, 2008, 01:24:40 PM
nice  :drool5: .......................
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: pettybird on July 10, 2008, 01:20:50 PM
i'm thinking $575k would pry the hemi car at work out of my boss's hands...
when you say real hemi car it's a whole new ball game price wise !
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: hemi68charger on July 10, 2008, 02:34:14 PM
Quote from: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: pettybird on July 10, 2008, 01:20:50 PM
i'm thinking $575k would pry the hemi car at work out of my boss's hands...
when you say real hemi car it's a whole new ball game price wise !


Then maybe, just maybe that'll help me.......  :icon_smile_big:
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 02:50:24 PM
Quote from: hemi68charger on July 10, 2008, 02:34:14 PM
Quote from: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: pettybird on July 10, 2008, 01:20:50 PM
i'm thinking $575k would pry the hemi car at work out of my boss's hands...
when you say real hemi car it's a whole new ball game price wise !


Then maybe, just maybe that'll help me.......  :icon_smile_big:
  except in your case it aint worth nothin just give it to me       :smilielol: :lol: I'll finish it up for you

Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: nascarxx29 on July 10, 2008, 03:48:26 PM
 First daytona on the shiplist.Shows a Canadian car currently on ebay .The other first daytona is the first US daytona on shiplist.Another first daytona which precedes these is Dale Reekers XX29L9B287970.This 355101 next vin shows a Killeen TX car #264 427 926020
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: WingCharger on July 10, 2008, 03:57:06 PM
Wait a minute!!! I thought the right screw on the fender tag is supposed to be unpainted? Because as it came down the line, it was held by the left, then bent up to be painted under, and then attached with the right unpainted screw, right?
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: 69_500 on July 10, 2008, 04:28:56 PM
Just to clarify here, but the 355101 car is a car that is known pretty well by my family. It is the B5 blue, blue interior Daytona that my dad used to own from 1979 until 1985. The car was for sale on ebay about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago for $75,000 at the time. I tried my hardest to come up with the money to get the car back but anyway I could figure it I was short. The car had been exported to Germany at one point, and then brought back into the US before 1979. My dad bought the car out of Louisiana, and at that time it was painted gun metal grey with a red stripe running the length of the car, and going up and over the wing.
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: nascarxx29 on July 10, 2008, 07:06:56 PM
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Annie75414/Germanydaytona.jpg). Same car as above in its earlier days
{it was painted gun metal grey with a red stripe running the length of the car, and going up and over the wing.}
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: HKCharger on July 10, 2008, 07:21:29 PM
its cool hearing about its past, wish i could do that with the women i meet
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: pettybird on July 10, 2008, 08:54:07 PM
Quote from: WingCharger on July 10, 2008, 03:57:06 PM
Wait a minute!!! I thought the right screw on the fender tag is supposed to be unpainted? Because as it came down the line, it was held by the left, then bent up to be painted under, and then attached with the right unpainted screw, right?


you're right, and you can even see where the tag is bent on the left.

you'll find that mistake on a LOT of restored cars.
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: Hemi_tyme on July 10, 2008, 09:59:53 PM
Nice car... But changed the color of the interior and has a warranty block and wants anywhere near that kind of money! I'm glad I only play with the red headed child Superbirds :2thumbs: lol Ken
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: Aero426 on July 10, 2008, 10:52:43 PM
Why would you change the interior color from blue to white? 
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: konigcharger on July 10, 2008, 11:13:46 PM
Quote from: DougSchellinger on July 10, 2008, 10:52:43 PM
Why would you change the interior color from blue to white? 

i would too... blue interior---->  :eek2:
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: HKCharger on July 10, 2008, 11:34:21 PM
Quote from: konigcharger on July 10, 2008, 11:13:46 PM
Quote from: DougSchellinger on July 10, 2008, 10:52:43 PM
Why would you change the interior color from blue to white? 

i would too... blue interior---->  :eek2:

x2
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 11, 2008, 08:34:33 AM
Quote from: DougSchellinger on July 10, 2008, 10:52:43 PM
Why would you change the interior color from blue to white? 
I'm with you keep it blue !
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: Mopurr on July 11, 2008, 10:24:20 AM
Only someone that does not have a clue about the rarity of the blue on blue would change an interior because it goes better with the wing. :slap:

Of course the price also tells what this person knows. :lol:
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: hemi68charger on July 11, 2008, 10:29:58 AM
Quote from: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 02:50:24 PM
Quote from: hemi68charger on July 10, 2008, 02:34:14 PM
Quote from: moparstuart on July 10, 2008, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: pettybird on July 10, 2008, 01:20:50 PM
i'm thinking $575k would pry the hemi car at work out of my boss's hands...
when you say real hemi car it's a whole new ball game price wise !


Then maybe, just maybe that'll help me.......  :icon_smile_big:
except in your case it aint worth nothin just give it to me       :smilielol: :lol: I'll finish it up for you



Stuart, since you weren't there at the house to help with the dipstick tube, can't do that option...............   :icon_smile_big:
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: gordo1968charger on July 11, 2008, 10:59:49 AM
for that money i d want to be able to drive it away,
its not even finished
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: bzabodyn on July 11, 2008, 12:10:36 PM
I'm sure some deep-pocket wing car collector out there is going to throw a big number at this guy and he's going to take it - he's just fishing around if you ask me...

However, for the high-$$ collectors out there, they may never have another chance to own the first Daytona off the assembly line...

(and I would have kept the interior B5  :icon_smile_big:)

BZ
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: 69_500 on July 14, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
If you want to get all technical about it though its not the first Daytona off the line. There is a Daytona with a lower VIN. And just because it has the lowest VIN doesn't mean it was the first one that they converted at Creative Industries. Just my .02 on the whole thing.


Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: hemigeno on July 14, 2008, 06:19:54 PM
Quote from: 69_500 on July 14, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
If you want to get all technical about it though its not the first Daytona off the line. There is a Daytona with a lower VIN. And just because it has the lowest VIN doesn't mean it was the first one that they converted at Creative Industries. Just my .02 on the whole thing.

:iagree:

287970 still exists, and might be going in for a restoration soon.  It has what can best be explained as some prototype features found on no other Daytona - and was almost certainly used by Creative to mock up the nosecone.  Out of any of 'em, 287970 can legitimately lay claim as both the first, and the lowest VIN Daytona.  There is some pretty convincing photographic evidence of that too, BTW. 

I'm not sure what the seller is up to with that eBay ad.  In today's market, asking $575k on a Daytona is ridiculous for anything but a (completed?) Hemicar.  As the saying goes, you can always go down on the price...  WAY down...


Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: 69_500 on July 14, 2008, 07:18:08 PM
I would have to say that the seller would have to come down to around 30% of the asking price to even have someone be realistic about buying it. Especially when we know what the asking price was for the car not too long ago, and there isn't that much that has changed since then. Other than slapping in some white interior.

If they did anything, they had better have not changed out the front windshield on the car. That was probably one of the coolest things on the car.
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: nakita7 on July 14, 2008, 10:32:15 PM
Wow, what a deal...
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 15, 2008, 09:41:40 AM
Quote from: 69_500 on July 14, 2008, 07:18:08 PM
I would have to say that the seller would have to come down to around 30% of the asking price to even have someone be realistic about buying it. Especially when we know what the asking price was for the car not too long ago, and there isn't that much that has changed since then. Other than slapping in some white interior.

If they did anything, they had better have not changed out the front windshield on the car. That was probably one of the coolest things on the car.
what was so special about the windshield  ????   
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: Charger_Fan on July 15, 2008, 03:04:00 PM
Quote from: moparstuart on July 15, 2008, 09:41:40 AM
Quote from: 69_500 on July 14, 2008, 07:18:08 PM
I would have to say that the seller would have to come down to around 30% of the asking price to even have someone be realistic about buying it. Especially when we know what the asking price was for the car not too long ago, and there isn't that much that has changed since then. Other than slapping in some white interior.

If they did anything, they had better have not changed out the front windshield on the car. That was probably one of the coolest things on the car.
  what was so special about the windshield  ????   
:iagree: :popcrn:
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: 69_500 on July 15, 2008, 03:45:49 PM
Oh nothing important to the car really. Just something that I found neat.

It was a sticker from 1970 approving the car to be driven on the Autobahn in Germany. Since the car was exported to Germany very early on, and then brought back to the states in the late 70's.
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: moparstuart on July 15, 2008, 03:48:45 PM
 that would be a very neat hiistorical piece to keep with the car !
Title: Re: Daytona #1 for sale?
Post by: 69_500 on July 15, 2008, 03:50:46 PM
I just remember staring at the backside of the sticker a lot when I was younger. It was on the front windshield, pretty well centered. Like in the same spot where the rear view mirror hangs down in front of.