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Daytona in Motion

Started by Chris G., July 23, 2006, 06:40:05 PM

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Chris G.

When's the last time you saw pics of a wing car driving in normal traffic (or dare I say Jersey traffic) :o ? Doesn't happen often, but this badboy was spotted out and about. Ignore the urge to post about the gas price.  ;)







69_500

Always good to see them out and about.

Gas prices seem a little cheaper there, well okay so a lot cheaper than they are here currently.


Ghoste

The car looks like it's smiling in that last pic. :icon_smile_big:

johntpr


nascarxx29

At first I  thought it might have been Paul K's car, but I think its J.R.s car. Chris knows who I mean. :icon_smile_big:
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

Brock Samson


hemi68charger

Yeah ha !!!!  I'z like it.. Thanks Chris........ Sweet car...........  John, a Daytona you don't know about?........ Come on.......  You're kidding, right?..........

Troy
Troy
'69 Charger Daytona 440 auto 4.10 Dana ( now 426 HEMI )
'70 Superbird 426 Hemi auto: Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat world record holder (220.2mph)
Houston Mopar Club Connection

hemigeno

OK Chris - the gas prices betray the fact that you've had those pictures for a while...  What else are you holding out on us??

And what were you doing - stalking him?  (BTW, I would too   :P  )



Just 6T9 CHGR

His friend John's ride......V2 Hemi Orange unrestored survivor loaded with p/w & cruise :drool5:
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


tan top

Nice looking daytona , prowling the neighbour hood looking up to no good , :thumbs:
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

69_500

Not only is he tailing him, but he is tailing him in a charger of his own.

BigBlockSam

i've seen that car close up. super nice!
I won't be wronged, I wont be Insulted and I wont be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to others, and I require the same from them.

  [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/347b5v5.jpg[/img

hemigeno

I need to check a disk I have at the house.  Somewhere I have a record of these early VIN cars, as they were assigned to one of the Chrysler factory-backed NASCAR drivers for a time.  My guess is I can post which of the driver's had that car at least for a while.  Might be a useless piece of trivia for most, but I'm interested in finding out - and it's not even my car...





Ghoste

I don't think it's useless trivia.  I think it's a cool part of the car's history. :icon_smile_cool:

tan top

Quote from: hemigeno on July 26, 2006, 12:54:06 PM
I need to check a disk I have at the house. Somewhere I have a record of these early VIN cars, as they were assigned to one of the Chrysler factory-backed NASCAR drivers for a time. My guess is I can post which of the driver's had that car at least for a while. Might be a useless piece of trivia for most, but I'm interested in finding out - and it's not even my car...





Quote from: Ghoste on July 26, 2006, 04:21:12 PM
I don't think it's useless trivia.  I think it's a cool part of the car's history. :icon_smile_cool:
:iagree:    not useless info , to me intresting & fascinating information,  :popcrn:
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

Chris G.

Geno, you met the owner of this car. Nightime in Carlisle...hotel parking lot. Tall slim dude that browsed your scrapbook...that's him. John is the most downplayed owner of a wingcar I have ever met. When he mentions he owns one, most people shrug and say "cool". Reality is, they think he is just another mental patient that claims to own one. Little do they know what treasure he owns.  ;D

hemigeno

Quote from: Chris G. on July 26, 2006, 05:48:15 PM
Geno, you met the owner of this car. Nightime in Carlisle...hotel parking lot. Tall slim dude that browsed your scrapbook...that's him. John is the most downplayed owner of a wingcar I have ever met. When he mentions he owns one, most people shrug and say "cool". Reality is, they think he is just another mental patient that claims to own one. Little do they know what treasure he owns.  ;D

:o

Ya gotta hit me over the head sometimes...  and here I wasn't even slugging down any of the Alexander Keiths, but still missed out on chatting up with yet another fellow mental patient - err - Daytona owner.  That car definitely looks like a treasure from those pictures (and from the other Chris' descriptions too).  Pass along my apologies for me, wouldya?


69_500

I met him at Englishtown last year, and he is definately a laid back gentleman. Then again Gene isn't too upity either.

Quite a few of the wing car owners are laid back, and easy going. There are the occasional stuck up wing car owners, but I haven't run accross too many that have had the cars for more than a few years.

nascarxx29

I knew that was John's car. That has the most loaded with  options 440 daytonas I've come across. John supplied me with a copy of the build sheet to prove how optioned it is.
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

Silver R/T

http://www.cardomain.com/id/mitmaks

1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
My Charger is hybrid, it runs on gas and on tears of ricers
2001 Ram 2500 CTD
1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE
1995 Ford Cobra SVT#2722

hemigeno

Well, I checked that disc I was looking for, and unfortunately the car was not in the group of cars I had a record of being assigned to one of the Chrysler-backed NASCAR drivers.  VERY close, but not part of the group.

The very next VIN past John's car was assigned to James Hylton.  The next 5 VIN's (six in total) were assigned to:
Buddy Baker
Neil Castles
Paul Goldsmith
Jim Foster
Bobby Isaac

From cross-checking the SO numbers, I can tell that John's car was assigned to Frank Wylie, who was involved in the development of the Daytona.  It was one of three cars assigned to him, or at least to a pool of cars he was responsible for.  They probably let various Exec's take their turn at the wheel, which is still very cool.  Unfortunately there's not a NASCAR driver tie-in as I had hoped...   :'(


tan top

Quote from: hemigeno on July 27, 2006, 12:32:39 PM
Well, I checked that disc I was looking for, and unfortunately the car was not in the group of cars I had a record of being assigned to one of the Chrysler-backed NASCAR drivers.  VERY close, but not part of the group.

The very next VIN past John's car was assigned to James Hylton.  The next 5 VIN's (six in total) were assigned to:
Buddy Baker
Neil Castles
Paul Goldsmith
Jim Foster
Bobby Isaac

From cross-checking the SO numbers, I can tell that John's car was assigned to Frank Wylie, who was involved in the development of the Daytona.  It was one of three cars assigned to him, or at least to a pool of cars he was responsible for.  They probably let various Exec's take their turn at the wheel, which is still very cool.  Unfortunately there's not a NASCAR driver tie-in as I had hoped...   :'(


intresting infomation ( hemigeno )  are any of the daytonas still alive ?   were the all the same color & options etc ,
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

hemigeno

Quote from: tan top on July 27, 2006, 04:16:39 PM
              intresting infomation ( hemigeno )  are any of the daytonas still alive ?   were the all the same color & options etc ,

As a matter of fact, two of them have been around lately.  They were not all the same color or equipped exactly the same, although I do suspect they were all fairly well optioned out.

Remember the burned & rusted Daytona that everyone cringed when we saw that the auction closed for $40k just in June?  That was the car assigned to NASCAR driver Neil "Soapy" Castles.

Burned Daytona eBay Auction Link

Here's a few pictures to remind you...

hemigeno

The other NASCAR-connected car I currently know about is the one owned by Chuck P. that Doug Schellinger posted a picture of in this thread:

"I gotta question" Thread

This car was assigned to then-current NASCAR driver Paul Goldsmith, and here's an old picture of the car:

Just 6T9 CHGR

John's is the first (earliest) Daytona I have in the registry as well......#2 is the burnt example
Chris' '69 Charger R/T