A very special Dodge Daytona 500

(Car Lust) - the Plymouth Superbird was only made for 1970 and the
Dodge Daytona 500's year was 1969. Each car was made for one model
year so that the car could compete in NASCAR races with the pointed
nose and rear wing/spoiler, both designed by NASA. These
aerodynamic additions and others to the car body gave it quite an
advantage over lesser rounded cars of this vintage. The rear wing
was very sturdy--there are even photos of a man sitting on top of
it just to prove its rigidity.

But what makes this particular car so special is not its condition
or rarity. Nope, it's special because it is one of only two Dodge
Daytona 500s left on the planet that are still in the possession of
their original owners...

Continued: http://xrl.us/DD500

 

Besides the Honda Element, I've *always* thought that that was *the*
*dumbest*, *ugliest* looking vehicle ever made.

 

to each his own.........i like it

 

So what cars of that era do you like?

 

Pretty much the Mopars *without* the super silly noses and spoilers. My
favorite was the '66 Charger - that was the earlier fastback body with
the taillights all the way across the rear. Wasn't crazy about the
Barracuda.

 

too bad you weren't crazy about the barracuda. a whole lot of super stock
boys damn sure were....

 

I didn't like the original Charger at all. I wanted a 68-70 one really
bad. Every time I had the money to buy one, there wasn't a decent one
available, so I widened my net to Roadrunners, Chargers, and a couple
others.

My idiot cousin had a 70 Roadrunner in mint condition, and he was
supposed to call me if/when he sold it, but the bozo sold it to a kid I
went to school with in late 73. I saw it and recognized it instantly,
and asked the kid who he bought it from, and when he confirmed it was my
cousin, I flipped. My cousin said he forgot. That car has been restored,
and it comes out once in a while when the weather is nice. Still looks
awesome. It's just a 383 car, but I would still love to have it, even
though my '08 Charger R/T would beat it in a drag race.

 

At least he did some good things with it. I was afraid your story was
going to end like many of them do: "...the guy totaled it 2 weeks after
he bought it".

 

I was just speaking from an aesthetics point of view. I'm likely
partial to the '66 Charger because my dad owned one when I was a
teenager - it was the light blue color. I know that was a standard
Chrysler color back then, but I have never seen another '66 Charger 383
4-bbl with it. It had dark blue tuck and roll leather - very classy.
Unfortunately my dad stuck (I can't use the word "stored" in this case)
literally in a barn, without any preparations for that. When we pulled
it out years later, the leather was trashed, and the pistons were rusted
to the cylinders. He sold it for $3000.

 

Nope, it did have some ratty years though. I vaguely know the guy he
sold it to, who still has it about 30 years later.

My first car that I actually bought, a 74 Roadrunner is alive and very
well today in the Las Vegas area, with it's original 360 replaced with a
stroked 440, and in every way, is in far better condition than it was
when it was made. It was one of the very last "fuselage" Roadrunners.
There were a couple of the hideous '75's on the truck with it when it
came in months after I ordered it, and the dealer wasn't sure if it
might not be a 75. We had a deal worked out, that if it was a 75, I
wasn't taking it, and he would find me an acceptable car, and get it in
a week, or give me the deposit back. There was a 75 on the truck with
it, the same color and almost the same exact equipment on it, so I guess
they made it twice.

 

You know - I just realized that I was only thinking of the earlier
(mid-60's) Barracuda fastback. I had totally forgotten about the later
70's. You're right - nothing wrong with them.

 

No:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/1965_Plymouth_Barracuda_Formula_S.jpg/

Yes:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...arracuda.jpg/250px-'70_Plymouth_Barracuda.jpg

 

Didn't get the complete link on the "No" photo:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...g/220px-1965_Plymouth_Barracuda_Formula_S.jpg

 

the 68 hemi superstock is when they got good. the 68 dart too!

 

the old 65s were an off shoot of the early valiant

 

here's what you want.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robs446/4613299138/sizes/o/

 

Yeah - that's not bad at all. Looks like it borrowed a few styling cues
from the '66/'67 Charge.

 

Well, it was good enough to get banned ....


like so many other Chrysler cars and engines,

so it has a beauty that's more than skin deep.

If you can't beat it, ban it.