Posted on 12/11/2015 8:33:27 AM PST by MtnClimber
Someday, all of the classic muscle cars stashed in country barns will have either been found or rusted away. Until then, you can only hope to be as lucky as the Alabama man who found one of the rarest Dodges ever rotting in a shed.
The car in question was a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, a vehicle sold mainly to meet NASCAR rules, with just 503 built. Powered by a 440 Magnum V-8 conservatively rated at 375 hp, and sporting the massive wing that defined the early superspeedway Mopars, the Daytona was a force of reckoning at every stop light.
According to Alabama restorer Charles Lyons, the second owner of this particular car bought it in 1974, and had some flames painted on the fenders for showing off in Florida. Over the years, he drove the car less and less, and itâs been sitting motionless for several years, slowing turning to rust with a topping of moss on the rear wing.
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...as opposed to this:
An original window sticker for a '69 Daytona.
[[Odd that it only has 20k miles on it. Hope the mice enjoyed living in it.]]
Not a problem- just send it to counts customs-
LOL! 20-30K miles is pretty good for the garbage being put out by Detroit back then. My wife inherited a 71 Olds Cutlass Rocket 350 a few years back. We drove it back from Denver and got it licensed. We drove it around a bit, it was really cool with the thrush mufflers. It was also one of the crappiest cars ever built. The muffler began to fall off after a few hundred miles. The heater blower didn’t work. The A/C has been gutted. It handled for shyt. We sold it to some collector a few months after we got it.
Nostalgia is fun. But those old cars are crap. I played with some old 60s/70s motorcycle restorations back in the 90s. Same story. Those bikes that were so cutting edge are dogs with sh1tty suspensions, lousy handling and worse brakes. Now I just keep photos of old bikes. Damm they were pretty. But crap. I’ll keep my Tiger1050 ABS thank you.
We had a similar reference - failures were often traced to something wrong with the “back plate, head bearing”.
Get it to those Graveyard Cars guys ASAP.
It will look as good as new.
These articles always state that some rare car in POS condition will fetch big bucks. Nonsense. How much will this hulk cost to restore to pristine “original condition”? (HATE that term)
Just in case......my buddy had one stole right after he bought it...
Making note, his name is O... C.... in S.C.
The “standard” Charger looked fast, just sitting there. Thanks for the memories!!
Yep
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