'Barn find' 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona doesn't run, but is worth a ton

Fox News ^ | 12/14/15 | Gary Gastelu

[WildHighlander57]

2 guys from Sweden bought our ‘76 Colony Park station wagon.

They were buying the big cars and shipping them overseas to sell to doctors, etc. that didn’t care about high gas prices.

That station wagon would pass anything but a gas station... on a good day on the open road it got maybe 10mpg.

460 engine, heavy duty everything....

[Eddie01]

http://norewardisworththis.tumblr.com/post/64845798933/snl-quien-es-mas-macho-sketch-from-21719

[Lurker]

Thanks for the memories.

L

[21twelve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HflA-8svJE

The above link is to a muscle-car get together in Sweden. They are pretty popular over there.

[xp38]

1970 NASCAR Grand National Champion Bobby Isaac....for you yutes Grand National was the name of NASCAR's championship prior to Winston and Sprint cups.

[eyedigress]

I drove past Wilksboro the other day. I should have stopped and snapped some photos.

[Mariner]

That car will do at least 160mph.

But anything over 100mph is a bit unstable and it takes a week to stop it lol

[Daaave]

Of the two cars, the Superbird was my favorite.

[Daaave]

When I was a kid, I had a 1/24 scale model of #71 and #43.
When the rules handicapped these cars, I kind of lost interest in stock car racing.

[Impala64ssa]

Anyone know if those headlights were electric or pneumatic?
They were pnuematic on both the Daytonas and Superbirds. I had a 68 Charger that had vacuum covers. They were operated by a sliding valve with a lever attached to the headlight switch behind the dash. It was common for the lever on the valve to break so I bolted it under the dash to work them manually.

[Daffynition]

Best practices for a rear spoiler

[moehoward]

AH!

I guess it was probably similar to the early Cougars.

[ETL]

Re: Who es muy macho...

Lol! That’s it!

Thanks.

[VerySadAmerican]

There ya’ go. I had a Superbee at my disposal when I was a teen. My brother in law owned it and I drove it a lot. White with a red bench seat and black hood scoops. Man, that thing was pretty! As we used to say “it had a radio and a heater”. No AC but I think it did have power steering. Three speed auto on the column with a 383 under the hood.

If we’d only known we could have bought old cars and sat them in a barn. Back then you could get 1940s and 1950s cars for $300. I think the Superbee cost lest than $3000.

[sheana]

My best friend through high school drove a yellow ‘65 convertible Mustang. Her dad, who was a car salesman, sold it and got her that purple Challenger. We drove that car everywhere.

[ETL]

That is one pretty car...

The next one's a 1970...

[sheana]

Yep. Hers had the black vinyl top. lol

[ETL]

I think all of the purple Challengers did.

In any case, I much prefer the 70s-era Challengers to the new ones. The new ones, IMO, are too “stocky”. The original was more lean and sleek.

[shotgun]

DANG!