1969 Dodge Daytona Muscle Car Of The Week Video #42
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- Опубликовано: 3 апр 2014
- 1969 Dodge Daytona Muscle Car Of The Week Video #42
This '69 Charger Daytona in the Brothers Collection is one of 502 built, and 1 of 294 with the 440 engine. With its aerodynamic nose piece and towering rear wing, this is definitely the most outlandish design from the muscle car era. But those features weren't added to shock and sell, they were shaped to be kings of the NASCAR Super Speedways. In this episode of Muscle Car Of The Week, we'll tell you all about it
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Best, most accurate definition of this rare Charger Daytona!
These and the superbirds were the wildest cars to ever come out of Detroit the ultimate muscle car
The 69 Charger Daytona had a more luxurious interior compared to the bare-bones interior of the 70 Roadrunner Superbirds !
Good thing about the Superbird though is that the 440 6BBL was an engine option...along with the standard 440 4bbl and optional Hemi. The Daytona came standard with the 440 4bbl with the Hemi as the only option. Id rather have a regular 69 Charger R/T or 70 Roadrunner
Cool history thanks very much. MOPAR!!!!!!!
I have wanted one of these all my life
Dodge had to build a minimum of 500 street-going versions of the Daytona to sell to the public to qualify the design for NASCAR racing.
+FloridaCoastalGuy That was NASCAR given RULE...but never hit that number for 500 or DAYTONA required. Mercury parked al red and blue ROOF aero cars in one lot...NASCAR glanced and did math on rows. Inner cars were standard "W" nose Cyclones, with blue or red ROOFS. Homologation numbers changed each season, per CLASS cars produced to compete in. USAC, ARCA....BUSCH, Cup. BOSS 429 engine never met numbers either, even after TWO seasons '69 AND '70.
If that beauty where any old muscle car it could qualify as car of the week. But she is much more than just any muscle car because there are no cars like MoPaR's, the #1 original all American badass
A harmony of show and GO! Old MOPARS restored are few and far between, and get the big bucks, crazy money. Did anyone see the HEMI CUDA on one of the auto auctions go over $2million?!? MOPAR has comeback andfrom the dead in the 80's to its past glory and in my opinion has THE line-up of some of the strongest, best looking late model muscle on the road today. The cars I'm personally refurring to is the 2006 Dodge Charger R/T 5.7 HEMI, the 2013 Dodge Charger R/T MAX 5.7 HEMI, lastly the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT 392. AMERICAN MUSCLE RULES!!!
really when you think of it, now the supercar standard is that it hoes 200mph, so technically since the charger daytona was able to get to 200mph its a supercar
+michael silva Nicer interior than SUPERBIRD, which was a folded page brochure ( I still have), white stock with black ink...that listed what you COULDN'T get in "this VEHICLE". They didn't even call it a car. For 5-6 grand DELIVERED.
Very aerodynamic muscle*
Delta W yea your right because these cars are huge it’s like 18 feet long. I don’t know any supercar that’s 18 feet long.
Everything about this car is cool.
That is a bad ass mean machine. It was truly over the top.
The height of the rear wing also allowed air to travel through it to stabilize the rear end at higher speeds.
+Chris Pappas ... Bud was Chrysler Aero / Hemi R+D RACING....Hoover handled STREET Hemi deal. Raymond Fox. (Books out there.) Wing was simply F-15, F-16, F-14 VERTICAL Stabilizers, connected up top. Later after proving wrecks dangerous to stands....teams had to CABLE through parts, under fuel cell to secure. (Added rear weight, no ne complained, especially fans in stands.) WAS adjustable...I could adjust to speed and tip mirrors to watch tires go deep...adjust till speed allowed pressure, NOT flattening.LOOKS great with bikini tracks, and dripping ice water from wet-T contests on top. We did what we could.
Basically two rudders.
Thank you for posting your excellent video! Love those Dodge & Plymouth Wing Cars!
+JackFlemingFan GREAT profile pic ! I sat in this at Martin, Michigan Popular Hot Rodding Nationals US 131 Dragway, after sitting in Big Daddy's black rail. Pruhdomme used to GIVE me used, (15-20 seconds) Hemi gaskets, etc. at OCIR. Slicks.
+William Boardman Thanks and your profile pic is great too as Clint Eastwood is the man!
Host on point. And nice cars. =great show
Also the height of the wing was tall so you could open the trunk,and went thru the rear quarter panels down to the frame.
I was lucky enough to hear Richard Petty speak of his experiences with the SuperBird in NASCAR and he related how the upright portion of the wing really helped to keep the car going straight. He said it was nearly impossible to 'lose it' because the wing would snap the car straight. I would guess that more engineering went into the height/shape of the wing that meets the eye. Too bad they got banned the next year. I wonder how much better the drag coefficient is on the new cars.....I don't mean the NASCAR race cars(which have nearly nothing in common with production cars) but the cars we buy.
Awesome cars an a part of NASCAR history. They were still legal for racing in 1971. But were limited to engine displacement of 305 C.I. or they had to carry more weight with the larger engine displacements effectively making them un competitive . Petty wanted a winged car and Plymouth initially pushed back but caved in when the King switched to Ford. Due to NASACR changing rules they were suppose to build 1 car for every 2 manufacturer dealer which came out to 1920 cars. It was a wild time in NASCAR history.
Its called a Tick Tock Tach.
0.28 Cx !!! thats its VERY impresive
All Daytona were rt cars.
beautiful car.
By the way, I've heard the rumor for years that you could adjust the wing to get enough downforce that it would over load and pop the tires. Is there any evidence of this actually happening?
I have one of these but its 1/64 scale .....lol !
Dreamcar. Right there
kevin, I'll keep the nose cone in mind next time I get to park one..... haha
The Daytona versions and Plymouth super bird are some cool looking muscle cars, look more unique to me compared to every other car, some nice models I'd so drive one
NASCAR didn't actually outlaw these cars they just made a rule that said any aero car couldn't have an engine displacement larger then 300ci or sp
Charlie Glotzbach also ran over 200 while testing for Chrysler during the same time as Buddy Baker.
Same color as my 69 Charger, but mine would start to lift up off the ground at speeds above 110mph, without the nosecone of course.
I was surprised you didnt mention that the nose and wing were a slightly different shade of color vs the car they would be equipped on. They werent painted with the car.
Daniel Collins really? cool I didn't know that. thanks for sharing.
Good story 👍
NOTE : windshield pillar caps, lower front fender trim piece.Chargers only.Superbird used DODGE Coronet 1970 aero curved fenders, w/o trim under them.
whats the real velocity today of an original Daytona????
16 years ago i was in Yakima WA, there were two of these daytonas in this run down house, guy sitting on the porch i got out to go check them out.. before i got to shake the mans hand he pulled out a wad of cash and just said i could not afford one.. guy was rather rude, but i guess he got tired of collectors trying to buy it i dunno.. i just wanted to ask the guy about the history etc.. o well, hopefully he did sell them and someone is enjoying them instead of just sitting in his drive way rusting away. only daytona story i have. i ddi get to sit in a early 50s vet.. i was 15 at my job told t o go get something in the barn and there she was in red rag top i jumped in and it had a short throw shifter when you sat in the seat it sucked you in, and it felt like a glove.. what a cool car that was :)
Not built on the charger 500 but the 500 and Daytona both start with XX29 vins ????
I always preferred the Daytona to the Superbird because the Daytonas didn't have a vinyl top and Im pretty sure all the Superbirds did
MOPAR BABY!!
MOPAR OR NO CAR!!!!!
My dream mopar!!!! I know were one is sitting wasting away in an apartment complex parking lot!!!! It's a Y7 red w/ white rump stripe black interior 440 727 auto still owned by the original owner!!!!!!
The difference of the Daytona then a standard Charger is of course the nose cone and wing but the back window is flush like the Charger 500's and the Standard Chargers had a tucked in kind of back window
+79tazman Saw two Vega drag cars on trailers yesterday. Going back to ask for old HATCHBACK glass BUBBLES (now LEXAN)...as can fit between rails /sails of Standard Charger roof, and vinyl over. Standard curvy Satellite glass is really smooth enough for Superbird, and I've done a few for people who paint Petty blue...BLEND at major shows in ROWS of Supers.Not many notice trunk lid opens past wing, no less lack of vinyl top, or glass.
Just to stupid long for a daily driver but a guy around here drove one summer and winter and it gradually rusted away to bad 'cause it was something to behold !
i found my friend a 70 superbird in '87 when he entered a divorce & had to dump some items he offered me a real 1969 XX29 for 7 grand missing the nose & wing but numbers match 440, auto & all there otherwise. Not long ago this was around the year 2000 & i didnt have 40-50k to restore it so i passed on it.
I would have offed my self instead
Next time I drive a Daytona? Oh sure no problem I will make sure to be careful.... Shit I don't even remember ever seeing one in person
375 hp at 4600 rpm, yet it has an 8000 rpm tach? Sure, the OEM's sandbagged occasionally by measuring horsepower at a low rpm, but how fast could these 440's or 426 Hemis turn without blowing up? AFAIK, the 426 kept making power forever.
Question. If these weren't converted Charger 500's, what's up with the flush back window?
I think the guy messed up with his presentation, I was wondering the same thing.
They kept the Charger 500 aero parts at the Daytona. I also thought they were converted from the 500, but at Graveyard Carz, they claim, that they are converted from Charger R/Ts.
The cars were shipped unpainted and sans nose and tail to a different factory to be built.
+andrew c 500 was early fall 1968 first aero R+D to fight FORD swoop Torino COBRAS of Holman Moody and Wood Brothers Mercury Cyclones.DAYTONA was second design evolution, later for SUPERSPEEDWAY called TALLADEGA being opened in spring 1969.
+andrew c 1968 CORONET flush grille, (as was fall 1968), windshield pillar stainless caps over rain rails NOT allowed to remove, and they touched glass.
I want one
El auto de mis sueños
ironic how the Daytona never won there, but did at Talladega, but the Talladega did win Daytona and if that wasnt enough, the next year,what won but a superbird lol crazy
why does it remind me of the superbird
It was made in 1969. the Superbird was made in 1970. The only reason was Richard Petty drove for Plymouth and not Dodge. He wanted one in 1969...they said no...he went and raced for Ford. so Plymouth quickly built one for him in 1970. each was a one year only car.
MrBubba19692 thanks for the little history lesson!
MrBubba19692 thanks for sharing. I didn't know that. that's pretty cool.
I know where an Y7 red, white rump stripe, black interior, 440-727 torque flight one owner Charger Daytona is just sitting rotting away in an apartment complex parking lot!!!! I wish I could rescue it!!!!
mhm ! podrian traducirlo al español.
there were no 440 six pack?
No just the 440 4bbl or the Hemi. The Superbird had the 440 6BBL as an option though
Jeremy Thompson My bro had a 70 super bird 440x6, unreal what the pull still felt like at 150 when those last 2 barrels opened up, I never did look at the speed o after 150, I was too busy sayin Hail Marys, I think I was about 14 then.
I wish these videos would actually give the stats of these cars to end the nonsense myths.......and this information is direct from the nascar stats of 1969 and 1970......the daytona was dismall racing failure with only 6 wins, the superbird was not much better with only 8, same as the mercury cyclone spoiler with 8.......the dodge charger 500 actually did much better with 22 wins but the king of the aerocars was the Ford Talledega torino with 29 wins.......especially when you consider that ford pulled out altogether after the 1969 season and David Pearson only ran 19 races in 1970.
are these car still available?
+PunkSkaful These are not for sale, they are all part of a private collection called The Brothers Collection.
MuscleCarOfTheWeek are there Dodge Charger Daytona available around the world? or this is the last
There are usually some Daytonas available at any given point. Check the high-end auction houses like Mecum or Barrett-Jackson to see what is available.
+PunkSkaful
Rare but available. Bring your check book. Mecum has a Hemi all original coming up for auction. $800k - 1 mill is the fetching price. Google 1969 DODGE HEMI DAYTONA
Bert Nunyabusiness thank you I'll buy one
So which come first the Dodge or the Superbird ???
lmgtfy.com/?q=which+came+first+dodge+daytona+or+plymouth+superbird
69 Dodge Daytona 70 Plymouth Superbird
Thanks Man :-)
+MrSwift05 In SALES....fall 1968 for flat nose 500, then DAYTONA, for Talladega opening races in 1969. Superbirds for fall 1969 and 1970 season events.In RACES ? FORDS, but PETTY TEAM won on points, in 1970 with ROOKIE HAMILTON in # 40 for 7 - UP sponsor. PETTY did OK in 1969 in FORD. FORDS qualified better (by themselves). But in traffic, vertical stabs worked to hold Daytona And Supers STRAIGHT, on steep banking. More wrestling than steering. Cross one up, you were about done. Glass would have helped.READY ?FIRST races at Talladega, won by Richard Brickhouse in a DAYTONA.(Petty didn't run)Second race at DAYTONA (4th of July FIRECRACKER 400), won by a TALLADEGA.
William Boardman Thanks :-)
Retro T-Bird... GROSS!!!
if you guys had a choice and the money would you pick the Daytona or Superbird
Daytona
+Monnie King same here I'd go Daytona
super bird
+Stanton Getridge superbird looks way cooler the headlights and wing and i like roadrunner heheh
+Stanton Getridge 1982 summer, California Street Rods was an almost gravel lot. MAYBE 15 cars. Yellow 'cuda 440, black hockey stick, pistol...six pack intake / carbs in the trunk 5K. Plum Crazy Challenger T/A for 7,200. Front line was a Red, red wheels, red bench 440 Daytona, for 6. I drove there at around 7 AM, after buying a 69 RA III Trans Am at 6:45 that AM. For 3500 cash.Salesman wouldn't trade for T/A - T/A.Also a black Cougar Cobra Jet 428 /four speed 1971 in back row.Paid 3500 TRADE with a Pontiac Grand Prix (76) swivel buckets 400, for first SUPERBIRD in summer 1981. B7, black TJ diamond tuck stretched over white bench (boat glitter), had never driven off base, so never saw freeway use. DID that day.KING signed my 1971 RR, after I graduated NRI school.
Who are the nine pushover didn't like this video?
I am fixing 2
Joe Dirt
+PunkSkaful So here's David Spade...at B+J or MECUM last January...2 COPPER DAYTONAS ever...HE paid 990k+fees. HAD to have it.It had a HEMI.
The fender bumps do nothing for tire clearance!
American legend...yet to me it's an ugly car! Would I own one...yes.
The Car Is Sexy If I Was A Car I Would Fuck It! But The Color That Guy Has On His Is Ugly!
To me looks better than Orange with an O1 & Ugly Flag on top of it!
+rickames I think you mean worse than better and awesome than ugly
No...I meant what I wrote. Hey have a good evening.
+rickames EASY to FIND in parking lot. Hard to park ANYWHERE.At Car Craft Nationals WEST in 1979, (POMONA) we had bikini contest and Wet -T contestants UP ON wings, four girls per car.
It is one ugly car.
It really is an ugly car.🤮
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