Daytona question

[70 sublime]

I was just wondering with all you guys that like to keep track of the numbers

Of the original 504 (if that is the right number) that were built

How many are known to be left and how many are known to be gone (and never come back)

Which also leads to how many might be left to still find

Does anybody have these numbers ?

[68pplcharger]

Great questions... I would like to know as well. I'm sure some of the guru's here know these questions already. They're pretty awesome when it comes to the history of these cars and who owns which ones etc.

[3--Daytona]

check with Hemi Geno,,,,he should have some idea,,,,

[nascarxx29]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,75320.0.html
69 Daytona list per state totals going from the current standing list number to date #501 cars from pages supplied in my club newsletter that shows the new car shipments for 69 daytonas and locations shipped to Including serial numbers and dealer number and dealer location. Also shows what states did and did not recieve a 69 daytona .Starting with the 440s AL-11 AZ-5 AR-2 CANADA 45 CA-38 CO-12 CON-2 DE-1 FL-16 GA-16 HAWAII-2 ID-1 IL-22 IN-21 IA-3 KAN-7 KEN-5 LOU-7 ME-1 MD-2 MASS-5 MI-26 MINN-3 MISS-1 MO-21 MONT-1 NEB-4 NV-2 NH-2 NJ-6 NY-26 NC-13 NDKT-1 SDKT-4.OH-25 OK-9 ORE-7 PA-23 RI-3 SC-4 TN-5 TX-20 UT-1 VT-1 VA-13 WA ST-7 WA-DC-2 W VA-1 WI-9-The 426 states AZ-1 CANADA-5 CA-7 CO-3 GA-1 IL-1 IN-1 KAN-1 MD-1 MI-2 MO-1 NY-1 NC-1 OH-3 PA-1 SC-1 TX-3 WVA-1 WI-1 .Total #501 465- 440 Hemi-36 for the 47 states 1 line was unreadable unknown state. 2 cars were 440 dodge exec cars with no dealer location in house cars and figured in with the MI total.Only #3 states didnt recieve 69 Daytona on this current list Alaska-New Mexico-Wyoming

[Aero426]

We have about 375 cars recorded in the Daytona Superbird Club database.    Most of those cars are still around.    Pretty high survival rate for the muscle car era.    So there are another 125 cars give or take yet to be accounted for.  Every so often, a new one pops up.   

[hemigeno]

I have logged almost the exact same number as Doug mentioned the DSAC has.  As he stated, most all of those are still around.  We've all seen pictures of wrecked or junkyard Daytonas, but some of those could have later been saved.  MoparJohn's two Daytonas were both in a Kansas City scrapyard, for instance.  Most of the others were just photos of a car, without a correlating VIN.

A few known-VIN cars we know are likely gone forever (or we'd all be giving them the stinkeye if they ever did show up):

> Big Willie's King & Queen Daytonas - 356523 & 356525 respectively

> Texas Toast Daytona - 402977

> Ted Stephens' stripped junkyard shell - 405184

Those are just the ones that come to mind, and maybe some other folks remember or can identify more?  There were certainly other cars crushed/scrapped through the years, but we may never know their VINs.

With the rarity of Daytonas, now-a-days they are often saved when another model would have been sold off for parts long ago.  Two or three project Daytonas owned by DC.com members immediately come to mind.  FWIW, someone could still "restore" the Ted Stephens car, although they'd have to stretch even the most liberal definition of "rebody" in order to do so.

[odcics2]

 

Depends on the pedigree of the car, too.