Wellborn Hemi Daytona

[superbirdtom]

The man of the hour...the Daytona came to the show in an enclosed trailer. Otis
came in his Hemi convertible.

I seem to remember this convert for sale in the san Fernando valley back in 86 or thereabouts for $13.500.00    and people were saying that was too much, boy I remember a hemi ragtop 69 gtx for 5 grand with a 383 in it and a hemi 69 green on green runner for 5 grand and a black on black 69 hemi runner for 5k. lime green superbird for 3k  etc etc . that was a good time to buy.

Otis's Hemi came straight from Canada along with his Plum Crazy 70 Hemi Challenger
convertible and Greg's Pink 70 Hemi Cuda. I hear ya Tom ,there's a lot of
super cool cars that are way way off the radar...

I stand corrected it was a 69 hemi coronet r/t hemi convert that was for sale in the s.f valley in woodland ca for $13.500.00. don't know who has it now but it was bronze with brown interior.  just a great time for buying mopars for cheap prices.

[JB400]

This guy's cars are getting ready to cross the block.

Watching on NBC Sports 

[tan top]

This guy's cars are getting ready to cross the block.

Watching on NBC Sports  

   http://www.mecum.com/live.cfm     think its  lot F180  , the  wellborn Daytona  , I await to be corrected 

[JB400]

First Daytona (Brown one) $900,000

[Aero426]

First Daytona (Brown one) $900,000

Sold

[tan top]

First Daytona (Brown one) $900,000

Sold

[moparnation74]

Man nearly a mil

Congrats to Tim and the aero crowd.

[JB400]

The other Daytona sold for $280,000 (orange one)

[odcics2]

Man nearly a mil

Congrats to Tim and the aero crowd.

With the money left over, the new owner can buy himself a real Daytona hood for it!   

[A383Wing]

wonder if it will ever see the light of day or ever be seen again?

[tan top]

The other Daytona sold for $280,000 (orange one)

the C500 also 

[Highbanked Hauler]

I am surprised the white 500 didn't get to 200K.

[Aero426]

I am surprised the white 500 didn't get to 200K.

Agree.   

[TUFCAT]

Once again, thanks for all you do Tan Top!  

[Ghoste]

Yeah I thought the brown Daytona would crack the million mark and I thought the white 500 would bring more too.  Still strong.

[TUFCAT]

Yeah I thought the brown Daytona would crack the million mark and I thought the white 500 would bring more too.  Still strong.

I thought the 500 suffered a bit from "the money in the room".....and was worth a more if you ask me.   Maybe some of the superstar bidders had their eyes on other stuff?

[DAY CLONA]

The Orange Daytona sold pretty good seeing it had a lot of repro sheetmetal on it, the "Gibson" restoration probably helped push the price up, the late Jack McGaughey provided the  repro steel nosecone and repro rear window plug, I provided the repro steel Z bars, IIRC Gene Gregory supplied the light buckets/pivots, the car was a real rot bucket, it's claim to being 1 of 1, maybe 2 painted in Competition Orange/Omaha Orange was it's saving grace

Mike

[TUFCAT]

The Orange Daytona sold pretty good seeing it had a lot of repro sheetmetal on it, the "Gibson" restoration probably helped push the price up, the late Jack McGaughey provided the  repro steel nosecone and repro rear window plug, I provided the repro steel Z bars, IIRC Gene Gregory supplied the light buckets/pivots, the car was a real rot bucket, it's claim to being 1 of 1, maybe 2 painted in Competition Orange/Omaha Orange was it's saving grace

Mike

The orange Daytona was a concourse quality restoration on an already rare Daytona in a special order color. It was obviously restored to a very high level and considered by experts to be exceptional car with a broadcast sheet, owned by the second owner since 1973, and all numbers matching.   There's really no reason to dog this car.      It brought the money it deserved.

[A383Wing]

Yeah I thought the brown Daytona would crack the million mark and I thought the white 500 would bring more too.  Still strong.

I thought the 500 suffered a bit from "the money in the room".....and was worth a more if you ask me.   Maybe some of the superstar bidders had their eyes on other stuff?

yea...I was surprised at how low the white 500 went for

[Beep Beep Dave]

The Orange Daytona sold pretty good seeing it had a lot of repro sheetmetal on it, the "Gibson" restoration probably helped push the price up, the late Jack McGaughey provided the  repro steel nosecone and repro rear window plug, I provided the repro steel Z bars, IIRC Gene Gregory supplied the light buckets/pivots, the car was a real rot bucket, it's claim to being 1 of 1, maybe 2 painted in Competition Orange/Omaha Orange was it's saving grace

Mike

The orange Daytona was a concourse quality restoration on an already rare Daytona in a special order color. It was obviously restored to a very high level and considered by experts to be exceptional car with a broadcast sheet, owned by the second owner since 1973, and all numbers matching.   There's really no reason to dog this car.      It brought the money it deserved.

How is he dogging the car...more of just saying like it is I thought. It is what it is.
Tan Top thanks for always posting the pics and results. I appreciate the trouble you go through. We have an opening on the A12 Registry for you!

Dave

[TUFCAT]

The Orange Daytona sold pretty good seeing it had a lot of repro sheetmetal on it, the "Gibson" restoration probably helped push the price up, the late Jack McGaughey provided the  repro steel nosecone and repro rear window plug, I provided the repro steel Z bars, IIRC Gene Gregory supplied the light buckets/pivots, the car was a real rot bucket, it's claim to being 1 of 1, maybe 2 painted in Competition Orange/Omaha Orange was it's saving grace

Mike

The orange Daytona was a concourse quality restoration on an already rare Daytona in a special order color. It was obviously restored to a very high level and considered by experts to be exceptional car with a broadcast sheet, owned by the second owner since 1973, and all numbers matching.   There's really no reason to dog this car.      It brought the money it deserved.

How is he dogging the car...more of just saying like it is I thought. It is what it is.
Dave

How many restored 1 of 2 special order Daytona's (or any other specialty vehicle) actually have their original born with oem parts these days -  especially the nose cone?

This was a rare numbers matching Daytona with its original born with documentation and paperwork...... and one expertly restored to high standard.

If DayClona has a bitch with the build quality then so be it.  The buyers didn't see it that way.  

Many COPO Camaro's, LS6 Chevelle's, W-31 Old's, and Shelby Mustangs have been restored the same way also nearly reaching the $300K mark.  Why is this rare documented Daytona any different?

[DAY CLONA]

The Orange Daytona sold pretty good seeing it had a lot of repro sheetmetal on it, the "Gibson" restoration probably helped push the price up, the late Jack McGaughey provided the  repro steel nosecone and repro rear window plug, I provided the repro steel Z bars, IIRC Gene Gregory supplied the light buckets/pivots, the car was a real rot bucket, it's claim to being 1 of 1, maybe 2 painted in Competition Orange/Omaha Orange was it's saving grace

Mike

The orange Daytona was a concourse quality restoration on an already rare Daytona in a special order color. It was obviously restored to a very high level and considered by experts to be exceptional car with a broadcast sheet, owned by the second owner since 1973, and all numbers matching.   There's really no reason to dog this car.      It brought the money it deserved.

How is he dogging the car...more of just saying like it is I thought. It is what it is.
Dave

How many restored Daytona's these days have their original born with oem parts....especially nose cone?  This is an exceptional car restored to a very high standard.  If Dayclona has a bitch with the quality then so be it....obviously the buyers didn't see it that way.  

Whoa, who's hittin the catnip! I didn't dis this car other than to note that it was restored with the majority of it's Aero components replaced, where as some might assume it's all "original" seeing the collection it came from, so time for a "catnap" their Buddy

[TUFCAT]

Whoa, who's hittin the catnip! I didn't dis this car other than to note that it was restored with the majority of it's Aero components replaced, where as some might assume it's all "original" seeing the collection it came from, so time for a "catnap" their Buddy

No catnip here and no offense...  I thought the car was worth the money being a 1 of 2 special order color Daytona with documentation.

[DAY CLONA]

Whoa, who's hittin the catnip! I didn't dis this car other than to note that it was restored with the majority of it's Aero components replaced, where as some might assume it's all "original" seeing the collection it came from, so time for a "catnap" their Buddy

No catnip here and no offense...  I thought the car was worth the money being a 1 of 2 special order color Daytona with documentation.

No offense taken, just merely implying that the replacement parts didn't seem to affect it's value, seeing that this Tona" is just a no frills "base" model, the color being it's key attraction... as some like to gauge the value of the market based on what they see cross the auction block, often times not knowing the vehicles reconstruction history, had this car been any other color, and not carrying a "Gibson" restoration, and no notoriety from being part of a "collection" , but wearing the same amount of repro parts, and a quality restoration, it probably wouldn't have garnered no more than $140-$150K at auction IMHO

Mike

[hemi68charger]

Well heck, wonder what my Daytona is worth now with the 426 Hemi in it?
It isn't a Roger Gibson nor GYC restoration, it's a Troy Hawkes Creation. 

But, it DOES have it's original sheetmetal....... double 

Man, I had fun watching the auction... Quite the collection of pedigrees Tim USED to own...... Man, the next Aero Warriors Meet will have some more room in the Wellborn Museum for us..