Latest picture of our Daytona tribute

[histoy]

Recently we received some pictures of our car that were taken at the Fall cruise-in sponsored by the Quad City Mopar Club.  My wife likes this picture the best and asked me to share it on this site.  Our car is a Hemi Daytona tribute built by Brian Bodensteiner, a member of this forum (Charger-Bodie).  Ours may not be a $900,000 real car, but Brian's workmanship on this tribute is exceptional.   The car is a blast to drive, and we get many admirers wherever we take it.  I hope you enjoy the picture as much as we do.

[BROCK]

Very nice!  Thanks for sharing!

[DAY CLONA]

It's a high end quality build, Brian did an amazing amount of work, it would surpass an original in quality fit/finish hands down,may you enjoy/drive it for many years


Mike

[FlatbackFanatic]

Super nice, I like the color combo...

[FJ5WING]

  beautiful!

[70 Charger X2]

That is beautiful

Paulie

[moparnation74]

That is one beautiful ride

MORE PIX!

[BigBlockSam]

  super nice 

[Daytona R/T SE]

 

[69bronzeT5]

I've always loved that car! If I had the $, I'd be sending my '69 down to Brian to do......maybe one day

[tan top]

    looks awesome 

[Aero426]

All of the fun at ten percent of the price of the real thing.   

[Charger-Bodie]

 

[wingcar]

Very nice..................   Most would never know it's not the real thing!

[r4daytona]

Your wife is right, great picture and super car.  Love the white and red wing cars.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Looks like a million bux to me! 

Id love to own that beauty

[hemi68charger]

Recently we received some pictures of our car that were taken at the Fall cruise-in sponsored by the Quad City Mopar Club.  My wife likes this picture the best and asked me to share it on this site.  Our car is a Hemi Daytona tribute built by Brian Bodensteiner, a member of this forum (Charger-Bodie).  Ours may not be a $900,000 real car, but Brian's workmanship on this tribute is exceptional.   The car is a blast to drive, and we get many admirers wherever we take it.  I hope you enjoy the picture as much as we do.

         

[1970Moparmann]

Recently we received some pictures of our car that were taken at the Fall cruise-in sponsored by the Quad City Mopar Club. 

Beautiful car!!   I saw some of Brian's work - awesome!

Is the cruise your talking about the "Cruise through the woods"?   I just found out about this, and planning on doing it next year.

[histoy]

No, that's not what I was talking about.  The pic was taken at a local boat marina in Rock Island, Illinois.

[PlainfieldCharger]

Great shot of your car. I got to Park next to this car for HOURS!! Unreal

[histoy]

Thanks PlainfieldCharger.  I remember your car as well.   You have a beautiful ride, one I'd be proud to drive.

[Daytona Guy]

An amazing car indeed. I thought it would be cool to have one of the Mopar Mags do a piece on some of the Hemi tribute Daytona's that have been made. Yours would be one of the stand outs.

Dane

[daytonalo]

One of the nicest I have seen for sure !! Curious does this car have a vega plug?

[histoy]

Yes, it does.

[1970Moparmann]

History, did you used to own a 68 White on white Coronet RT?    If so, I met you at the Mopars at the Mississippi show a few years back.  I brought my 68 Coronet rag that day.   This was also when I was so lucky to meet Galen.....

[Charger-Bodie]

One of the nicest I have seen for sure !! Curious does this car have a vega plug?

It also has your wind deflectors.

[daytonalo]

What do you think this car will bring in today ? 50 k ? 75 K 100 K
Kind of curious as I have a guy who wants me to build him a 528 Hemi Daytona , T-56 , dana with a Janek nose , my stainless a-pillars , trunk hinges , wing braces along with my steel Daytona plug and mouldings . I said at the end of the day it will bring 100 K

[histoy]

History, did you used to own a 68 White on white Coronet RT?    If so, I met you at the Mopars at the Mississippi show a few years back.  I brought my 68 Coronet rag that day.   This was also when I was so lucky to meet Galen.....

Yes, we used to own the '68 white on white Coronet.  It took Best of Show at Mopars on the Mississippi in 2010.  Galen was there taking pictures of every nook and cranny of that car.  A few years ago we sold it to a Mopar collector who lives in Wisconsin.

[histoy]

What do you think this car will bring in today ? 50 k ? 75 K 100 K
Kind of curious as I have a guy who wants me to build him a 528 Hemi Daytona , T-56 , dana with a Janek nose , my stainless a-pillars , trunk hinges , wing braces along with my steel Daytona plug and mouldings . I said at the end of the day it will bring 100 K

Charger-Bodie might be in a better position to answer that question, but my hope is that the quality of this Hemi built car with only 2500 miles would bring somewhere between 80-100K. 

[moparfan]

that Daytona would look good parked next to my white bird in the garage. hope to buy or build a Daytona some day sharp car.

[histoy]

You have a very nice looking Bird.  The Daytona also looks nice sitting in our garage next to my wife's '64 Corvette coupe.

[moparfan]

what color is the 64 vette?

[histoy]

what color is the 64 vette?

It's Riverside Red with a black interior.

[daytonalo]

Please inform us on what MFG nose , headlight bucket and z-bars used and the headlight set-up used . What size Hemi and trans also . It might be one of the nicest re-creation built !!

[histoy]

I'm sorry, but I can't answer all of your questions.  Charger-Bodie had a post on this site detailing the build and it included numerous pictures.  Possibly you could contact him to get the missing details you're seeking.

Here's what I do know....

The nose came from one of the original Daytonas, and needed a great deal of restoration.  The wing is a hollow aluminum reproduction.   The engine was built by FHO (For Hemis Only) in Ontario, Canada.  They refer to it as a 518 cu.in. Street Hemi.  It has aluminum heads and a Stage 5 intake with dual 4 barrel carbs.  It was built to look like an original 426.   It's cooled by a Glenray radiator with a Max Cool core.   The clutch came from Centerforce, and the transmission is a real Hemi 4-speed with 18 splines and was completely rebuilt using USA parts.   The rear end is a '69 B body with a Dana 60 that has a Suregrip with a 3.54 ratio, and it has Moser hardened axle shafts.  The 3" exhaust system came from TTI, including their headers.

Everything on this car is either new or rebuilt using only high quality components, and it's an absolute blast to drive.

[daytonalo]

Very nice indeed !! Has anyone shit their pants during a  wide open Blast ?
What is compression and Est HP ?

[histoy]

The compression ratio is 10 to 1.   FHO supplied the engine dyno sheet that shows 672.6 hp and 641.1 lb. ft. of torque.

[histoy]

Here's another picture that was taken at the Fall cruise-in.

[JB400]

Here's the build thread for this car:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,59899.0.html

[daytonalo]

Just reviewed he build , very nice work !!! Please put 15x7 magums and Goodyear polyglass on !!!

[TUFCAT]

That car would be very high on my list - if I could afford it!    Its a very well sorted out car.  It must be a pleasure to drive. 

[histoy]

Just reviewed he build , very nice work !!! Please put 15x7 magums and Goodyear polyglass on !!!

I've always liked the look of the poverty hubcaps myself.  I think they give a Mopar muscle car a meaner look.