Hemi Daytona ?

[maxwellwedge]

From Yenko Net. Doug?    http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/610077/gonew/1/hemi-daytona#UNREAD

[hemi68charger]

Man, pictures are gone now, I can't see them.................

[maxwellwedge]

Really? Maybe you need to be logged in? Here are the pics.

[nascarxx29]

The hylton car Rossi had

[Aero426]

Never a street Daytona.    Jim, you saw it at Talladega the last time around.

Said to be the former James Hylton #48 car, sold to Tab Prince who was killed in it at Daytona in Feb of 1970.     The nose on the car is the original front clip from the #7 Jack McCoy car.   The Hemi was laid in the engine bay by the most recent seller.  

After the wreck in 1970, it was said to have gone back to Prince's Dodge dealership where it remained for some time.    Have heard a story about Bobby Allison buying it, repairing and reselling it.    In any event, there is a 35 year gap in time with no history.   The car resurfaced about ten years ago as a rough shell of a 1970 Charger, obviously an old race car.   Bill Rossi brought it to Talladega in 2009. Bill sold it and it has changed hands again since then.  
 
The Prince car was badly damaged like a banana in the drivers door area.    The body on the car now is not the one from 1970.   Not unusual.   Hylton had at least two cars at the end of 1969, one being a Daytona and the other a 1967 Charger.   The car existing today looks more like an older 66-67 chassis that has been updated along the way.   Photos at the crash site also show that the Prince car was an older car with a new skin.        With Hylton, anything is possible as he did not usually have brand new equipment.    He sold all his Mopar equipment to run a Ford in 1970.

[Aero426]

Hylton cars in December 1969.    Note the tach bezel is black and the three guages to the right are chromed.

[Aero426]

Aftermath of the Prince crash in the Daytona 125.   Guage cluster appears to be the same as the car directly above.    Tach bezel is black,  three chrome guages to the right.

[hemi68charger]

Hylton cars in December 1969.    Note the tach bezel is black and the three guages to the right are chromed.

I don't see the wing=side window in the picture of the car in the driveway, but see them in the crashed car. ?

[Aero426]

Hylton cars in December 1969.    Note the tach bezel is black and the three guages to the right are chromed.

I don't see the wing=side window in the picture of the car in the driveway, but see them in the crashed car. ?

Good catch.    The side glass can go in and out depending on the track.    R & I is not as involved as on the street car.    You would want it for Daytona.    

[maxwellwedge]

Thanks Doug

[Desmond]

So is it a Hemi Daytona? Are there any numbers left on the body? Or was it a Charger raced as a daytona in '70?

[Aero426]

So is it a Hemi Daytona? Are there any numbers left on the body? Or was it a Charger raced as a daytona in '70?

Was never a Hemi Daytona.  
Never a production Daytona.  
Probably not ever a street car with a VIN.
Body on the car now is not the one from 1970.  As I said before, this is not unusual.

[odcics2]

Note: last photo, head on shot.  Wing and roof are different angles. That car took a huge hit to do that.  If its the same car, the body could still have the twist. 

[Stevearino]

There are a lot of similarities as far as the cage is concerned. The diagonal behind the driver seat. The spacing of the bars off of the "A" pillar on the passenger side. Notice how the bar is wider set as it enters the top of the dash and does not quite match the angle of the "A" post.  The large radius of the rear main uprights at the "B" pillar locations as they roll up into the roof.

[odcics2]

There are a lot of similarities as far as the cage is concerned. The diagonal behind the driver seat. The spacing of the bars off of the "A" pillar on the passenger side. Notice how the bar is wider set as it enters the top of the dash and does not quite match the angle of the "A" post.  The large radius of the rear main uprights at the "B" pillar locations as they roll up into the roof.

Indeed...   

[1RareBird]

The top horizontal hoop had been changed. In the first pic of the original car it's tucked way up into the front of the roof. The current one is much lower in the car, in addition to the a-pillars look to have sleeves on them (passenger side at least). So you really can't gauge the originality on those two areas IMO. I'm surprised you didn't notice that Greg.