Big Willie daytona coming up for auction

[wingcar]

Sadly I see Willie's Daytona being restored to showroom condition in the future.  (Like others have said, many don't even know Willie and his history).   It will be a sad day as when a car is returned to it's stock state, it loses it's past......

[WilliesDaytona]

I believe the car was ruined when it got restored, with Race paint and  wheels,  , every scratch, dent and non OEM Part was the cars history, all erased for the sake of shinny paint. And erased the value of the car.....I told them not to restore it, and I don't know why some of you think this car isn't a Daytona, all 3 of Willies cars were xx29

[65post]

Sadly I see Willie's Daytona being restored to showroom condition in the future.  (Like others have said, many don't even know Willie and his history).   It will be a sad day as when a car is returned to it's stock state, it loses it's past......

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[6bblgt]

I believe the car was ruined when it got restored, with Race paint and  wheels,  , every scratch, dent and non OEM Part was the cars history, all erased for the sake of shinny paint. And erased the value of the car.....I told them not to restore it, and I don't know why some of you think this car isn't a Daytona, all 3 of Willies cars were xx29

The comments about non-Daytona RACE Daytonas are jabs at another car - it's hard for threads to contain factual well made points (that can stand on their own) about the current subject.

[500Jon]

Hi WilliesDaytonaMan,

Sorry for any confusion with the Race Daytona comments.

That was more for the Nascar Daytona crowd than the Drag racing Folks.
As there were only a few Daytona Drag Cars then they are Super RARE!!!
Due to over use of ACID dipping in the early 70's, many rare cars were lost.
They just keep self destructing in all the Sheet-metal joints...to beyond repair!

Please accept my apologies for any upset my analogy may have caused you!

Big Willies surviving Daytona is a true historic car and has massive Celeb appeal to Drag fans around the World!!!

[rob-dirt]

Sadly I see Willie's Daytona being restored to showroom condition in the future.  (Like others have said, many don't even know Willie and his history).   It will be a sad day as when a car is returned to it's stock state, it loses it's past......

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Well  X 3  That Would Be Like me Painting Joe Dirt Best Left As Was

[daytonalo]

I knew he was a decent guy , but after this video in my opinion one of the greats ! scroll down on click on the big guy
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CGAQFjAN&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticle.wn.com%2Fview%2F2012%2F05%2F25%2FBig_Willie_Robinson_69_King_of_the_Street_Racers%2F&ei=nXLAVM-lCPXGsQSU8IGwDg&usg=AFQjCNH3KpQxes_sOkSyOxoamOLaMPwulA

[cdr]

thanks daytonalo for the video link!!!!!!!

[Ghoste]

Did anyone ask WIllie before he passed if hoped the car would be restored or if he preferred it all beat up and rusting?

[tan top]

 more Big Willie  , stuff !!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbYgbVoIPkQ



in the link below  , there is a photo bucket link , & shows the Queen Daytona , pictures I've never seen before
http://members.boardhost.com/StreetRacer/msg/1140235290.top

[wingcar]

Big Willie was truly a gentle great of a man that made a difference in a lot of lives.  He believed in God and in helping young people to stay on the right path in life.  God only knows how many lives he touched with his Brotherhood of Street Racers.   He was the right individual at the right time in the right place to take on the calling that was presented to him.  We need more people like Willie today, but sadly he was one of a kind and there will never be another.

The Daytona Charger was larger than life on the street, and a real stand out.  And, so perhaps it was fitting that he chose the Daytona for his street car as he himself was larger than life as well.  And, while all of us have a great deal of interest in the Daytona he once owned, I hope that the Daytona doesn't become his only legacy, as he stood for so much more.  The Daytona may someday be gone but his greatest legacy will always be the lives he touched.....  

[rob-dirt]

  Dose anybody know where this car is today  And who ownes it  i was told it went to Kentucky  any help would be great 

[Aero426]

Dose anybody know where this car is today  And who ownes it  i was told it went to Kentucky  any help would be great 

For what it is worth, the man who bought it from Big Willie was in Kentucky. 

[rob-dirt]

Dose anybody know where this car is today   And who ownes it   i was told it went to Kentucky  any help would be great  

For what it is worth, the man who bought it from Big Willie was in Kentucky.  

yea i have been asking Gary french but no luck with a number the guy who sold it at the auction told me it went to KY

[wingcarenvy]

I agree that big Willie is a street race legend. Having been an LA street racer myself I know Willie well. I raced at his track in terminal island a lot back in the 90's. He was truly a proponent of getting the cars off the streets and he would roll out of bed at 2 in the morning to open the track for a single race if he knew it would get the guys off the street. I've seen his passion for helping racers get a safe place to race. For that he will always be a legend in my mind. The Richie riches at Barrett Jackson have no clue to what he was really about. He was about saving lives and changing the stereotype of racers.  I don't think willie had a car he didn't race but it was a car he owned, his king Daytona is the real celebrity and this car is really famous by association. Neat car and truly a part of the brotherhood of street racers history. Not really a part of LA street racing history though.

[charger_fan_4ever]

Someone got a buy on it for sure i believe around 130k vs the 90k fake barn find.

[BigBlockSam]

somebody got a steel . i tried to buy it from Don when it was here in jersey . he wanted a lot more then what it sound at auction for but couldn't swing it