My Daytona NASCAR Wing......pics included

[A383Wing]

I picked up this NASCAR Daytona wing back in the mid-90's to install on my car we built....found it in the "Little Nickel" for $200....the owner said it came off one of the real race cars back in the day, I only wished I had taken pictures of all the different colors of paint that was on the wing pieces as I was sanding it down for painting so we could have figured out which one of the race cars it actually came off of....

First picture is of the set screw holes to lock the horizontal section in place after adjusting it....

Second picture shows the screw-in studs in the uprights that the set screws tighten down on

Third pic shows the hole towards the front of each upright that the cable passes through, size of hole is 17/64"

Fourth pic shows the outside of the upright where it's drilled straight down through the top of the upright so cable goes out the bottom

[A383Wing]

I found a piece of the original cable still stuck inside one of the uprights, size of cable is .125", it has a plastic sheath on it so total size of cable and sheath is .183"

First pic is all that's left of the original cable that was inside

Second pic shows the tube-brace assemblies that are attached to the inside of the uprights

Third pic shows the cable that comes down the top of the upright and out the tube

Fourth pic shows that this wing only has 3 studs per upright to attach to the car

[A383Wing]

The cable, which is .125" in diameter, goes up the vertical stanchion, then takes a sharp bend at the top of the upright to go through the hollow horizontal wing piece, and down the other upright to attach at the bottom of the braces in the trunk

First pic shows cable in the poorly drilled and hogged out upright

Second pic shows the holes and one of the welded in pieces for the set screws

Third pic shows how much travel the wing has in the "down" position

Fourth pic shows how much travel the wing has in the "up" position

[A383Wing]

That's about all the pics that I took today....if there is anything else you need pics of, let me know....

As far as I know Doug (Aero426) here on the forum has this same wing on his #7 race car also...he might be able to answer questions if I can't. From what I have read, the "cable in wing" was NASCAR Cup race cars only....

We are turning our purple clone Daytona into a copy of the #7 McCoy race car pictured below....just the outside of the car, it will still be street legal and retain it's complete stock street interior for cruising

our plan is to get this all done for the Aero Reunion in 2019 at Talladega.....we will drive our car again from NW Washington to the meet and back as we did in 1999

Hope to see a lot of people from here at the meet

Bryan

[Hemi Runner]

Thank you for posting all of these pictures. It will really help with putting a cable in mine.

[1RareBird]

Curious if you cut the frame support tubes off at the base or did you buy it that way? Did you get the reinforcement plates under the wing as well? Those were thick aluminum of course hand made.

[A383Wing]

What you see above is the way I found and bought it. I did not get anything else, no plates under the quarter panels

[Charger_Fan]

What was the reason for the cable? Was it to help hold the horizontal wing in position once adjusted?

[Aero426]

What was the reason for the cable? Was it to help hold the horizontal wing in position once adjusted?

It was to keep the pieces from flying away in the event of a crash.

[Charger_Fan]

What was the reason for the cable? Was it to help hold the horizontal wing in position once adjusted?

It was to keep the pieces from flying away in the event of a crash.

Gotcha, that makes sense.

[odcics2]

Thank you for posting all of these pictures. It will really help with putting a cable in mine.

The cable runs through the hollow, extruded aluminum, horizontal stabilizer. 
One long cable from driver side trunk floor, up the vertical, across and down the other vertical, attached to the pass side trunk floor.

Not one cable up each...   

If something happens, it all stays with the car.

[A383Wing]

Yes, one long cable up, over, across, and down the other side....

What was the reason for the cable? Was it to help hold the horizontal wing in position once adjusted?

No, that is what the 8 set screws were for, to keep the wing in the position once adjusted for the track that they were running at.

[6bblgt]

As far as I know Doug (Aero426) here on the forum has this same wing on his #7 race car also...he might be able to answer questions if I can't. From what I have read, the "cable in wing" was NASCAR Cup race cars only....

I'll "ASSUME" Doug's wing is Superbird vs. Daytona?  All other thing s being similar or equal .....

[A383Wing]

Yea, Doug has the 'Bird version of the race wing