DAYTONA rear defroster

[65post]

 I was just wondering how many daytonas that were shipped north had the rear window defroster  ( my old 423239  had one ) .These  being mostly sales bank cars though I guess they probably had them just by chance.They might have worked well on the ordinary charger but with the flush back glass of the XX cars they were useless.

[BigBlockSam]

my daytona replica has a rear window defroster but i haven't used it yet 

[WINGMAN]

  My 69 500 has factory rear defroster, my Daytona did not. It only clears the top part of the rear glass. My 500 was sold new in Medford OR and i think it was a orderd that way as that is a cooler up there than most other parts of the U.S. also it hase a 22 inch radiator. The air intake for the defrost has four holes in a diamond pattern, I spoke with G.G. and he told me that was correct and that he thought that only three or four 500 came with rear defrost.   JR.

[69_500]

I'm not sure how many 500's or Daytona's came with a rear window defroster. 4 seesm awfully low to me, but could be right  I don't know. Its not something that is on the fender tag, so without a buidlsheet there is no way to know for sure. I don't have that many buildsheets for 500's to compare it to.

I know of quite a few Daytona's on the other hand that have rear window defrosters though.

[Ghoste]

That usually just means that there are only 3 or 4 that GG has personally seen and given his stamp of authenticity to.

[69_500]

I really can't think of too many 500's that I've seen over the years with a rear window defroster. Seems that a lot more of the Daytona's had them than the 500's. Could be because I think that every Canadian Daytona I've seen has had a rear window defroster. I think that Tim Welbourne's HEMI 500 has a rear window defroster but I could be mistaken.

[WINGMAN]

   Well any way dam few have them.  I drove the tona to work today , fun going through K F Cs drive through but i sure need a cup holder.    JR

[69_500]

Your definately right on that one, that not very many of them had the rear window defroster. Question, was the rear window defroster that popular of an option on a standard Charger?

[arrow]

Your definately right on that one, that not very many of them had the rear window defroster. Question, was the rear window defroster that popular of an option on a standard Charger?

All three of my Chargers have it - 69 500 , 69 RT , 70 RT-SE

[69_500]

Not sure if I've talked to you about your 500 or not there arrow.

I'm always looking for new 500 owners to talk to about their cars, and to gather more information on these cars.

[Ghoste]

Hey Danny, as a Canadian driver and as a Mopar and especially Charger freak for a couple of decades and a bit now, I can tell you that damned few of any of them came around here with defrosters.  That isn't just Mopars but cars from that era in general.

[69_500]

Ghoste, in your past have you noticed that quite a few of the Canadian Daytona's had rear window defrosters?

[Moparmatty]

Ours doesn't have the rear defroster.

[Ghoste]

To be honest Danny, by the time I started to pay close attention to Daytona's up here, most of them were imports from the good ole U.S. of A.
I was referring more to Mopars in general up here and not seeing many with rear defrost from that era.

[69_500]

I see what your saying. I haven't ever really payed too much attention to small options like the rear window defroster and such. Same goes for what cars actually came with the AM/FM radio, or the AM 8 track.

[Magnumcharger]

My 1968 Charger R/T has a rear defroster, and also came with the block heater(s)....sold new in Manitoba.
Ghoste....where are you located?

[Ghoste]

Southwestern Ontario close to the Detroit border.  I'm actually further south than Detroit.

[PocketThunder]

I have one laying around that i'm not gonna use if you want to buy it.   the motor needs to be rebuilt though.  It came out of my '69 SE parts car.

Paul
in St. Paul

[nascarxx29]

I also have a rear window defogger set up from a 70 body parts car

[JimShine]

They are not really common in the standard Chargers, but not really rare either.

Something to keep in mind concerning 1969 model years is to convert it accurately, it takes a bit of work as the switch is mounted in the dash by the heater controls. The factory dash core is similar to one found in the convertables and has a large round hole stamped out for the switch assembly. So, one would have to very carefully cut the metal to make it look like it was stamped, or find a rear defogger/convertable dash core that has all the same specs as their dash (Ralley gauge, speaker config, etc), then they would have to swap the VIN tag over and make it look factory.