Big Willie Daytona

[Stevetona]

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/dodge/daytona/2104386.html

Anyone know what it sold for?

[6bblgt]

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0518-326958/1969-dodge-daytona/

$203,500

[chargervert]

I watched an episode of  Whats My Car Worth,and I seem to remember that car selling for $140,000  right after it was restored. It looks like the value has gone up quite a bit. Cool car.

[6bblgt]

I thought all the BS hype/marketing for its first Barrett-Jackson auction at Scottsdale January 2015 hurt interest & kept buyers away
..... & it "SOLD" cheap @ $154,000 (140,000 + 14,000)

now 3+ years later it sells at Mecum for $203,500 (185,000 + 18,500) I guess that's the ballpark for a numbers 440HP auto Daytona

[Q5XX29]

Very cool car. I agree, price seems too low.

[1969daytona]

Amazing piece of history.
Is the other 2 Big W cars still intact?

K-E

[6bblgt]

Amazing piece of history.
Is the other 2 Big W cars still intact?

K-E

no, the two HEMI Daytonas that they raced "King" & "Queen" are dead & gone

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[bpsmopar]

Amazing piece of history.
Is the other 2 Big W cars still intact?

K-E

no, the two HEMI Daytonas that they raced "King" & "Queen" are dead & gone

Not so fast....a guy in CA is claiming to have them both....the Queen a rollover, King a dipped car....

[Aero426]

Amazing piece of history.
Is the other 2 Big W cars still intact?

K-E

no, the two HEMI Daytonas that they raced "King" & "Queen" are dead & gone

Not so fast....a guy in CA is claiming to have them both....the Queen a rollover, King a dipped car....

Well he doesn't.    Those cars are long gone.    

He is a known con man, looking for a fish.    

[tan top]

  as awesome as the restored Big Willie Daytona is  , & it would look just as awesome restored back to stock    , think it should  of been left unrestored , may be with minor minimal  paint touch up at last resort to stop any further rot / rust ...& or  mechanical  stuff to make it usable 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14491.0.html

[6bblgt]

it was a pile ..... hard to enjoy a pile

it's now better than it ever was 

[70sixpkrt]

I saw this car about 10-12 yrs ago before it was restored at a local car show in Sacramento. It was cool. If it is the same car.

[WilliesDaytona]

it was a pile ..... hard to enjoy a pile

it's now better than it ever was 

It was far from a Pile when I bought it from Big Willie,  every flaw told a story and the car is pretty much a ruined restored Daytona with race paint and wheels,  now,... And as far as enjoying it I promise I had more fun in it than anyone that has owned it since it got restored , the perfect strangers,  I let just take it out for a spin enjoyed it and was a memory they will never forget,  and the people that saw it and crowded around it at every show I took it to enjoyed it,  so your dumb ass statement about hard to enjoy a pile is about the stupidest thing anyone could ever say without knowing the facts,  and I enjoyed helping my family with the $250,000 I sold it for before it was restored/ruined.......Drops Mic

[1969daytona]

it was a pile ..... hard to enjoy a pile

it's now better than it ever was 

It was far from a Pile when I bought it from Big Willie,  every flaw told a story and the car is pretty much a ruined restored Daytona with race paint and wheels,  now,... And as far as enjoying it I promise I had more fun in it than anyone that has owned it since it got restored , the perfect strangers,  I let just take it out for a spin enjoyed it and was a memory they will never forget,  and the people that saw it and crowded around it at every show I took it to enjoyed it,  so your dumb ass statement about hard to enjoy a pile is about the stupidest thing anyone could ever say without knowing the facts,  and I enjoyed helping my family with the $250,000 I sold it for before it was restored/ruined.......Drops Mic

Its only original once. (and yes i know it built not factory original)
But that said the car is still alive and it is A rolling history one way or another.

K-E

[moparstuart]

it was a pile ..... hard to enjoy a pile

it's now better than it ever was 

It was far from a Pile when I bought it from Big Willie,  every flaw told a story and the car is pretty much a ruined restored Daytona with race paint and wheels,  now,... And as far as enjoying it I promise I had more fun in it than anyone that has owned it since it got restored , the perfect strangers,  I let just take it out for a spin enjoyed it and was a memory they will never forget,  and the people that saw it and crowded around it at every show I took it to enjoyed it,  so your dumb ass statement about hard to enjoy a pile is about the stupidest thing anyone could ever say without knowing the facts,  and I enjoyed helping my family with the $250,000 I sold it for before it was restored/ruined.......Drops Mic

I loved Loved Loved seeing it at Monster Mopar with you and your child seats in it .  Car was an amazing time capsule . The helmuts everything was so cool . 

[hemi-hampton]

SO, Buyers pays $250,000 for it. Then probably at least another $100,000 into restoring it & has $350,000 into it. Then sells at Barrett Jackson with no Reserve for $140,000. not the first time I seen that happen. He would of been better off leaving it alone & original. 

[1969daytona]

SO, Buyers pays $250,000 for it. Then probably at least another $100,000 into restoring it & has $350,000 into it. Then sells at Barrett Jackson with no Reserve for $140,000. not the first time I seen that happen. He would of been better off leaving it alone & original. 

Hopefully he don't have the money to disturb more untouched Vintage cars.....

[bpsmopar]

Amazing piece of history.
Is the other 2 Big W cars still intact?

K-E

no, the two HEMI Daytonas that they raced "King" & "Queen" are dead & gone

Not so fast....a guy in CA is claiming to have them both....the Queen a rollover, King a dipped car....

Well he doesn't.    Those cars are long gone.    

He is a known con man, looking for a fish.    

I swam around the hook but didn't bite, there was a bad smell.....

[Aero426]

Hopefully he don't have the money to disturb more untouched Vintage cars.....

This was not vandalism.   The Willie car was cool to see, but pretty long in the tooth.       

[1969daytona]

I havnet said that it is Vandalism. I said he had it disturbed and before that i said that its only original once.
(And with disturbed I mean Redone/restored and then its not original.)

It could been given a "touch up" And still be there for us to see in the future. Every car do not need to be 100% perfect.

But again thats my opinion. I will respect yours

Sorry for my bad english writhing.

K-E

[Aero426]

It could been given a "touch up" And still be there for us to see in the future. Every car do not need to be 100% perfect.

I agree in principle.   But I can tell that you never saw the car in person.    You can't "touch up" holes in a rear window plug.    There was nothing to "touch up" on this car.   It was all or nothing. 

I guess you could say that the car was a survivor.    It survived Big Willie. 

[Mopar Nut]