DAYTONA UPDATE , PILLARS , INSTALLED AND POLISHED

[daytonalo]

Sorry guy's if I'm boring you , I have completed the fitting and polishing of pillar trim and they look as good as origanal after installed [minus the inside tabs in whichcant be seen after installed anyway , those tabs are the reason they had to use all that funky sealer . I revised and fit very snug on gaskit . They are held in place with three trim screws on back side of drip rail just like orig .also been busting my ass to get all body  gaps as good as a HONDA , not easy , pulling, tweaking, welding , hammering .i think it will be worth it ! I just hope I'm not wearing a diaper by the time its done !

[daytonalo]

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[triple_green]

very cool!

[69_500]

Just out of curiousity, but did you use an origional to go by, when making those? Or just the posted photo's on here? Just wondering.

Looks like the car is coming along very nicely though.

[wetfeetmi]

 Those look great. When does mass production begin?  I too am spending a tremendous amount of time with the gaps on the current Daytona. It will pay off in spades!  Keep us informed with updates. It is not at all boring seeing pics of project progress (these are my favorite threads). Rick

[daytonalo]

I Had a template I made off of Dave's car , they fit nice and snug to the gaskit , the screws on the back side as orig when tightened spring them against gaskit  I am taking orders 300 a pair .

[tan top]

   awesome 

[daytonalo]

Thanks

[69_500]

Congrats on the 1,000 post as well.

$300 a pair doesn't sound like a bad deal.

What are you using to make them? As in what metal? And then your having it chrome plated right?

[BigBlockSam]

they look great!. i can't wait to get my set. Rene

[daytonalo]

No way, they are made from stainless steel . its called push hard against the buffer !!!!!!!!!!!

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

GOOD JOB DUDE ,man this is gonna be one of the coolest daytona replicas to date -MATT

[daytonalo]

Thank you for the compliment , as mentioned earlier I hope I can still wipe my own ass ,by the time its done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nascarxx29]

I Had a template I made off of Dave's car .Do this mean Im getting royalities anytime soon :icon_smile_big:Just kidding nice work

And asked a similar question as this one 500 asked What are you using to make them? As in what metal? And then your having it chrome plated right?

  Similar to 69 500s ? They look good you hardwork is paying off.I had some of these moulding laying around from a parted conv.As they are already concave .Might be a place to start from and modify a existing piece.Got to hand it to for fabbing up those from scratch.Do {you start from with a piece off stainless.}Or alum which would be easier to shape .And could be highly polished out

[daytonalo]

How about a big HUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nascarxx29]

I checked my friends car to see if it had the messy caulk and finger prints on the pillars.As found on my old original daytona.And this is how it looks this car was bought in 78-79 .After I passed on it .Not to build a daytona with AC

[nascarxx29]

[daytonalo]

OK for the guy who wants the orig look with gobs of sealer , i will throw a tube in for you! Mine fit way tighter than the origs . PERIOD

[nascarxx29]

This is just meant to be a example how the factory stuff was .Like when you thought my windshield had been out on my original daytona .As it had putty with fingerprints.




your daytona was the only one that I have seen that had butyl sealent gobbed along the pillar stainless, Maybe the car had a ws installed and the glass co couldn't figure out how to get them off.I installed auto glass for 5 years and I know how it is when new models come , you just had to wing it !

[daytonalo]

Looks like a silicone job , pretty standard for the clueless !!!!!!!!!!!

[69_500]

Thats a pretty decent 500 your buddy has there Dave. He should get it running and enjoy the car. has the M25 option I see. Which I had always thought was quite rare.

[nascarxx29]

As you said it has the side moulding.Its a blue interior AC car with a tach to boot

[daytonalo]

How are you making out with your Repo mouldings ?

[nascarxx29]

M25 is the moulding bellow the doors.I have several set of those in stock .What needs to be done is to modify the 70 charger hoods by deleting the ribs .For daytona hoods.Get those 70 coronet flat hoods converted for superbird usage .Drill holes for scoops and make them wing car ready..And get rid of some stuff I got stored all over from being a car pack rat .I saved from a low mile superbird the original fact exhaust to copy.And saved a fiberglass lower valance for a daytona .

[daytonalo]

Galven gav said some daytonas came with ribbed hoods  ! Same thing Mike G said .