A friends daytona just came up for sale today

[nascarxx29]

I just found out from another friend. Emailed to ask if this was my friends car.It might have been a intended hemi car on the assembly line by the under carriage.He got this car in 1979.Its a L 440 4 speed http://www.blacktieclassics.com/moredetails.html?86640095&sitecode=blacktieclassics

[tan top]

i remember reading about that car years a go    originally a 440 car     if i recall correctly  he evan had to  remove the axle tubes off the dana to get them chromed.

[41husk]

that is a nice car!

[Chris G.]

Is that Joe Gerdelman's car?

Black Tie Classics has some of the highest priced cars I have ever seen. They have a '74 Challenger listed at $38,900.  I'll bet they want 500K for the Daytona.

[nascarxx29]

That is Joe's car. It was in the Super Cars book.

[hemi68charger]

awesome car, way beyond my means.........

[nascarxx29]

Mine to .I have known this car and the owner for years and supplied parts for it.He has other cool cars 70 hemi cuda.Bounty hunter dragster panther pink 6 pack 70 challenger with a 426 in it.etc and sold others.His basement was featured in the magazines with wall to wall hemi motors parts etc.He raced back in the day .Had a twin engine dragster like his friend Don Garlits.And Joe ran his dragster at Vineland speedway.Joes a good guy in his near 70-s about now and will always help you out .Guy called me needing a certain month and year hemi ex manifolds for a hemi daytona.Joe hooked the guy up.And has always been good to me .I will miss seeing his daytona around .When it sells

[hemigeno]

Where is Joe from?  Michigan, or elsewhere?

[nascarxx29]

Joe is in NJ 10 minutes from me Hemi Geno.Tan top I had a extra dana 60 that Joe shortened his way as you describe.He drilled out the rosette welds and moved the tubes in after shortening.And shortened and resplined the axles himself.I have always stopped by over the years to see and learn what techniques.He would show me

[69_500]

So its a factory 440 powered car, but has a date coded HEMI transplanted in it? Is the origional motor long gone or what? And by having HEMI parts, did it somehow get the torque boxes from the factory or something?

[Charger_Fan]

I'm disappointed...I fully expected to see the gas tank chromed.

[nascarxx29]

The under carriage was shown in the super cars book.I believe it has the torque boxes.he might have the original motor if it was there when he got the car in 1979

[69_500]

I'll have to dig out my copy of the Supercars book. I think your right Dave I think it does show torque boxes in that book. I'll try to look it up here in a little while.

[tan top]

The under carriage was shown in the super cars book.I believe it has the torque boxes.he might have the original motor if it was there when he got the car in 1979

I'll have to dig out my copy of the Supercars book. I think your right Dave I think it does show torque boxes in that book. I'll try to look it up here in a little while.

 
                not  trying to gate crash   (69-500)    , had a look in my copy of supercars book ,  picture is very dark but it looks like it does have  rear factory  torque boxes fitted    you can just see the front outer corner .  i have a feature on this daytona in a magazine somewhere .from memory it has a better underside shot i,ll have a look later