Talladega restoration pictures

[jonw29]

Hey Ya'll.I am new to the forum.I am going to try to post some pictures of the restoration of my Talladega.My plans are to have it ready for the 09 reunion.The coolest part of it is that my 10 yr old is helping me with it.

[nascarxx29]

I know a guy in my town who restored his brothers 69 Talladega He was the original purchaser of the car.I can PM you his contact info he researched and restored the car himself

[hemigeno]

Welcome to the forum, jon...  and everybody, be nice to the Ford guy   

There is a lot of neat history surrounding the Talladegas & Cyclones, and I would personally love to see the restoration pics.  It's great that you're restoring it with your son too - my son hasn't gotten past Lego's just yet, so we have a ways to go before things like that.

Look forward to seeing you at Talladega in '09 - that's been my goal since I first bought my Daytona too!


Geno

[nascarxx29]

Here is a friends 69 Talladega from my town they area another cool aero car .I can pm you his contact info his name is Mike and hes in the  daytona superbirdsuperbird club.Which also acknowledges the ford aero cars also winged warriors accept the Talladegas as well.His brother purchased this car new he passed away.And the car was kept and restored.I always felt it wasnt for ford pushing the envelope chrysler wouldnt have answered with the daytona.I have some 69 Talladega archive and tech material on a CD

[jonw29]

Thanks guys.Nascarxx29 I would love to talk to the guy who restore the Talladega>i need all the help that I can get.Thanks agian Jon Wood

[Daytona R/T SE]

I like the Talladegas    

I wish I had one myself    

I hope I can get my Counterfeit Daytona done by '09

[nascarxx29]

I will dig it up shortly and PM it to you

[jonw29]

Thank you.Jon Wood

[nascarxx29]

Your welcome you got mail

[BigBlockSam]

howdy , thats a very cool car. it's on my 10 cars i would love to own in my life list . i look forward to watching your restoration and good luck . Rene

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

this old guy near has a highland green 69 torino gt fastback sitting in his backyard that he bought new it has a 351 clevland and a toploader that my dad has a chance at getting ,(looks like a bigger version of the bullitt mustang) , whats the difference between a talladega and torino besides that talladegas they were only available in black or white with a column shifted 428 cj?

[dkn1997]

I was watching some show and they had eithe a cyclone or a talledega with a very "superbird/daytona" looking nose on it.  extremely limited production. the car was white if I remember right.

[tan top]

  hello &  welcome .  tallegdega's  and cyclone's  are pretty awesome rides  ,  sure would not mind owining one  .  any more  photos 

[hotrod98]

Welcome Jon. Good to see you over here on this board.

I was watching some show and they had eithe a cyclone or a talledega with a very "superbird/daytona" looking nose on it. extremely limited production. the car was white if I remember right.

Sounds like the King Cobra. The front end reminds me of a Datsun 240Z.

[jonw29]

In answer to your question Charger punk.The most obvious is the 6-8 in fender ext ans the sloped nose.The rockers were rolled differently.They made 747-754 it dependes on which expert that you ask.They made 199 Presidential Blue ones,259 Royal Maroon,286 White.There are 45 Blue ones left in existence 69 Maroon and 54 White these numbers are as of the last registry.They also came with staggered rear shocks and a nodular rear center section with 3.25 gears and no posi? and an oil cooler.Something usually reserved for 4 spd, drag pack cars.They were all 428 cars with c-6 A/T,all were colunm shifted.They were built from mid-jan to the end of feb.My car was built Jan 30 1969 #147 Talladega built.Amother guy on the board,Doug Schellinger actually runs the regisry now my have more answers.I hope this helps.Jon Wood

[PocketThunder]

Nice car Jon, and welcome to the site. 

[Ghoste]

Hey Jon, nice car and welcome to the site.  There seems to be nothing but Fords where I live so you won't get any flack from me.  No Talladega-no Daytona.  Of course, no 500- no Talladega. 

[nascarxx29]

Incase you havent seen this Talladega poster

[69_500]

Welcome to the site. I thought that Mike Atkins had bought every talladega that was left.

Only kidding.

I wasn't aware that there weren't any 4 speed Talladega's.

[Brock Samson]

Good to see ya' here, Welcome! & great project...
i seen some of those but never saw or remember seeing a pin stripe like  on that white car...
Do you know if that's correct?..

[Charger_Fan]

Welcome aboard!
One interesting tidbit I read somewhere is that the front & rear bumpers on Talladega's are the same, the front is just V'd a bit more in the middle.

I was watching some show and they had eithe a cyclone or a talledega with a very "superbird/daytona" looking nose on it. extremely limited production. the car was white if I remember right.

Sounds like the King Cobra. The front end reminds me of a Datsun 240Z.

I think they only made 4 or 5 of these?



...and only one of these, if I recall?

[jonw29]

69 500.Mike is a great guy.When I first got my car in May 03 he invited me up to his place and gave me the Freedom to photograph everything that he had.His Collection is incredible.He has 12 Talladegas,3-4 Cyclones(Cale Y and Dan G).a Charger 500,4-5 Superbirds and a Daytona.He has 1 Talladega that must have been an executive prototype w/ pwr windows.When my family and I went to the 04 reunion,Mike allowed us to ride around the track in his Vitamin C 'bird.My son who was 8 at the time got to ride in the front seat.He talks about that experience all the time.

[69_500]

I've known Mike Atkins since I was probably 2 years old. I have some photo's from the early 80's when he had about a dozen Superbirds all over his property. At that time I thought that he had about 15 or so Talladega's. I could be wrong, but they were all lined up behind a building on his property.

[tan top]

I've known Mike Atkins since I was probably 2 years old. I have some photo's from the early 80's when he had about a dozen Superbirds all over his property. At that time I thought that he had about 15 or so Talladega's. I could be wrong, but they were all lined up behind a building on his property.

                    thats alot of super birds  ,  would be intrested in seeing any photos you might have  ( 69-500) 

[69_500]

I've got a lot of them. Posted quite a few of them over on Moparts a few years back, wound up being a huge thread. VINTAGE DAYTONA and Superbird pics.