My Wing's Bigger

[Aero426]

My wing is bigger...



And I can tow a utility trailer too!   

[daytonalo]

DOUBLE WIDE ??

[Aero426]

One more...

[Howie]

Taller too .

[69_500]

And way better looking. Who put that ugly import car in front of a gorgeous Daytona any ways?



Figured someone would say it.

[daytonalo]

I love daytona as much as the next guy !! But to compare a F40 to an daytona is absurd , especially in gold and red !!That fer is just bad !!

[62 Max]

My wing is bigger...



And I can tow a utility trailer too!   

But is it faster.

[daytonalo]

f-40 is 200 mph  in stock form , that red Daytona would more than likely vibrate apart or kick a rod out over 110 !!!!!!!!! Don't make me lose respect , you really believe that the double wide tow rig can out perform a F-40

[Shakey]

Seems like old times   

[2fast4u]

  Need to drop the latest Viper V10 in one of those and update/mod the suspension and I bet that Daytona would give that F40 a run for it's money!!

2fast

[Aero426]

f-40 is 200 mph  in stock form , that red Daytona would more than likely vibrate apart or kick a rod out over 110 !!!!!!!!! Don't make me lose respect , you really believe that the double wide tow rig can out perform a F-40

When I get around to pulling those mudflaps off, well, yes, I might have a chance.

[daytonalo]

Good thing , mud flaps can be an insurance risk over 110 mph !

[Aero426]

Now here's something you don't often see in a parking lot any more.

[Mike DC]

     
I love Daytonas as much as anybody, but a Ferarri F40 is pretty badass too.  It was basically Ferarri's version of a sawed-off track car with license plates.  The F50 that came later was rumored to actually be slower than the F40.



 

[hemigeno]

Now here's something you don't often see in a parking lot any more.

My wife would like that picture more because of Kohl's...   

That is a sight to see though!

[Aero426]

I had to stop in and make a return Sunday morning on the way to the car outing.  At 10 mpg you have to consolidate your trips, you know.   

[mustanghater]

I think they are both beautiful cars

[daytonalo]

I have a few extra pick up trucks laying around , if I give you one , will you remove that ridiculous hitch ?

[Troy]

I have a few extra pick up trucks laying around , if I give you one , will you remove that ridiculous hitch ?

Why exactly would someone remove a piece of history? To satisfy the critics? I'd leave it on specifically so I could say "My *real* Daytona has a trailer hitch and a custom 70s paint job. Where's yours? That's what I thought." Jim (3--Daytona) kept the snow tires on his because that's the way it was when the owner parked it in 1976(1977?) and his is a true survivor. It's much cooler for most people to see cars "as they were" than it is to see yet another concourse resto or to have a car so perfect (and expensive) that it's hidden in a climate controlled warehouse. All of these cars have a story to tell and that's what makes them better than a new car straight off the lot.

Besides, hitches are handy when you want to back into the fiberglass nose of some obnoxious clone owner's car...

Troy

[daytonalo]

I agree Master !!!!!!

[69_500]

Ouchy,



Well said Troy.


I wouldn't take that F40 if you gave it to me. Now the Daytona that Doug has, that is another story. I'd love to have that car. I remember that car from when I was younger.

[daytonalo]

I cant wait to meet everyone in person and give out free hugs !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aero426]

I have a few extra pick up trucks laying around , if I give you one , will you remove that ridiculous hitch ?

As much as you like the hitch, I'm sure you'll enjoy the DAYTONA lettering that was done with a cardboard paint stencil.   

The hitch is a great conversation piece whether the reaction is "WTF?", or "Wow, that's cool".    I did take the chrome plated shackles off though.

[daytonalo]

Someone over here thought they were home depot mailbox letters , thanks for setting the record straight .

[Aero426]

Someone over here thought they were home depot mailbox letters , thanks for setting the record straight .

Get your facts straight.  Home Depot wasn't founded until 1978.   These letters are older, possibly from Handy Dan's.   

[daytonalo]

Or Channel lumber

[Aero426]

Look on the bright side.  It doesn't have either of the goofy "Weather Eye" or "Brake Command" features like some other poor relation muscle car.

[62 Max]

Ouchy,



Well said Troy.


I wouldn't take that F40 if you gave it to me. Now the Daytona that Doug has, that is another story. I'd love to have that car. I remember that car from when I was younger.

You wouldn't take the F40 if they gave it to you,.I'd kiss their ass in public for it!

[dkn1997]

Cool factor: Daytona.

80's cool factor: F40

[69_500]

Not if they gave it to me. Thats not a lie.

If it isn't a Mopar its not worth having, in my mind. So no matter how cool someone else thinks it is, well its just not for me. I make a few exceptions to the Mopar rule, but that car isn't in the exception list.

[Ghoste]

I'd take it, enjoy it for a short time and sell it to buy an old Mopar.  I enjoy the Ferarris and if I had the money would even consider one of them but when it comes to cars that need 5000 dollar annual tuneups and 2500 dollar clutches and a full time mechanic that can swear perfectly in a foreign language, I just can't see one of those cars as a permanent member of my garage.
But if they gave it to me...

[daytonalo]

Let me guess , Mud flaps on a F-40 ??

[69Q54spdcharger]

No offense to whoever owns that car, but it is DISGUSTING! That is just gross. a red and gold daytona? I love daytonas stock and i don't know what idiot would do that to their poor car.

[daytonalo]

Wow !!!!!! My long lost brother !!!!!!!!!!!! They say eyesight is the first to go , maybe that's the case !!!!!!!!

[hemigeno]

No offense to whoever owns that car, but it is DISGUSTING! That is just gross. a red and gold daytona? I love daytonas stock and i don't know what idiot would do that to their poor car.

You would have been in the minority (and a small minority at that) back in the '70s then, when EVERYBODY customized their car.  Back then, a stock/original car was considered boring, and the more custom the paint job and the more chrome it had on it, the better.

Doug's car is a time capsule from a bygone era, and it has been in his family a very long time.  You can turn your nose up at it if you wish, and I do agree that times have changed.  However, to say that it is disgusting is only showing a lack of class on your part.  We already have enough people on this site that fit that bill...   

[Charger-Bodie]

No offense to whoever owns that car, but it is DISGUSTING! That is just gross. a red and gold daytona? I love daytonas stock and i don't know what idiot would do that to their poor car.

sounds like jelousy [sp] to me!!

[Charger_Fan]

 

BTW, if someone gave me that F40...I'd drive it for a few good fast blasts, then sell it & buy a Daytona!

[Aero426]

No offense to whoever owns that car, but it is DISGUSTING! That is just gross. a red and gold daytona? I love daytonas stock and i don't know what idiot would do that to their poor car.

I actually would prefer the old girl be restored to stock.   But you take what you can get.    Anyway, I once had the pleasure of having the classiest car at the city dump to drop off my waste oil.

[70charger_boy]

I would give my left nut for that car, doug!!!!!!!!

[TruckDriver]

No offense to whoever owns that car, but it is DISGUSTING! That is just gross. a red and gold daytona? I love daytonas stock and i don't know what idiot would do that to their poor car.

I saw Doug's a few times in the late '70s and early '80s. Here is a pic I took at the Milwaukee cars show in Jan. 1980. Doug... You really need to put the tourqe thrust wheels back on it




BTW; If you still want to sell the wheels, IM me a price

[Aero426]

No offense to whoever owns that car, but it is DISGUSTING! That is just gross. a red and gold daytona? I love daytonas stock and i don't know what idiot would do that to their poor car.

I saw Doug's a few times in the late '70s and early '80s. Here is a pic I took at the Milwaukee cars show in Jan. 1980. Doug... You really need to put the tourqe thrust wheels back on it




BTW; If you still want to sell the wheels, IM me a price

Great pic - thanks.    I am standing at the front of the car leaning forward.

I am waffling between those wheels and a set of American 200S.  Both look great and it will get one of those two.   I still have the pair of 15 x 10's but they are buried from my recent move.  Keep in touch.

As you can see the car hasn't changed much through the years.

[69_500]

Say what you want, but Doug your Daytona is one that I remember seeing a ton as a little kid. I can't think of hardly any shows that when I was little that your car wasn't at. As I continue to go through photo's that my dad took in the early 80's, I constantly see your car in the background, and in photo's as the center piece. Its everywhere.

[WINGR]

Hey Doug, how are you doing? I just wanted to get my two cents on that ridiculous comment posted earlier about your car. Although, there are alot of us that enjoy these cars just as they were buillt, your car and several others that were customized along the way are still works of art and have their own unique personality. As HemiGeno put it, that was the thing back then. This car has been in your family for many years and has been preserved very well, hats off to you and your father. In other words Doug, nice car.

I don't understand why somebody on this site would trash-talk another Mopar enthusiasts car anyway. 

WINGR

[CharlieCharger]

I would blow that F-40 up sale it then buy the daytona like the previous poster said, any day of the week.

[Ghoste]

I don't understand why somebody on this site would trash-talk another Mopar enthusiasts car anyway. 

WINGR

On this site or anywhere else.  Although I'm far from being without sin, you are absolutely right.  Hell, at 40 years out and given the way they were generally abused since new, anybody who has kept one of these supercars on the road from any mfg. deserves a pat on the back.