DAYTONA for sale

[65post]

http://www.cars-on-line.com/32641.html

[pettybird]

1 pic for a $300k car?  they're really interested in moving that one.



any "first car" claim true here?  if so, is this the playboy car?

[Ghoste]

Anyone here at the meet in 76 where it took 1st place?   

[nascarxx29]

  BoardmemberJohnTPR sent me this auction of the prior owned Les Bowman daytona.Second time its been listed but this time has a picture of it in Red.Though the car is suppose to be F6
http://www.cars-on-line.com/32641.html

[moparstuart]

  it would look much better in F6 but then I really like F6 

[hemi68charger]

Whew.. History...

[hemigeno]

I spent about 2 hours on the phone with the owner of this car on Tuesday night.  Quite an interesting conversation, especially since I had hoped for years to find out more information on this car.  I suggested to the owner of the car that he check out the Aero forum here, so perhaps he will chime in with more details of the car soon.

There is absolute truth to the claim of this car as the "first" Daytona according to the VIN sequence number.  Interestingly enough, this car is the last Daytona on the Dealer Shipping list, which also makes it the "last" Daytona according to that criteria.

any "first car" claim true here? if so, is this the playboy car?

Personally, I do not think that this is the car used in the Playboy ad.  That car had "Charger" script emblems on the C-pillar, and this particular Daytona started life out as an RT/SE.  The SE emblems were on the car when its color was changed from F6 to R4, so I doubt it is the same vehicle.  For the same reason, I do not think that it is the White/Red Stripe mock-up car used in the early advertising photos either.  It too had regular (non-SE) Charger emblems on the C-pillar.  This F6 car may still have been used in some fashion for the development of the Daytona, but it might be hard to find out what that involvement would have been without a first-hand account.  Wasn't Dale Reeker at a recent wing club meet?  I seem to remember seeing a picture of him from somewhere, but I can't for the life of me find where that inkling came from.  I think it was in the pictures that Harry Lee Hyde brought to the MMW show, but I do not remember what the caption was.

Anyway, this is quite a historical car.

[pettybird]

thanks for the info!


I MAY have a couple 1976 pics of the car coming--we're in the process of getting a lot of our slides onto CD, and one of the places I have pictures is at Les Bowman's house.  Did he own the car in '76?  There are pics of our petty blue car there on his lawn along with his cars, and I think there's a red daytona. 

I'll know more tomorrow when the cd comes back.

[Aero426]

Anyone here at the meet in 76 where it took 1st place?   

It was the 1977 meet in Michigan that it took first place, not 1976.

This photo was taken  in the parking lot of the Henry Ford Museum.

The car sure does not appear to have changed at all.

[hemigeno]

Did he own the car in '76?  There are pics of our petty blue car there on his lawn along with his cars, and I think there's a red daytona. 

Yes, he would have owned the car then, so that would likely have been this Daytona in your pictures.

[Aero426]

Another one.  This is from the Chrysler Proving Grounds, also part of the 1977 meet.

[Ghoste]

I like that second pic Doug.

[moparstuart]

 dam another bird with white around the headlights , I thought i was the first , mostlikey more out there also .

[Magnumcharger]

According to another thread on this forum, the "Playboy" Charger Daytona is presently owned by Pete Veight, who also owns a Sunroof Hemi Superbird, and the Hemi Daytona convertible.

[70charger_boy]

According to another thread on this forum, the "Playboy" Charger Daytona is presently owned by Pete Veight, who also owns a Sunroof Hemi Superbird, and the Hemi Daytona convertible.

[69_500]

I actually like how the grille screen is painted black on that car in '76. Looks interesting.

[nascarxx29]

I like those vintage pictures like this

[The70RT]

Sweet pics. I believe the owner just registered. The newest member is - 501..............

[#501]

this is my first post, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. i own daytona #501( on creative industries list) which is lowest vin # .car has been in my family since the 70's when my uncle bought it from les bowman. my daytona is an s/e ,440,4speed, originally f6 but changed to red by les bowman.

[Ghoste]

Welcome to the group.  If you sell the car, are you still going to be hanging around?

[hemigeno]

Hello, again!  Welcome to DC.com, and thanks for chiming in about your car.  As I've told you before, that car is quite a piece of Daytona history...  Good Luck on the potential sale, although I'm still hoping to make a road trip to see the car sometime before it leaves for a new home. 

[#501]

thanks for the welcome Ghoste and Hemigeno.As far as hanging around after selling my car , i have always been interested in wing cars and that wont change after the sale.

[69_500]

Hey #501, you wouldn't mind if a second person came along with Geno to check the car out would ya? 

[#501]

69 500 , that would be great if you want to look at car with hemigeno.looking forward to meeting both of you.

[hemi68charger]

Hey #501, want a '68 Hemi Charger R/T (resto in progress) and a running/driving '69 Charger 500 4-speed?....... Come on guys.. You knew I had to ask............. 

[moparstuart]

 ok troy for that one i would ok the 500 trade

I would give my left ( well you get the idea) for that one

[pettybird]

here's what i have so far:





that's our petty bird on this end




black scoops sure help out the identification:





who else knows where theirs was?

[The70RT]

awsome.............looks like some wingfull people to me!

[#501]

great pictures pettybird , were the pictures taken at les bowmans place?

[pettybird]

yes they were, according to dad's note on the slides.  Of course, if someone objects, I'll defer, as I had not yet had my first birthday.   

[69_500]

That is the same thing I do when I'm looking at my dad's old pictures. I just flip them over and read the notes he made on the backs. A lot of times they are still in the paper folders from the developing, and then he made various notes on those packages too.

Some great looking shots though. Wish we could get that many wing cars together at the proving grounds once again.

[nascarxx29]

Les must to have had some good contacts to have got the last daytona.And the mystery superbird or that would be quite a coincedence.I met him on occasion way back and bought parts from him.Nice guy 

[nascarxx29]

Atleast the mysterious last daytona has surfaced.The mystery superbird pictured next to the daytona supposed to be in CA
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e67/75414/superbirdmysterycar.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e67/75414/Hewittsuperbird.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e67/75414/Mysterysuperbird1.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e67/75414/Mysterysuperbird.jpg