Who's Daytona?

[nascarxx29]

[A383Wing]

I didn't think black was offered on the 'Birds?

Bryan   

mis-read post....sorry

[pettybird]

And those FK 5 burnt orange ones. like the one Dave Jones /Mason Dixon had slipped through.As reported in a old newsletter says they misread EK2 upside down

see, i think it's a LOT more probable that the cars would have been limelight--turning EK2 upside down is a lot less probable in my mind than fat-fingering FJ5 into FK5...does anyone know definitively?  the dave jones car looks totally awesome to me in that color. 

[70charger_boy]

Actually, the more I look at the orange Daytona, the more I like it....except for the hood scoop. 

Bryan  (people say crap about our car also, I just consider the source)   

I actually love the hoodscoop.  I'm curious about the wheels.  Are they Lamborghini wheels?

As far as your car, bryan.  It is awesome  , but don't post any pics, because Mr. Poopy pants will have nothing but bad things to say

[A383Wing]

      

Thanks

Bryan 

[nascarxx29]

Whos daytona is he standing next to

[hemi68charger]

Whos daytona is he standing next to

I'm game,, who? I would say your old one, but didn't you have a white wing/stripe?

Troy

[nascarxx29]

It has to be one of the 501 .Not mine mine was red.The car shown must have been new off the line no trim rings were even on it.

[A383Wing]

No antenna either...unless it was a radio delete car.

Bryan

[moparstuart]

  i love the white accents on that car , thought i was the first to do it but i guess not

[69_500]

Hey Dave I'm going to guess that the daytona in the magazine you just posted is GENO's car. Just a guess, but it appears to be wearing a Missouri tag. Of course there were something like 22 or so Daytona's sold in MO, but it is a long shot right? Or do you know for sure who's car it is?

I thought that there was some paperwork from chrysler spelling out that you could have actually ordered an FK5 car, but that it was a special form or something that had to be filled out. And i'm thinking that I've heard that there are 3 of the FK5 cars out there now. Wouldn't be the first time I'm wrong though on Superbirds. I don't pay as much attention to them as Daytona's or 500's.

So Doug, you like the Superbirds more than the Daytona's? Do you think that has anything to do with what cars your dad and mom held on to for so many years? I often wonder if I like the Daytona more than the Superbird because of the ratio of them that my dad had. 5 Daytona's versus 2 Superbirds. Just curious, as I haven't ran into many other people close to my age, or too many other period that grew up around the wing cars with their parents owning a few.

[hemigeno]

Hey Dave I'm going to guess that the daytona in the magazine you just posted is GENO's car. Just a guess, but it appears to be wearing a Missouri tag. Of course there were something like 22 or so Daytona's sold in MO, but it is a long shot right? Or do you know for sure who's car it is?

I honestly thought that for a few seconds too, but there are a few things that indicate it's not my car:

The one in the picture has a remote rear-view mirror, mine has a manual
Missouri's plates back in 1969 were actually off-white with green letters, and 1970's plates were off-white with black letters.  In 1971 they did go to the red background and white letters, but even more importantly - they only used one plate (and it was mounted on the rear of the car).

I think it's much more likely to be a 1969 Michigan plate which was red with a white background on both the front & back.  Here's a handy-dandy link to 1969-present state license plate formats:

http://www.15q.net

It's possible that was a 1969 manufacturer plate - a la the green 1970 Daytona, as that was also a red plate w/ white letters.  If they just borrowed a car from Creative's parking lot for the PR shot with Mr. Rodger, it could have been any R4/Black interior/Black stripe car that was destined for about anywhere.  Considering R4 was the most common exterior color and Black was the most common interior color, they couldn't have picked a more "typical" Daytona combination. 

[69_500]

I wasn't sure if the picture posted was actually supposed to be in the 1969 year, or just in the 70's. As I know that later on MO plates were that color. Your right though the plates on the test drive cars from 69 in Michigan are that color as well. Hmm, so who has an R4 red car with a plate holder in the front?

[pettybird]

that is a '69 michigan plate

[Ghoste]

I believe that pic is also taken on Hamtramk's famous (or infamous if you take in account the Watermelon 70 Daytona conspiracy) circular pad.