1969 daytona Q5 UPDATE#3 pics mexico /trunk/wing/engine/under body coat

[69daytonaQ5]

with help from Doug Schellinger of DATONA-SUPERBIRD AUTO CLUB...I've found out its a real Q5 turquoise car with the C6T tan interior and original #9th member of his club...and my dad purchased it in 1980..i had no idea it was a rare color..all this time i thought it was originally orange..until i was at the store and picked up a car collectors magazine where there was a Q5 daytona for about 400,000 ...i was so juiced i decided to contact doug..my dad was a mopar fanatic ..he was murdered  in 91, we were forced to sell almost all his cars but kept some..we had dusters, roadrunners ,challengers,cudas,chargers and my daytona we only kept a few...and moved out of east palo alto ,ca in 1992..i was 6 when he passed and will always remember him...ill never forget during the 89 earthquake i was in his challenger when i rolled off and hit the neighbors mail box...anyways it was defiantly hard to loose my father but he must have had a plan because he always kept his daytona in great condition..I'm glad I've  garaged it just like he did all his life...its been in there since it was bought...I've never touched it I'd rather mess with my ford 5.0's than touch that,i guess because I'm scared that I'll mess it up...but thanks to Doug ,he helped me trace it back to as far as 1975..thanks Doug

[Ghoste]

Wow, that's a hell of a story.  I'm sorry about what happened to your father but if this car helps you keep some kind of connection to him then it's a good thing.  I'm guessing the advice to never sell it would be wasted.

Oh, and welcome to the group and more pics!

[69daytonaQ5]

so when i contacted Doug..he asked me to provide the fender tag and vin..thats when we knew it was a real daytona ...he asked only about 2 or 3 questions before he said "that daytona doesn't have DAYTONA in big letters across the front does it?" i replied oh my god..yes it DOES..i live in California and this guy I've never met just described my car and he's in Wisconsin..i was in shock..and disbelief...but then i realized i had been a needle in a haystack find for him as well as him to me...we quickly started to talk about my car he said he remembered the car from when his dad ran the car club..he told me that it was a previous members former car who was selling at the time...we excahaged email addresses and he told me he had paper work of my car and a picture as well as an add...i went home and everything he said matched up..the guy who was #9 member selling the car was the guy on my dads original bill of sale which i still have ...i gave Doug a call and told him...he said he would send me all the info he had on my car and all he wanted in return was a picture of the car now...so i sent hI'm all these..im glad i met Doug oh he asked me what i drove and i said a 5.0 , he said he also had a 85 5.0 which was a good thing i guess...

[69daytonaQ5]

this is what i drive and rather mess up...and rebuild...but i still don't have the confidence to touch the 1969 daytona..and don't plan to do anything other than original with

[dads_69]

Thats cool you still have the car indoors for sure. Sorry about your dad. Doug and a few others are very well educated about wing cars. Your sitting on a gold mine.
Awesome Daytona!! 

Thanks for the photos and welcome to the board. 

Mark

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Welcome to the forum!  Great car... I predict Troy H, Danny L, and many others will be sending you PMs about trading for the Daytona.   With the car's history in your family though, sounds like a keeper!

Allen

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Glad you made it over to the site!  Now I have some pics to put with your registration!

PS---nice Foxbody.  I have the same '03 Cobra replicas on my 92 GT convertible....
you can make the front center caps fit with a little creativity from a hammer on the dust covers!

[pettybird]

ok WOW that's awesome!  Could you post your fender tag pic?  a couple of us would LOVE to see how yours is optioned, down to the little things!

I read this post second, of course...


and welcome wing and 5.0 owner!  I just stepped into the SN95 world last year-

[pettybird]

PS---nice Foxbody.  I have the same '03 Cobra replicas on my 92 GT convertible....
you can make the front center caps fit with a little creativity from a hammer on the dust covers!

you can make them fit a lot easier with a 5 lug conversion!  94-5 cars are popping up in junkyards pretty regularly these days.  I ran '98 cobra wheels on my '93 when i did the swap.

[Aero426]

It's a great story and really nice to see the car resurface.   

[nascarxx29]

I got a old ad from when Rich Mieintel was selling a 69 charger 500 with a daytona wing.his 410777 daytona shows up in old 79 records as bright red .And tan interior.Congrats .Its shows up on the shiplist as car #359 Sierra Dodge in Chico CA #606 scheduled builddate job number 926866

[nascarxx29]

[hemi68charger]

Wow Doug.....
What a story... Another, My Dad-had-one..........  I'm sorry to hear about your father ( I too lost mine way too young)...... I hope you enjoy your Daytona in years to come and can pass it on to future Lil' Dougs or Dougettes.......

Didn't read all the replies, but are you going back to Q5?

Cheers,
Troy

[69daytonaQ5]

Q5 is the plan for paint..ill probably have my mechanic that i trust just put new gaskets ,and if i do anything else it will be the valves on the heads with new seals and get it running it hasn't ran for about 20+ years and then put it on the market not in a hurry to sell so ill hang on to it till i get what i want.especially after seeing what the Q5 with black int that was going for 375k..mine only has 53xxx on it ..when i do fix it to drive it wont be driven much anyways.unless to a car show that you guys host aslong as there is a northern california show sometime..ill probably put some lowjack on it and park it in its spotin the garage...i got time to get the right offer im only 22..when i tell someone i have this car they always laugh and tell me im bullshitting..so ill wait...oh I've had offers by some guy who wanted to trade a cuda fully restored and $80,000 i was quick to turn that down he said he used to have one and sold it..works at chevrolet of livermore he told me he specializes in cuda and challenger bodys..i guess a co-worker of his lives by me with a 69 roadrunner and told him about it..cool guy..he's came twice already...its gonna take about 375 to get over my sentimental value..i guess you can say there is really no price I'd go for yet ...

P.S.    for the mustang owners i have the 03's in five lug now 18x9 18x10.5 and 5 lug i have the sn-95 cobra front and disc in the back but not installed yet..thanks for the info..i sure will post a fender tag. .i be sending one 2 doug soon...thanks again doug

[69_500]

Definately a car to hold on to.

I'm another one of the "dad had a Daytona" people on this board. My dad had 5 Daytona's, 2 Superbirds, and 2 Charger 500's. I thought everyone had a bunch of these cars when I was little. He didn't have a Q5 Daytona, but did have a Q5 charger 500. Definately a beautiful color on a car, and with the tan interior would be quite striking if you ask me.

Before Troy (hemicharger68) asks, he will want to trade for the car with his HEMI 68 Charger. I can't offer anything close to that, just a charger 500. Already know the answer is a "NO", but its tradition that we both ask. So to get it out of the way.

[69daytonaQ5]

when i do sell..you better believe im getting a shelby500 and charger 500..and a down to a house

[bzabodyn]

Wow - a crazy story but good to see that the car is no worse for wear after all these years... I wouldn't sell the car now either, since the market's soft and you're going to be hard-pressed to get more than $150k as it sits (anybody else is going to restore it to its original condition, and that's still big bucks)... the Q5 daytona that's been listed for $315k has probably had a $150-200k restoration, FYI...

At any rate, it's still a hell of a car and anyone on this board would love to have it in their garage (including myself!) - take care of it and keep us updated!

Brandon

[daytonalo]

WHY IS THERE FORD STUFF IN AERO SECTION IT IS JUST TAKING UP SPACE !! PLEASE POST THOSE PICS WHERE PEOPLE STILL THINK THEY'RE COOL !

[69daytonaQ5]

sorry about the ford stuff...here are some pics



i belive it goes like this ...i might be wrong
FN2
N85 R11 V88 Y39 26
C16 C?5 C33 J25 M21 M31
A01 A04 A11 A36 B41 B51
Q5 Q5 C6T T3 606 926866
E86 D32 XX29 L9B 410777

[billssuperbird]

great looking daytona.

[Aero426]

Tony is asking for a decode of the fender tag posted farther up this thread.   I do not have by option code materials with me.    Can anyone else run the codes for him?

[hemi68charger]

...

Before Troy (hemicharger68) asks, he will want to trade for the car with his HEMI 68 Charger. I can't offer anything close to that, just a charger 500. Already know the answer is a "NO", but its tradition that we both ask. So to get it out of the way.

Who? Me?  Na...... He wouldn't want an original 4-speed Charger 500 and a soon-to-be-freshly-painted turquoise '68 Hemi Charger R/T...

Troy

[hemigeno]

sorry about the ford stuff...here are some pics

i belive it goes like this ...i might be wrong
FN2
N85 R11 V88 Y39 26
C16 C?5 C33 J25 M21 M31
A01 A04 A11 A36 B41 B51
Q5 Q5 C6T T3 606 926866
E86 D32 XX29 L9B 410777

Fender tags are read from bottom to top, left to right - so here goes:

E86 - HP440, 375hp 4bbl engine
D32 - Automatic Transmission
XX29 - Charger 500/Daytona
L - HP440 engine
9 - 1969 Model Year
B - Hamtramck Assembly Plant
410777 - VIN Sequence Number
Q5 - Roof paint color
Q5 - Body paint color
C - Charger trim grade
6 - Vinyl bucket seats
T - Tan vinyl color
T3 - Upper Door Frame paint color
606 - Scheduled Production Date of Friday, June 6, 1969
926866 - Special Order Number
A01 - Light Group
A04 - Radio Group
A11 - Charger500 or Daytona Sales Code
A36 - Performance Axle Package (3.55:1 8-3/4")
B41 - Disc Brakes
B51 - Power Brakes
C16 - Console
C55 - Bucket Seats
G33 - Driver's side remote rear view mirror
J25 - 3-speeed wipers
M21 - Driprail mouldings
M31 - Body belt mouldings
N85 - Tachometer
R11 - 2watt MusicMaster AM radio
V88 - Transverse Stripe Delete
Y39 - Special Order car
26 - 26" Radiator Width
EN2 - End of tag codes Line 2



I might need to check a couple of those codes, as I rattled those off from memory.  Might have M21 and M31 reversed, and I don't see A04 much so I was a little fuzzy on that one.

[MoParMetal]

 
good thing you keep it in the garage. i would hate to say another wing car succumb to the elements.

[69daytonaQ5]

thanks guys...i really apreciate all the help