wing cars downunder

[aussie daytona]

hi guys...a couple of pics of the old aussie daytona you now have back  as well as a superbird for sale out here in 1983? anyone remember it leaving arizona for australia back then   also found an article on a homegrown bird built out here in the 80s.

[moparstuart]

cool

[aussie daytona]

resized pics

[moparstuart]

dart with a old 50's hemi 

[charger Downunder]

Super bird went back to the USA Steve Fisher brought it over and couldnt sell it.

[Tim L]

I was told of a guy who that had two superbirds, he sold one back to the states then shifted over there and took the other with him. Monks Daytona which you have photos of there went back in around 01'. I was speaking to a guy who said he spoke to a bloke who claimed to have a, "winged Dodge" sitting on blocks in his shed in Melbourne. I've got his name and was told he was an electrician but I'm yet to find him. I've also spoken heard form Paul Norris of Dodge City Conversions in Bayswater who has been told of a dark green Dayotna that's been seen driving on the highway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne??? Who knows, out here it's like trying to find big foot!

[nascarxx29]

Daniel Monks daytona from Austrailia is onebadsuperbirds car currently painted in a dark blue with right hand drive.It was a US sold daytona that went down under for RH drive conversion .Its also known to have been in a movie down under.The Dartbird I recall from the same magazine article shown .In my old wingcar newsletters that did a story on the Austrailia daytonas .The article showed a black and white picture of a place in Sydney with US cars on the lot.I recall as Pye motors .

[nascarxx29]

[rav440]

that is just BAD A$$ looking

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey, I think I know that car! 

Nice user name by the way!

The Aussie Daytona has been back here in the U.S. for a little over five years now.  It's a fun as hell car.  It  doesn't get to go out as much as I'd like.  The red, white abd blue Bird and the yellow Bird get a lot more seat time.

[aussie daytona]

 :cheers:cool car...trying to finds a pic i have of my old 67 gran-prix pontiac parked near it at the same old steet machine nationals showing both of their swoopy noses :eyes:yes guys i know daytonas are way cooler

[moparchris]

The newspaper add of the lime green 'bird is from Phx, Az.  My brother and I looked at that car and tried to buy it right around 1982 or so.  Always wondered where it went, guess it went down under.  I still have the pictures I took of it when we went to look at it.  Just don't have a scanner to post the pics.  It was a neat car.  Is it still in New Zealand?

[WingCharger]

Hey, OnebadSuperbird I am thinking of painting my Daytona clone in the future the same color combo! It is a tough look.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey, OnebadSuperbird I am thinking of painting my Daytona clone in the future the same color combo! It is a tough look.

Which color combo?  The original orange and black or the current blue and white?  If it's the blue, the actual color is 1998 Ford Taurus Moonlight Blue Mist.  There's so many orange Daytonas out there that it's pretty much a given that I'll never put it back to orange. 

[WingCharger]

Hey, OnebadSuperbird I am thinking of painting my Daytona clone in the future the same color combo! It is a tough look.

Which color combo?  The original orange and black or the current blue and white?  If it's the blue, the actual color is 1998 Ford Taurus Moonlight Blue Mist.  There's so many orange Daytonas out there that it's pretty much a given that I'll never put it back to orange. 

Definantly the MoonLight Blue. I am split on white or black interior.
Also, what size are the rear tires. That isnt stock is it?

[OneBadSuperbird]

Definantly the MoonLight Blue. I am split on white or black interior.
Also, what size are the rear tires. That isnt stock is it?

That's one thing I wish is that the interior was white.  The Moonlight Blue Mist is dark enough to where white would have been a really nice contrast.  I think you'll really like the Moonlight Blue.  It's a deep color that really, really pops in the sunlight.  Photos have never really done much to show the depth of the color in person.

The rear tires are 275/60-15's on widened 15x10 Magnum 500's.

Here's a wingless shot right out of the container on the L.A. freeways...

[69_500]

Hey glad to see ya posting over here again Jon.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey glad to see ya posting over here again Jon.

I was alerted to this thread by one of my watchful eyes so I figured I'd better come over here and see what all the fuss was about.  I drink my Kool-Aid over on MoPowerStyle.   

[WingCharger]

DO I SPY A VALIANT CHARGER?!?!?!?!?!?

Those are one of my favroite Mopars.

I wonder if any companies make MoonLight Blue Metallic paint?

[Brock Samson]

Hey, OnebadSuperbird I am thinking of painting my Daytona clone in the future the same color combo! It is a tough look.

Which color combo?  The original orange and black or the current blue and white?  If it's the blue, the actual color is 1998 Ford Taurus Moonlight Blue Mist.  There's so many orange Daytonas out there that it's pretty much a given that I'll never put it back to orange. 

DO I SPY A VALIANT CHARGER?!?!?!?!?!?

Those are one of my favroite Mopars.

I wonder if any companies make MoonLight Blue Metallic paint?

 

[WingCharger]

Hey, OnebadSuperbird I am thinking of painting my Daytona clone in the future the same color combo! It is a tough look.

Which color combo?  The original orange and black or the current blue and white?  If it's the blue, the actual color is 1998 Ford Taurus Moonlight Blue Mist.  There's so many orange Daytonas out there that it's pretty much a given that I'll never put it back to orange. 

DO I SPY A VALIANT CHARGER?!?!?!?!?!?

Those are one of my favroite Mopars.

I wonder if any companies make MoonLight Blue Metallic paint?

 

I saw that after I posted. Too lazy to go back and change it.

[OneBadSuperbird]

DO I SPY A VALIANT CHARGER?!?!?!?!?!?

Those are one of my favroite Mopars.

I wonder if any companies make MoonLight Blue Metallic paint?

Yup, that car belongs to my buddy Jeff (OzHemi) in California.  If it weren't for Jeff and his partner Peter in Australia being in the import/export business, I would not own the Daytona today.

Jeff has owned that Aussie Charger for many years now and just shipped it back here from Australia.  It was here for many years before Jeff shipped it back to Australia for a light restoration.  The car is now back here in the U.S. looking brand spanking new.

On the paint, any paint store can mix you up the Moonlight Blue Mist.  Heck, I walked in an auto parts store and got a Dupli-Color touch-up bottle right off the shelf.

[Ghoste]

How's the V8 Vega project?

[OneBadSuperbird]

How's the V8 Vega project?

The Vega is retaining it's basically stock 360 for now.  All my efforts right now are to get all the chassis mods done and the new engine and trans in the white Superbird so we can go racing a little more seriously.

We had the Vega out on Woodward the entire week of the Dream Cruise and it actually made it onto Jalopnik's Woodward Dream Cruise photo galleries.  It's a great driver the way it is now but mid 13's from a car that ran low 9's at 140-plus in it's glory days just doesn't cut it.  We had two different groups of people come up to us at the Cruise that remembered the car fondly from it's glory days of west side Detroit street racing.  It was neat listening to them tell stories from back in the day.  I had no idea when I bought the car that I was buying a part of Motown street racing history.

Here's the two pics from Jalopnik...

[OneBadSuperbird]

The second one...

[WingCharger]

You have some cool cars!
You should post here more often!

[OneBadSuperbird]

You have some cool cars!
You should post here more often!

Thanks!  I will try.  I wish there was more time in a day for stuff like this.

[C500]

The newspaper add of the lime green 'bird is from Phx, Az.  My brother and I looked at that car and tried to buy it right around 1982 or so.  Always wondered where it went, guess it went down under.  I still have the pictures I took of it when we went to look at it.  Just don't have a scanner to post the pics.  It was a neat car.  Is it still in New Zealand?

I don't know if it was ever in New Zealand, only Australia as far as I can see. This bird is here http://www.nzmoparregistry.co.nz/default.aspx?Page=381 and there is at least one other bird here, and at least one Daytona that I know of, the CalGas Daytona

[aussie daytona]

if you like aussie chargers heres the last "car in barn" ive found...not a staged shot either   

[aussie daytona]

another...bit worse for wear 

[C500]

if you like aussie chargers heres the last "car in barn" ive found...not a staged shot either   

any cars in barn finds are cool to see, especially when they're Mopars 

[OneBadSuperbird]

Cool stuff!

[WingCharger]

That is really cool!

A Hemi-6 (and the 318-V8) Valiant Charger R/T's were fast cars even though they were limited to the small motors.
Imagine one with a Hemi?

OneBadSuperbird:
I was thinking over using MoonLight Blue, and have decided that is what I am going to use. White Interior and Whit Stripe The only thing is that if I use it, it is too dark for a black-out hood to look right, but still a great color. I also like the tailight setup on the car that I saw in a magazine! They look really cool at night compared to normal Charger tail-lights!

[OneBadSuperbird]

That is really cool!

A Hemi-6 (and the 318-V8) Valiant Charger R/T's were fast cars even though they were limited to the small motors.
Imagine one with a Hemi?

OneBadSuperbird:
I was thinking over using MoonLight Blue, and have decided that is what I am going to use. White Interior and Whit Stripe The only thing is that if I use it, it is too dark for a black-out hood to look right, but still a great color. I also like the tailight setup on the car that I saw in a magazine! They look really cool at night compared to normal Charger tail-lights!

Yup, the Moonlight Blue might be a wee bit dark for a hood bloackout treatment.  The tail panel blackout seems to show up OK but I don't know if a hood blackout would or not.

And yeah, having amber turn signals in the taillights gives the '69 Charger taillights a really different look.  I was in the Aussie Falcon support vehicle on the road trip back from California when we came into Las Vegas late that first night following the Daytona.  I thought I might have a shot with the turn signal on but this is the best I could come up with.  It still kinda shows the amber inserts.

[WingCharger]

I saw that in mopar Action. You should produce those tail-lights. They look awesome!

[OneBadSuperbird]

I saw that in mopar Action. You should produce those tail-lights. They look awesome!

Wow, I didn't know the car was in Mopar Action.  I thought it was just in Mopar Collector's Guide.

[WingCharger]

I saw that in mopar Action. You should produce those tail-lights. They look awesome!

Wow, I didn't know the car was in Mopar Action.  I thought it was just in Mopar Collector's Guide.

I was wrong. Sorry. I get three different magazine with MoPar in the title.

[OneBadSuperbird]

I was wrong. Sorry. I get three different magazine with MoPar in the title.

LOL OK cool!  Now I ain't gotta go hunting for a back issue!

[WingCharger]

Your car is my favorite ever covered by any mopar magazine.  It is No.1, followed by the MagnumForce Daytona Clone, and the Factory Super Stock collection.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Your car is my favorite ever covered by any mopar magazine.  It is No.1, followed by the MagnumForce Daytona Clone, and the Factory Super Stock collection.

Wow, that's really cool, thanks!   

I like the ol' Daytona a lot too.  It kind of takes a back seat to the two Superbirds though.  I can't figure out why that is but it does.  It never even left the garage this summer and last year it only went out the week of the Woodward Cruise.  Maybe when the white Bird is done and has been on the track for a while, the Daytona will start getting a little more use. 

[WingCharger]

Your car is my favorite ever covered by any mopar magazine.  It is No.1, followed by the MagnumForce Daytona Clone, and the Factory Super Stock collection.

Wow, that's really cool, thanks!   

I like the ol' Daytona a lot too.  It kind of takes a back seat to the two Superbirds though.  I can't figure out why that is but it does.  It never even left the garage this summer and last year it only went out the week of the Woodward Cruise.  Maybe when the white Bird is done and has been on the track for a while, the Daytona will start getting a little more use. 

Man, if I owned a real Daytona, tht baby would be out everyday!
You have a very cool car collection all around!

[OneBadSuperbird]

Man, if I owned a real Daytona, tht baby would be out everyday!
You have a very cool car collection all around!

Thanks again!  The Daytona will come out to play again.  I just have too many other things going on right now with the other cars right now.

I love the heck out of the wing cars.  They've always been my dream cars since I was a kid when the cars were new.  What's funny is that the Vega, as lowly of a throwaway car as it was when it was new, means a heck of a lot to me.  A V-8 Vega is something I've wanted since the late '70's.  I waited a quarter of a century for the right one to come along.  Now that I've had the car since 2004, it's earned it's spot as a keeper!

[69_500]

Well you know that whenever you get tired of that right hand drive wing car you can always store it her at my place.

[OneBadSuperbird]

Well you know that whenever you get tired of that right hand drive wing car you can always store it her at my place.

Danny, thanks for the offer as always but I kinda like it right where it's at!   

Ya can come visit it any time though.   

[Daytona R/T SE]

Onebad-What is the wheel/tire combo on your Daytona? Wheel size? Backspace? Front/rear?

Tire size front/rear?

I really like the way your car sits and I'd like to mimic your setup on my Daytona Clone 

[nascarxx29]

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_81726-Dodge-Charger-Daytona-1969.html onebadsuperbird daytona in this 1982 movie running on empty

[aussie daytona]

hi..there is a minor scene with the daytona in this lame movie,can you guys get it in the us ?,can still buy it out here on dvd if anyone wants a copy...funny side story to this movie,a family friend trucked the star cars round sydney for the movie and was offered the challenger,the 57 chevy and others as they didnt want them after the movie...real cheap at the time but i had 3 aussie rt .chargers keeping me poor at the time.

[WingCharger]

hi..there is a minor scene with the daytona in this lame movie,can you guys get it in the us ?,can still buy it out here on dvd if anyone wants a copy...funny side story to this movie,a family friend trucked the star cars round sydney for the movie and was offered the challenger,the 57 chevy and others as they didnt want them after the movie...real cheap at the time but i had 3 aussie rt .chargers keeping me poor at the time.

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_81726-Dodge-Charger-Daytona-1969.html onebadsuperbird daytona in this 1982 movie running on empty

Look at one of the comments from that picture on the website:
"Its a Dodge Charger Superbird. You can see a Superbird Wing post at the Left edge of the picture." OH MY GOD!!!

[OneBadSuperbird]

Onebad-What is the wheel/tire combo on your Daytona? Wheel size? Backspace? Front/rear?

Tire size front/rear?

I really like the way your car sits and I'd like to mimic your setup on my Daytona Clone 

The car had 235/60-15's up front on 15x8 Magnum 500's and 275/60-15's put back on 15x10 Magnum  500's.  I'm not sure what the offset is as the tires and wheels were already on the car when I bought it. 

I have a brand new set of 255/60-15 front and 275/60-15 rears mounted on a brand new set of 15x8 Torq-Thrusts sitting in the garage that I've had since before the Daytona was ever even around that are going on the car when the car comes back up two inches.

The stance of the car is really cool and all but even with just a driver and noting else in the car, the rear tires rub up in the wheelwells.  There just isn't enough room for that much rubber when the car is lowered two inches. 

It'll be interesting to see what the car's stance is like two inches higher and with bigger 255's up front and the Torq-Thrusts instead of the Magnum 500's. 

[OneBadSuperbird]

hi..there is a minor scene with the daytona in this lame movie,can you guys get it in the us ?,can still buy it out here on dvd if anyone wants a copy...funny side story to this movie,a family friend trucked the star cars round sydney for the movie and was offered the challenger,the 57 chevy and others as they didnt want them after the movie...real cheap at the time but i had 3 aussie rt .chargers keeping me poor at the time.

I had the oportunity to buy the black 440 Six Pack Challenger at the same time I bought the Daytona but I didn't have an extra $30,000.  That was actually a really good deal as it was an original 440 Six Pack car and would have been a neat right hand drive car to have here in the States too.  I had already dayum near bankrupted myself to get the Daytona though so that wasn't happening.  Sure wish I could have swung it though!

I have both the Australian version (Running On Empty) and the U.S. version (Fast Lane Fever) on DVD.  Low budget but entertaining movie, especially if you're a gearhead.

[Daytona R/T SE]

Onebad-What is the wheel/tire combo on your Daytona? Wheel size? Backspace? Front/rear?

Tire size front/rear?

I really like the way your car sits and I'd like to mimic your setup on my Daytona Clone 

The car had 235/60-15's up front on 15x8 Magnum 500's and 275/60-15's put back on 15x10 Magnum  500's.  I'm not sure what the offset is as the tires and wheels were already on the car when I bought it. 

I have a brand new set of 255/60-15 front and 275/60-15 rears mounted on a brand new set of 15x8 Torq-Thrusts sitting in the garage that I've had since before the Daytona was ever even around that are going on the car when the car comes back up two inches.

The stance of the car is really cool and all but even with just a driver and noting else in the car, the rear tires rub up in the wheelwells.  There just isn't enough room for that much rubber when the car is lowered two inches. 

It'll be interesting to see what the car's stance is like two inches higher and with bigger 255's up front and the Torq-Thrusts instead of the Magnum 500's. 

Thanks

[Homerr]

Saw this on reddit this morning, #77 Daytona in the background.

Ex Bruce Mclaren Ford GT40
This beauty of a car is at the Highlands Motorsport museum in Cromwell, Central Otago in New Zealand

http://imgur.com/a/Aeo1Z

Linked images are huge, better to just use the link.