1969 Daytona in Australia or Iran

[nascarxx29]

If they are cooling slits.Ive never seem anyone put them there  .And with a little appearing gap around the insert slit whatever?.looks like a light up from behind with a just a little bit bigger opening to accomodate it

[xs29j8Bullitt]

If they are cooling slits.Ive never seem anyone put them there

Whatever they are, do you see the 2 inch difference in vertical placement?

[maxwellwedge]

What about on the ones lower down on nose bellow headlight door.Both car have this feature what about there measurement and placement dimensions.The grille variation its in the correct opening with a overlaping wrap around tubing around the outside.And not fitting in the stepped metal edge as the corect grille frame would fit flush

The lights or louvers seem to be different in size and mounted at very different heights.  Just below the leading edge of the nose on the Aussie car, and about 2 inches lower on the Iranian car...

The top of the grille almost looks like it is laying on top of about 2" of nose sheet metal...maybe.....not enough detail in the pic.

[Aero426]

The top of the grille almost looks like it is laying on top of about 2" of nose sheet metal...maybe.....not enough detail in the pic.

I agree.  It looks like there is another piece of metal below the top side of the grille.    Goober and Gomer definitely worked on the car.

[maxwellwedge]

Hey - Look closely at the windshield......Iran - Yes!

[nascarxx29]

It just never dawned on me they would be cooling vent holes slits etc .Living with wingcars that always ran hot .And lived in TX where I would perforate louvre and or remove the lower center valance on a superbird to help cooling issues.And probably would have taken same measures on a daytona  

[maxwellwedge]

The only thing holes/slits are going to cool that far off center is the inside of the headlight bucket area.

[xs29j8Bullitt]

If they are cooling slits.Ive never seem anyone put them there

Whatever they are, do you see the 2 inch difference in vertical placement?

[nascarxx29]

The only thing holes/slits are going to cool that far off center is the inside of the headlight bucket area.

I see the measurements Allen provided .But Im thinking as Jim on what good they are doing.Thats why recessed turn signals seemed more likely

The only thing holes/slits are going to cool that far off center is the inside of the headlight bucket area. Maybe if you hole sawed the Z brackets the air has a chance to better reach the radiator

[xs29j8Bullitt]

The only thing holes/slits are going to cool that far off center is the inside of the headlight bucket area.

I see the measurements Allen provided .But Im thinking as Jim on what good they are doing.Thats why recessed turn signals seemed more likely

The only thing holes/slits are going to cool that far off center is the inside of the headlight bucket area. Maybe if you hole sawed the Z brackets the air has a chance to better reach the radiator

Might be a couple more openings below the grille... Swiss cheese cooling!  See green arrows in picture below.

[Aero426]

The only thing holes/slits are going to cool that far off center is the inside of the headlight bucket area.

Yes, but not real surprising considering Goober and Gomer did the modifications.    It is not like there was a lot of thought that went into this stuff.  "Gee, we really didn't need holes there.  Oh well, too late now."   About the only thing that makes any sense is that the car was used in a hot climate "somewhere" and they did some "field modifications".

[autodynamics]

i think they both look like crap....

[notabird]

the grill on the Iran car looks like that Daytona at the Nats a few years back, I think it was a shelf from a refridgerator.

[FJMG]

   Maybe the slits were cut to accomodate a bumper mount?

[Ghoste]

Or maybe they were never intended to be functional at all, maybe the guy just thought they looked cool? 

[Old Moparz]

   Maybe the slits were cut to accomodate a bumper mount?

That idea isn't so far fetched.

[nascarxx29]

i think they both look like crap....

No argument there you said it

[OneBadSuperbird]

And going by the turn signal placement and grille size opening.Not to mention the color of the car.We have concluded it to be the Aussie daytona.But first glance at the grille .I knew I seen it somewhere before

Dave, what I'd like to know is how you go about making "conclusions" about something that you know absolutely nothing about.

Do you own the car?  No.

Do I own the car?  Yes.

Did you EVER have ANY communications with the previous owners?  No.

Did I ever have communications with the previous owner?  Yes, many times. 

The derelict car from the Mustang board is not the same car and it was never in Iran.  Case closed.

[nascarxx29]

I was more than aware your current Aussie daytona at the time Kevin Monks daytona existed as far back to the date May 1983.And saw its story again in Dec 2001 with contact info .I had already had a daytona before that time.Took no interest in this car for me or any other interested parties.Made no contact to seller

[OneBadSuperbird]

Hey Dave, cool stuff. 

Man, am I glad I took the plunge and bought the Aussie Daytona.  All Daytonas are special but then again, ya seen one orange with black tail Daytona, ya seen em all. 

This car is a blast no matter where it goes.  I need to get it out of hibernation and get it back out on the streets but all my efforts are on getting the red, white and blue Superbird finished and out on the track this season.  So maybe next summer, the Daytona will come back out to play. 

When it does come back out to play, it will no longer be lowered and will be back to a stock ride height and wearing the big fat set of radials I have for it that are wrapped around a brand new set of Torq-Thrusts that I've had waiting for it since before I even got the car in 2003!  I may even yank the numbers matching 440 and throw in the 440 that was in the red, white and blue Superbird.  That engine's getting freshened up and a little more cam and some head work and would make the 3.55 geared Daytona a real terror out on the highway from 80 right on up to 140 or better.  Fun out on the open road with no worries of trashing the original engine!

[tan top]

sounds good Onebad    any plans to change it back to LHD 

[nascarxx29]

Any more its harder to keep track of them.Especially when there are about the same color .I can eliminate another daytona from overseas this one isnt orange its R4 Red and white interior.And in Saudia Arabia

[OneBadSuperbird]

sounds good Onebad    any plans to change it back to LHD 

LOL!  Not in this lifetime. 

I've always said that I would never have gone through all the hassle of bringing the car home from clear across the globe if I was just gonna change it back to LHD and make it like every other Daytona you see.  This car has been RHD for 36 of the 40 years it's been around, ain't no way it's going back til someone else owns it when I'm dead and gone.

[tan top]

sounds good Onebad    any plans to change it back to LHD 

LOL!  Not in this lifetime. 

I've always said that I would never have gone through all the hassle of bringing the car home from clear across the globe if I was just gonna change it back to LHD and make it like every other Daytona you see.  This car has been RHD for 36 of the 40 years it's been around, ain't no way it's going back til someone else owns it when I'm dead and gone.

  yeah  true  .. if its been right hand drive for so long   

[Aero426]

Any more its harder to keep track of them.Especially when there are about the same color .I can eliminate another daytona from overseas this one isnt orange its R4 Red and white interior.And in Saudia Arabia

That car is not in Saudi Arabia.    He has spent some time working in Saudi Arabia, but his Daytona is here in the USA.