Daytona Clone Almost Completed- Updated 7-2-09

dillon14 · June 27, 2009, 04:02:20 PM

Here are a few photos of the Daytona. Hope to have it completed by July 4th. Pretty dirty in the photos and still needs to be wet sanded and buffed out, interior finished and of course the aluminum wing added. 440 stroked to a little over 500hp. 4-speed with console and buckets. Janak nose, Vega plug. Never done this before so please be easy on me.

nakita7 · June 27, 2009, 04:04:48 PM

Looks great!

C500 · June 27, 2009, 04:12:08 PM

It looks great, I love the red interior and the wheels

great job.

hotrod98 · June 27, 2009, 04:41:25 PM

Looks good to me. Kind of looks like mine except for the red interior, the red stripe and the steel wheels.

Makes me wish that I had time to assemble the front end on mine.

nascarxx29 · June 27, 2009, 04:47:27 PM

Nice combo nice job

tan top · June 27, 2009, 05:21:42 PM

Quote from: nascarxx29 on June 27, 2009, 04:47:27 PM
Nice combo nice job

love red interiors

dillon14 · June 27, 2009, 05:23:10 PM

Actually painted the stripe on and then covered the whole car with (3) coats of clear.

69bronzeT5 · June 27, 2009, 05:32:04 PM

That thing is GOURGEOUS

nascarxx29 · June 27, 2009, 05:48:57 PM

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on June 27, 2009, 05:32:04 PM
That thing is GOURGEOUS

You can say that again there was another similar color and build up 69 daytona by this guy on another board I was following along on the build.Unless its the same guy??

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dillon14 · June 27, 2009, 05:53:31 PM

It was a 318 car originally so it is sitting a little low in the front. Will try to adjust the torsion bars to bring it up some.

For anyone who gets bored, here is the link to the resto photos I took along the way:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v295/dillon14/Daytona/?albumview=slideshow

mikepmcs · June 27, 2009, 05:58:28 PM

Awesome!!

Can't wait to see that one drive by me.

Mike in Readfield.

nascarxx29 · June 27, 2009, 07:01:14 PM

From another board username Metal God build up black daytona/ red stripe clone

UFO · June 27, 2009, 08:10:41 PM

Very nice!!

Just 6T9 CHGR · June 27, 2009, 08:57:19 PM

Sweet ride! Black & red is a really cool combo!!

moparstuart · June 27, 2009, 09:08:25 PM

great looking car , you did a great job and I love the color combo

BB1 · June 28, 2009, 07:04:56 AM

Wow

inspirational.

Brock Samson · June 28, 2009, 09:51:28 AM

Sensational!

those redlines with the dog dishes make the red pop big time...
that's alot of red in the int... you gonna paint the bottoms of the doors red too?...

more pics please as fast as you can post em...

richRTSE · June 28, 2009, 10:28:40 AM

I love the color combo, especially the red interior. And a 4-speed too.

dillon14 · June 28, 2009, 11:46:00 AM

Hopefully the Daytona will be completed by Friday and I will take some better photos and post them.

BigBlockSam · June 28, 2009, 12:19:18 PM

looking real good !

Magnumcharger · June 28, 2009, 02:06:47 PM

That is an unbelievably good looking effort!!!!!!!!! Many cudos to you for your excellent Daytona!!

And your Hemi Coronet looks good too!! I have a friend with an original 4 gear '70 Hemi Coronet.....Chris Coulson. Know him?

dillon14 · June 28, 2009, 02:37:29 PM

Quote from: Magnumcharger on June 28, 2009, 02:06:47 PM
That is an unbelievably good looking effort!!!!!!!!! Many cudos to you for your excellent Daytona!!

And your Hemi Coronet looks good too!! I have a friend with an original 4 gear '70 Hemi Coronet.....Chris Coulson. Know him?

I sold mine to Bill May in Indianapolis Indiana. Is Chris Colson's green? I think Galen told me mine was the only 4-speed green car and the only one of the (13) cars built that was still in its original paint.

Magnumcharger · June 28, 2009, 04:26:58 PM

Nope, Chris's Coronet is/was purple.
http://www.mbmopar.com/ChrisHemiRT.html

Yours is original paint!!!??? HOLY CRAP!! That's awesome!!

dillon14 · June 28, 2009, 04:35:22 PM

Quote from: Magnumcharger on June 28, 2009, 04:26:58 PM
Nope, Chris's Coronet is/was purple.
http://www.mbmopar.com/ChrisHemiRT.html

Yours is original paint!!!??? HOLY CRAP!! That's awesome!!

Yup, This was an original drive train (rebuilt by Dick Landy), original paint and interior car with (2) build sheets.

Magnumcharger · June 28, 2009, 05:29:01 PM

FlatbackFanatic · June 28, 2009, 06:21:49 PM

Very nice rides!!!!!!!!!!!!

pandamarie · June 28, 2009, 09:30:19 PM

I hope my clone turns out so good. Great job. Mines on hold while my son goes to collage and I have baby sitting duty from 7:30am-4pm every day.
One of these days things will come together.

dillon14 · June 29, 2009, 04:46:59 PM

Decided to go with the dual snorkel look. Made this one. Not perfect but OK for me.

Also made this one for the 66 Biscayne 427/425 4-speed clone:

And this one for my original 1970 L78 Nova SS 4-speed car:

Love the looks of those dual snorkels.

Magnumcharger · June 29, 2009, 04:56:18 PM

Very interesting! Chevys....
My buddy Barry just picked up this gem...a '68 427 Biscayne...that's me in it.
It's a former drag car, which explains the low mileage, and non-original big block under the hood. But the history is verified, and the codes are correct.
Yes, it's a touch rough, but not for long!

Magnumcharger · June 29, 2009, 04:56:48 PM

Oh yeah, the "me" pic...

dillon14 · June 29, 2009, 05:43:23 PM

Quote from: Magnumcharger on June 29, 2009, 04:56:18 PM
Very interesting! Chevys....
My buddy Barry just picked up this gem...a '68 427 Biscayne...that's me in it.
It's a former drag car, which explains the low mileage, and non-original big block under the hood. But the history is verified, and the codes are correct.
Yes, it's a touch rough, but not for long!

I love it. Always loved the "Plain Jane" cars.

I just recently purchased a 1961 Biscayne with the pancake top. 45,000 original miles with its original 6-banger and a 3 on the tree. I have a 1963 409 dual quad that will go in it along with a super t-10. Oh yes, it is an original black car. If you hadn't noticed, black is my favorite exterior color. Here are a few photos as it is now.

Magnumcharger · June 29, 2009, 07:06:47 PM

I'm guessing...but that probably isn't an original Maine car, huh?

dillon14 · June 29, 2009, 07:10:20 PM

You would be gussing right.

Magnumcharger · June 29, 2009, 08:54:02 PM

Interesting stuff you're into....
http://www.moparchat.com/forums/showthread.php?s=33d1d326902db071272f1191271d4897&t=112097

Not that far from me.

BigBlockSam · June 29, 2009, 09:57:05 PM

QuoteI love it. Always loved the "Plain Jane" cars.

me too

nascarxx29 · June 30, 2009, 04:59:13 AM

I like the plain Jane sleepers.Guy near me has this orig red 427 Impala 4 speed conv

hemi68charger · June 30, 2009, 08:25:59 AM

Man, she looks sweet !!!!!!!

dillon14 · July 02, 2009, 06:03:55 PM

The wing is on. The interior is in. Wet sanding and buffing tomorrow. Hopefully the big car show here at the Owls Head Transportation Museum Sunday. The gentleman in the car is Brian Marshall, my body man, who put the car together.

Brock Samson · July 02, 2009, 06:24:23 PM

you don't want that car and will give it to me.... you don't want that car and will give it to me.... you don't want that car and will give it to me.... you don't want that car...

Beer · July 02, 2009, 09:33:58 PM

Quote from: mikepmcs on June 27, 2009, 05:58:28 PM
Awesome!!

Can't wait to see that one drive by me.

Mike in Readfield.

Ditto,

Jim in Bath!

Blown70 · July 02, 2009, 10:56:45 PM

Love the Black and RED... WOW!!

Great looking car.

Tom

charge-it · July 10, 2009, 12:15:00 AM

Ditto, Mark in Lewiston. My just finished triple black 68 R/T clone would look great next your Daytona clone. My car has a 440, console shifted 18 spline 4 speed and a 3:54 geared dana 60.

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Daytona Clone Almost Completed- Updated 7-2-09