daytona clone for sale or trade

[mopar_nut_440_6]

Is the car sold? I thought it was!

[69bronzeT5]

Is the car sold? I thought it was!

I think he's finishing it up for Allen? Come on Larry...we need pictures!

[hotrod98]

It doesn't look any different than the last pic that I posted. 

[moparstuart]

It doesn't look any different than the last pic that I posted. 

then get on the stick , the man is waiting for his giant christmas present .

   you better gift wrap it with a giant bow too   

[hotrod98]

Allen's probably worried that I'm working on my Superbird instead of his car. I promise I haven't touched the bird yet.   

[41husk]

I understand, you are dealing with many issues,  I don't realy need to have it until about march when the weather starts turning and the shows and cruizes start.  That being said it is still not hard to get excited.  In that pic with the front cap off, was there rust on the passenger quarter in front of the wheel well?

[moparstuart]

I understand, you are dealing with many issues,  I don't realy need to have it until about march when the weather starts turning and the shows and cruizes start.  That being said it is still not hard to get excited.  In that pic with the front cap off, was there rust on the passenger quarter in front of the wheel well?

never tell a body man you dont need it untill march .   

[hotrod98]

In that pic with the front cap off, was there rust on the passenger quarter in front of the wheel well?

Absolutely not. The only rust that was ever on this car was behind the wheel well on both sides and it was minor. It was cut out completely by one of my bodymen at the dealership and repaired. That was six years ago and there's no sign of it coming back.

[41husk]

Larry, Im just giving you a hard way to go!  it does look different on the computer here at school than the one at the Mopad

I understand, you are dealing with many issues,  I don't realy need to have it until about march when the weather starts turning and the shows and cruizes start.  That being said it is still not hard to get excited.  In that pic with the front cap off, was there rust on the passenger quarter in front of the wheel well?

never tell a body man you dont need it untill march .   

You can't rush an artist!!!

[moparstuart]

 so you still tell him you needed it yesterday ,

[41husk]

Day before yesterday

[moparstuart]

Day before yesterday

   love ya larry  really i do   

[41husk]

To be honest, I pulled this thread up so I could look at a few more pictures and if the car was here today, I would spend hours just sitting in the garage looking at the cars.  Heck I go out and look at the 68 and 70 Challenger now, sometimes I even get yelled at for starting them just to here them run.  My wife thinks I am going to kill her with the exhaust I look foreward to more pics to hold me over till I can go in the garage and look

[66chargerkid]

^He's now gonna take forever when it comes to your Daytona clone

[hotrod98]

For your information, I've been out in the booth getting the dash ready for re-painting. It didn't look good enough to suit me. I'm kind of picky.

[Daytona R/T SE]

It doesn't look any different than the last pic that I posted.  

Hey Larry,

What's the wheel/tire size, backspace, etc. on Allen's car ?

Front and rear ?

Any clearance issues on the front valance?

I think my Christmas present to myself might just be wheels/tires for my clone and I need some fitment guidance...

[hotrod98]

Fronts are 15X7 with 4.25 backspace and the rears are 15X8 with 4.5 backspace. The wheel vintique wheels are designed to be correct for most mopars. I used to use P235/60R15's for the front and P255/60 R15's for the back. This is the conservative route.
Lately, I've been using P245's for the front and P275's for the rear on the above mentioned wheel sizes and they fit just fine and they fill the wheel well better.

Here's a pic of the black runner with the P245's and P275's. Everything clears fine.

Look at the difference between it and my blue roadrunner. The larger tires look much better.
 

[Daytona R/T SE]

Thanks, Larry!

I definitely like the 275/245 combo better.

Looks really good.

Have you had this combo on the Daytona with the front valance in place ?

On my car, It looks to me like things could get real tight while turning, in the area of

the lower rear corner of the front valance, just in front of the tire...

I guess you'll find out for sure as you assemble Allens car ?

If I need to modify the valance for clearance I need to do it before it's painted, so

your real-world experience on this combo on a Daytona would be a big help.

Santa really needs to bring me a set of repop recall wheels for my car.  

[hotrod98]

Allens' car has the P235's on the front. I haven't had the valance back on since I put them on the car. We'll know in a couple of weeks or so. They should clear, but I don't know if the P245's will or not.
On the black runner, when you turned the wheels all of the way left or right, the P245 tires would just touch the sway bar. I added a small weld bump to the lower control arm where the bump stop on the lower ball joint meets the lower control arm. Worked perfect. Still plenty of turning radius. We used aftermarket disc brake spindles so it may not do this with stock spindles. This is the first time that I've run into this.
I'm going to go ahead and paint the valance and if I have to rework it, I'll just repaint it.

[41husk]

It looks like G-man has sold both of his cars.  That means I will be getting payment on the 68 sooner and I will be able to pay Larry before the Daytona is finished

[moparstuart]

It looks like G-man has sold both of his cars.  That means I will be getting payment on the 68 sooner and I will be able to pay Larry before the Daytona is finished

Happy days   

[41husk]

I will try to contain my excitement until I have the Daytona in my garage, but larry sent me some pics of the freshly painted dash area and some window chrome and gets my heart pumping fast.  Looks like I will be seeing you in Branson Stu!!!!!!!!

[41husk]

a couple more weeks!!!!!

[moparstuart]

anymore updated pictures   

[66chargerkid]

Its been a couple weeks