Update: just chatted with original owner of my Daytona.. Band Daytonas...

[nascarxx29]

Lot of IRBYS in that West Frankfort IL area .Im pm you the complete PH # to match up what you have.3rd result from the bottom looks promising.D.O B.1944 age 65-66 IRBY CONRAD  D .Perhaps the D is his middle name DANNY??.And the other younger Danny maybe son

[hemi68charger]

The number I have written on the folder with the list of past owners is the one ending with 2187.. I'll try again. I've called, but the phone just rings and rings........

Thanks Dave...

Troy

[mauve66]

ronnie and the daytonas

http://cgi.ebay.com/RONNY-DAYTONAS-GTO-ALBUM-LP-180-GRAM-VINYL-JUDGE-/120485559515?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c0d7fbcdb

terry mike jeffrey - says its a 45 though so probably not from them in the 70-80's

http://cgi.ebay.com/TERRY-MIKE-JEFFREY-Its-Now-Never-Jesus-Man-/260009861753?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3c89cba279

don't give up on that phone # or more searching, how far is it from where you live?? take a side trip or something
i gave up on mine for many years then found out the son of the original owner died within 20 miles of where i live just 3 years before i started looking again, finally found a grand child but she only had photos of owner, not owner and car

DONT GIVE UP OR GET SIDETRACKED, TIME HAS A WAY OF PASSING QUICKLY

[hemi68charger]

ronnie and the daytonas

http://cgi.ebay.com/RONNY-DAYTONAS-GTO-ALBUM-LP-180-GRAM-VINYL-JUDGE-/120485559515?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c0d7fbcdb

terry mike jeffrey - says its a 45 though so probably not from them in the 70-80's

http://cgi.ebay.com/TERRY-MIKE-JEFFREY-Its-Now-Never-Jesus-Man-/260009861753?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3c89cba279

don't give up on that phone # or more searching, how far is it from where you live?? take a side trip or something
i gave up on mine for many years then found out the son of the original owner died within 20 miles of where i live just 3 years before i started looking again, finally found a grand child but she only had photos of owner, not owner and car

DONT GIVE UP OR GET SIDETRACKED, TIME HAS A WAY OF PASSING QUICKLY

Hey Robert..
I did talk to the original owner Thursday night.. Now I'm trying to get a hold of Conrad and will try again today. I believe he was the 3rd or 4th owner. Think Andy French was the 2nd......

What I have thus far is:
1. Lewis Warford
2. Andy French - 1973
3. Conrad Irby - 1980
4. a John Burthe ( that's all the letters I can make out ) - 2001

then I lose track until
last -3 Pete Wiseman
last -2 Dave M.
last - 1 Harvey
last - me

There's #90 built written down with "Chrysler Warranty Block" - I'm sure that references the block Lewis got when the motor blew when he owned it.

There are also dates of Apr 69 and Nov 69..

I'm sure the:
Apr 69 = 427 ( Scheduled production date ) and
Nov 69 = sold date ( I'll ask Lewis )

Then, there's Airplane Co. written down....

[hemi68charger]

Troy, you have Smoothie Irby's Car?...

Yeappers, that's him and his Daytona........

Just got off the phone with Conrad... A very pleasant conversation, some enlightening things about the car and yes Dave, Danny is his son. So, Mopars do fall in the family......

He still has a few original items to the car and has graciously offered to give them to me. One of the items are the original headlamp bucket springs/brackets... That's a great find. He has other items...

Apparently the car got sold unknowingly by someone, this John Burtle (spelling) gent who was "supposed" to get it ready for a Barrett-Jackson auction. But, it got sold to an individual without Conrad's knowledge. From Conrad it went to New York he recollects and from there, on the internet and sold to Pete and then, I know the history.. The paint job on the car is from '94 and what a good job it was, still holding up pretty darn good. He bought the car from Andy for a $1000 !!!! Wow.........

OK, I'm going to email Conrad now my address and thank him for his offer and conversation........  

Troy

[Mopurr]

so how does someone own a car and it gets sold unknowingly to some individual that they don't know who it was?

[nascarxx29]

Congrats Troy You got more history on your car and scored some unique parts to boot .Did he have your buildsheet.There was to many things falling into place not to have found this past owner.Owners son has some mopars cool family

[hemi68charger]

so how does someone own a car and it gets sold unknowingly to some individual that they don't know who it was?

Apparently the seller trusted the "broker/detailer" implicitly to a fault. It was a case of someone who was trustworthy and got shafted. Been there, done that with my '68......

Congrats Troy You got more history on your car and scored some unique parts to boot .Did he have your buildsheet.There was to many things falling into place not to have found this past owner.Owners son has some mopars cool family

Yeap Dave, and I had everything I needed on that folder.... I just needed to sit down, follow through and not get sidetracked.......

[nascarxx29]

Got any more names you need to run down.To see who else we can turn up

[hemi68charger]

Got any more names you need to run down.To see who else we can turn up

This is what I have:

Parker Dodge - Paducah, Ky (apparently transferred over from a dealership in Indiana)
1. Lewis Warford - have spoken to this week
2. Andy French ( haven't contacted him )
3. Conrad Irby - have spoken to this week ( getting original parts from him I hope )
4. a gentleman in New York (maybe I can get this information from Pete, I'll email him now)
5. Pete Wiseman
6. Dave Mikkelson
7. Harvey
8. your's truly (AB)

[nascarxx29]

We got results for Andy French in Gulf Breeze /Sarasota Ft Myers/.John Burtle in Bradenton Fl.Just got to dig a little deeper for more detail

[hemi68charger]

We got results for Andy French in Bradenton or Pensacola .And John Burtle shows in Fl just waiting for printer to copy

This John Burtle (if I'm spelling the name correctly, owned a security company). But, he wasn't really an owner to the car. It was Conrad's at the time. He was to detail the car and get it ready for Barrett-Jackson, but John sold the car beforehand, so Conrad never got to have that cool experience..... Based on what he did to Conrad, I don't feel comfortable talking to him anyways.......

Andy I would like to chat with...... Sounds like an interesting story, but apparently he pretty much put zero miles on the car after getting it to his place. At that time, it had a 383 in it..... I would have though Andy might be Gary French's brother from Kentucky....

[nascarxx29]

Gary French email is KTFOracing@aol.com . Gary 270 945 9299, And Willies daytona on this board.Andy might be related??? They have same last name mopars and Kentucky in common.Besides the BW car .He has had a few daytonas
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14491.20.html

[hemi68charger]

Gary French email is KTFOracing@aol.com.  And Willies daytona on this board.Andy might be related??? They have same last name mopars and Kentucky in common.Besides the BW car .He has had a few daytonas
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14491.20.html

Just emailed him, we'll see.........

[nascarxx29]

PMed you the other results.On another note I think I have old classified for sale ads for daytonas mentioned 440 replaced by a 383

[hemi68charger]

PMed you the other results.On another note I think I have old classified for sale ads for daytonas mentioned 440 replaced by a 383

I was going to PM you back, but your mailbox is full,, start deleting......

"Thanks Dave..
I'm hoping that Andy is Gary's brother and he knows how to contact him.. I'll wait and hope the email that's listed for Gary is good.. Thanks for the Sherlock Holmes'ing. It's been pretty cool talking to all these individuals about the car and scoring some original parts....."

[hemi68charger]

Well,, Number 4 has been discovered, Mike Nasi.....  Being in a small world, that's the guy who bought my '71 Charger R/T survivor years ago just to immediately sell it........ Soooo, it's complete..........

Dave, you have one of those 440 replaced with 383 ads from Ky, that would be great. Maybe it's mine......

Parker Dodge - Paducah, Ky (apparently transferred over from a dealership in Indiana)
1. Lewis Warford - have spoken to this week
2. Andy French ( haven't contacted him )
3. Conrad Irby - have spoken to this week ( getting original parts from him I hope )
4. Mike Nasi - we have crossed paths before, he bought my former survivor '71 Charger R/T
5. Pete Wiseman
6. Dave Mikkelson
7. Harvey
8. your's truly (AB)

[nascarxx29]

Dave, you have one of those 440 replaced with 383 ads from Ky, that would be great. Maybe it's mine......
.Id have to check some of my ads might be from Indiana .I was looking for Danny 69 500s 4 or 5 dads old daytonas

[Dave Kanofsky]

Well,, Number 4 has been discovered, Mike Nasi.....  Being in a small world, that's the guy who bought my '71 Charger R/T survivor years ago just to immediately sell it........ Soooo, it's complete..........

Dave, you have one of those 440 replaced with 383 ads from Ky, that would be great. Maybe it's mine......

Parker Dodge - Paducah, Ky (apparently transferred over from a dealership in Indiana)
1. Lewis Warford - have spoken to this week
2. Andy French ( haven't contacted him )
3. Conrad Irby - have spoken to this week ( getting original parts from him I hope )
4. Mike Nasi - we have crossed paths before, he bought my former survivor '71 Charger R/T
5. Pete Wiseman
6. Dave Mikkelson
7. Harvey
8. your's truly (AB)

That is cool stuff. 

I had similar luck tracking mine's history except I still haven't had any luck contacting the original owner, James L. Rose formerly of Manhattan, KS.

[nascarxx29]

I had similar luck tracking mine's history except I still haven't had any luck contacting the original owner, James L. Rose formerly of Manhattan, KS.

Here you go Dave hope this helps and good luck to finding your past owner D.O.B. 1945 looks good for him to have purchased a 69 daytona new

[nascarxx29]

Anything new on the band and or bandmembers 69 daytonas

[hemi68charger]

Anything new on the band and or bandmembers 69 daytonas

Nope.. nothing thus far.. The number I had for Gary French doesn't isn't good anymore........ Was going to call him to see if he's Andy, the 2nd owner's brother....

[nascarxx29]

Maybe Cuda Corey who has the BW car.Might have update contact info for him .Im not sure if Gary checks in on this board .Hes Willies daytona on here maybe try a PM

[talkiemopar]

Listen up Troy,

Andy French phone # 270-945-5232 Hope this is the right one.  This Andy French called me on June 10th. Sherry forwarded him to me at Branson. He's the one who owned the Big Willy Daytona some years back.

Rick

[nascarxx29]

Listen up Troy,

Andy French phone # 270-945-5232 Hope this is the right one.  This Andy French called me on June 10th. Sherry forwarded him to me at Branson. He's the one who owned the Big Willy Daytona some years back.

Rick

kingsuperbird@yahoo.com 270 945 5232 or 270 259 6900.This should be his email good luck
Troy.There is also this Ph # from this ad
http://forums.moparmusclemagazine.com/70/830467/general-mopar-discussion/re-big-willies-daytona-sold-250-000/index.html
I am not the owner of this car. I am listing this car for the owner and all questions, comments, and concerns should be directed at the owner. You can contact him by phone only at 502-773-2427. Gary French. I have listed this car to the best of my