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A 69 Dodge Daytona on a Farm

Started by TheAutoArchaeologist, September 02, 2011, 04:00:32 PM

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TheAutoArchaeologist

The car is hidden from the road.  You can't see it unless you know it is there.  So people aren't just showing up at his place asking about it all the time.

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WINGIN IT

Quote from: Devil on October 22, 2012, 02:09:51 PM
The car is hidden from the road.  You can't see it unless you know it is there.  So people aren't just showing up at his place asking about it all the time.

So then why not cover it? Sheesh. What's a tarp cost 20 bucks?
You should just show up one day with one Ryan.
Get some of that good karma back after all those accidents. :yesnod: :angel:

TheAutoArchaeologist

A tarp in that sort of condition would make matters worse.  A tarp actually holds moisture in and would create a damp(er) environment that would make it rust even faster.  To really protect it, it needs to be out of the elements completely, in one of those car bubbles or in the barn.  Something.

I took all the Daytona pictures (well this Daytona) and put them in one album for easy viewing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/sets/72157631828750094/

Ryan

WINGIN IT

Thanks for publishing.
But sad to look at. couldn't get past the first few.
:'(

And you can't tell me a tarp wouldn't have helped some of that deterioration.
It's not like it would have been wrapped so tight it would hold a lot it.
Just enough to keep the elements out .  Water likes to find it's way in everywhere , especially with clogged drainage from all the needles etc... that had founds it way in there ( since it wasn't covered  :D   )

TheAutoArchaeologist

A tarp would I believe keep the moisture in with the car in the environment it is in.  But it would prevent water from raining through the rust holes... So who knows.



Ryan

hemi68charger

Quote from: Devil on October 26, 2012, 12:51:25 PM
A tarp would I believe keep the moisture in with the car in the environment it is in.  But it would prevent water from raining through the rust holes... So who knows.

Ryan

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People do weird things all the time for attention. My wife's Grandmother would wait for her husband to go to work, then she'd get out a box or two of Entenman's cakes, make a pot of coffee, & put the "FOR SALE - OPEN HOUSE" real estate sign on the lawn to attract people inside. She wasn't selling the house, she just liked to sit down & have cake & coffee with people.   :smilielol:
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WINGIN IT

Quote from: Devil on October 26, 2012, 12:51:25 PM
A tarp would I believe keep the moisture in with the car in the environment it is in.  But it would prevent water from raining through the rust holes... So who knows.



Ryan

Yeah, water, and maybe ROOF SHINGLES !!    ::) :yesnod:

TheAutoArchaeologist

Hey guys and gals.

It has been a terrible year.  I have been busy.  I did make it out by the Daytona this past weekend.  I got one picture.  I thought you guys would love/hate.  But I know some are interested in it.



Ryan

Aero426

When you were there the last time for pics, did you have to hack the growth down.   Or is that all new?

TheAutoArchaeologist

Quote from: Aero426 on October 21, 2013, 02:12:18 PM
When you were there the last time for pics, did you have to hack the growth down.   Or is that all new?

Wow, I didn't realize it.  But I hadn't been there in exactly one year.  Last year we had a serious drought though... this year, not so much.

Oct 20, 2012

Aero426

They have a pretty darn good security system.   Just keep piling stuff around it.   That car isn't going anywhere.


tsmithae

 :'( Soon there won't be anything left to save.
Check out my full thread and progress here.

http://www.1970chargerregistry.com/mboard/index.php?topic=119.0

SeaninSD

Has anyone ever made a cash offer on the car? Show up with 40k in 100's. Everyone likes the look of a fat stack of cash.

Tim L

Poor old girl...  They really should at least protect her from the elements.
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Fitz73Chrgr

Quote from: SeaninSD on October 21, 2013, 03:19:27 PM
Has anyone ever made a cash offer on the car? Show up with 40k in 100's. Everyone likes the look of a fat stack of cash.

:o :o $40k!?  Anyone who pays that much for a car in that condition is only promoting the Barrett-Jackson mentality.  I'm no expert, but that car needs most every exterior panel replaced.  I'm assuming the floors aren't too nice either.  If it needs rear frame rails...ho boy.  What do you all estimate?  $30k just to get it to a solid, painted rolling shell?
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Resto thread:
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89803.msg1019541.html#msg1019541

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when these cars & barns sites came about , or should I say when I got my first computer ,   I use to spend hours looking  , & thinking wow , that's a shame &  that's nuts etc  :yesnod:    but over ten years on  , im finding it even more  crazy , insane , to see serious mopar hardware like this left to rot , I know its their car  blar blar blar   free country  each to their own  :yesnod:  but come on !! to leave it sitting out in the elements ,  sitting on dirt , just plain  disgusting!!   :brickwall: :Twocents:

 no offence to any owners of cars in barns type cars  reading this  , your car , but wake up before there is nothing left  to restore or sell   :cheers: :cheers:  


thanks for the picture / update Ryan :cheers: :cheers: :2thumbs: :coolgleamA:


Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

DAY CLONA

Quote from: tsmithae on October 21, 2013, 02:36:54 PM
:'( Soon there won't be anything left to save.





It's basically a parts car now...

tsmithae

Quote from: DAY CLONA on October 21, 2013, 07:05:44 PM
Quote from: tsmithae on October 21, 2013, 02:36:54 PM
:'( Soon there won't be anything left to save.





It's basically a parts car now...

I'm stupid and ambitious enough that I would try, if I had the money to try it with...
Check out my full thread and progress here.

http://www.1970chargerregistry.com/mboard/index.php?topic=119.0

Aero426

Quote from: Fitz73Chrgr on October 21, 2013, 06:46:51 PM
Quote from: SeaninSD on October 21, 2013, 03:19:27 PM
Has anyone ever made a cash offer on the car? Show up with 40k in 100's. Everyone likes the look of a fat stack of cash.

:o :o $40k!?  Anyone who pays that much for a car in that condition is only promoting the Barrett-Jackson mentality.  I'm no expert, but that car needs most every exterior panel replaced.  I'm assuming the floors aren't too nice either.  If it needs rear frame rails...ho boy.  What do you all estimate?  $30k just to get it to a solid, painted rolling shell?

As rough as it is (and it's pretty bad), that car would bring multiple offers of 40k any day of the week.   Yes it needs everything.   It's still a numbers matching one owner Daytona.   Crazy huh?    Know of any other Daytonas available under 70k?      Didn't think so.  ;D


A383Wing


taxspeaker

Hey Ryan have you ever come down near Madison Indiana to look at the cars off of the county road about 8 miles east of town? This guy (about 30 miles from me) has 20-40 old Mopars just sitting there off this little county road. I drove by there a couple of years ago and saw them but the rumor is the guy will shoot at you if you stop!. I am thinking about driving up there around Thanksgiving in the SUperbird if it is not raining to see if he will let me look while stopped instead of driving by at 10 mph.

Bob

TheAutoArchaeologist

It isn't as bad as it seems.  It was indoors for a few decades... to my knowledge. 

Here are ALL the pictures I've taken of the Daytona in the 4 years I've known it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/sets/72157631828750094/

And I have not been down by Madison, IN.  I have a friend through that knows the owner.  So I have an "IN" out there someday.  Unfortunately Magazine work pays pennies on the dollar.  So all my exploring is on weekends.  Someday in the future I will get down there though.

Ryan

Aero426

As far as I know, that car has been outside for years and years.    It was already in tough shape in 1990 or so when a club member sent pics of it sitting outside.  All that's changed is the location and the kind of junk around it.    Hasn't run since the 70's, right?

Condition wise, I think it's fair to say it's probably in the same ball park or worse as Mike Hill's white Superbird that Graveyard Carz is doing.   Certainly the right (brave) person could handle the job.