PLAYBOY DAYTONA

[nascarxx29]

You do make a good point there ghoste .With your half kiding reply.Wonder if you knew Dan Gurney was cut and pasted back on Jan Motor Trend cover.Where hes shown sitting on a orange superbird .He originally sat on a 69 green daytona.Might have been that playboy car .Who knows it may have been used for Chrysler publicity purposes.As this daytona is green with white stripe

[nascarxx29]

Dan Gurney pasted on the superbird.But he posed with the 69 daytona first

[Ghoste]

I didn't know that.  Although judging by his right leg, they must have made more than one photo on the Daytona.

[nascarxx29]

It was news to me when I found out they pasted Dan on the superbird.I would think they took more than 1 picture.Thats why the leg picture is in a different position .But this car is still a mystery I think I can make out on the license plate ?? -7437

[Ghoste]

Is the Playboy car the same one they used in the ad in the Talladega program? 

[nascarxx29]

There was 2 daytonas I recall used in the programs I have sept 69 Talladega programs.One is the white prototype car .Other is a Black and white ad saying we interupt this programThis is the one in the Sept 69 Talladega program

[Ghoste]

It's the b&w ad I was thinking of.  As I recall that ad features a darker car.  I know it's impossible to know if it was green but all of this does have me wondering if there was a primary photo car.  The Gurney one has the fender scoops but they may have had a deadline to meet for whatever reason with the Playboy car.

[nascarxx29]

here is the sept 69 playboy enhanced to see plate more clearly ?? -7437

[Ghoste]

That's a manufacturers plate, correct?  If it is, I think those things got swapped around a whole bunch.

[Ghoste]

What state?

[Ghoste]

That's what I thought.  For some reason I got confused there for a moment.

[nascarxx29]

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[hemigeno]

It's the b&w ad I was thinking of.  As I recall that ad features a darker car.  I know it's impossible to know if it was green but all of this does have me wondering if there was a primary photo car.  The Gurney one has the fender scoops but they may have had a deadline to meet for whatever reason with the Playboy car.

Here ya go, Ghoste...

[hemigeno]

The white/red stripe car in the Talladega program ad that Dave just posted is definitely the prototype car (as he stated).  You can see that it does not have the window plug in, no fender scoops, the front marker light location is off, and the rear marker bezel is painted body color - all just as in the photos and renderings I have seen of the Press Release/prototype car.

Has anyone heard any more from the guy who claimed his mom drove that car after it somehow ended up in NASCAR's hands?

It's hard to say if the other Talladega program ad is the F6 green car used in the Playboy ad.  It does have a white stripe, Road wheels & redlines, and a remote mirror like the F6 car, but it also has fender scoops and the rear license says "Charger".  Both of those "differences" would be easy things to change however.

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[Ghoste]

Now that I start thinking about b&w Daytona press cars, what about the Dodge press release photo, the pic of Bob Rodger(or someone else?) sitting on a wing and talking to reporters, or the Daytona in the ad for Permatex or Prestolite (one of those "P" companies)and there must be more.

[69_500]

Well at least this thread is bringing up some always cool vinatage photo's.

Never did hear anything more about the guy who claimed his mom bought a Daytona new that was used as the photo car for Talladega. Unless Doug or someone in the club heard more, I personally never saw any more info about it.

[nascarxx29]

I found that post by Mayor 1 saying his mom had the white prototype daytona with a 6 pack.I never heard anymore on this subject

http://www.moparstyle.net/forums/showthread.php?t=61126

[nascarxx29]

This plate on the 70 watermelon car doesnt match .The 69 playboy car.Though this plate up top left has [19]  [Michigan or maybe Manafacture] in the middle [69] to the top right .Also a [D] in the center.Which probably is for Dealer .And to the left of D [395 and to the right [33] And below Great Lake State .Wonder if anyone trying running this plate through the DMV .For that cars vin number 

[Ghoste]

I thought it had been determined some time ago that it was a Michigan dealer plate?

[hemigeno]

Yeah, I'm pretty certain it says Michigan in the center, as Ghoste mentioned.

If MI is anything like MO on their dealer plates, that number would cross-reference to a particular Dealer, not a particular car.  Around here, the Dealers never report what car they put their own plate on.  I don't know for certain what MI's procedures are, but that's probably the case.

It would be interesting to know which Dealer it was registered to though...

[Ghoste]

I thought that had been determined too?  Where the heck are the Dayclona gang when you need them?

[69_500]

Now Im going to have to have watch that Bud Lindeman tape again because the plate on the Watermelon Daytona as Dayclona calls it, is pretty close to what I think was on the 500 he was test driving. I thought I had it wrote down here, because I was going to see if they used more than 1 car in the shoot, by checking all the plates in the show.

[nascarxx29]

It may have been that particular plate for testing and publicity purposes.And from earlier postings It wont reveal individual vins It should atleast tell you whos name the plate was under.The 70 watermelon car was photographed in color and black and white .On the aero warriors site.And I recall there was another picture seen in 70 cars magazine by somebody at dayclona.Of the watermelon car .I have hundred of vintage car mags to sort through to find it.also maybe this KERMIT JIHNSON that photgraphed the car may have taken several shots from different angles.and used just that one picture.I tryed a web search for Kermit Johnson
Playboy Magazine
... John Carafoli, Phillip Leonian,]]]]Kermit Johnson]]]]]]], M. Richard Kirstel, ...
Elke Sommer (from family photo album) text and photography by husband Joe Hyams, ...
www.magazine-empire.com/ playboy/playboy_magazine_1970.htm - 46k - Cached - Similar pages

Sept 1969 playboy on page 172 has that F6 green daytona picture and short article called recharging the charger

[Ghoste]

Kermit Johnson could be a nom de plume or whatever they call it.  Wasn't Sesame Street out by then?

[dayclona]

I thought that had been determined too?  Where the heck are the Dayclona gang when you need them?

Ghoste,...........look behind you!..............the "watermellon" plate , does indeed say Michigan on the top with a 19  and  a   69 in the left and right hand corners (upper) respectively,...........the "D" in the center is for dealer, the lower line is "Great lake State".........the 395 is the dealers assigned number, the 33 is the district the plate is assigned to.............................to see a clear shot of the plate, all you had to do was reread your Sept 2005 MCG mag,................you do subscribe don't you!




Mike G / DAYCLONA