vinyl top daytona

[69_500]

I would drive it too Jay. I drive my 500 a lot. Probably more than I should, but my opinion is why have it if your not going to drive it and enjoy it.

[Brock Samson]

I'd drive the snot out of it... 

[WINGMAN]

  Danny i wish i could find you and Troy H a Daytona, You two guys seem two want one in the worst way. They do not  seem to be going down in value and i think they will allways be big bucks.Good luck in your search i know you guys will have one some day.   JR.

[69_500]

I'll agree with you on wanting one in the worst way. I have thought lately though of putting the 500 up for sale, and taking what cash I do have and seeing if maybe I can swing one. But I wouldn't want to be car less for any amount of time, so I don't think I have the guts to do that. I think I'll hold out, and see what a few more years brings me. The majority of the people who have the cars now aren't getting any younger, so I figure in another 20 years or so I'll have an excelent shot at one.

Troy on the other hand I think he is getting closer and closer to actually getting one.

[2fast4u]

   Shoot....it would be nice to just see any mopars out and about in town......just don't see that around here.   

[PocketThunder]

Troy on the other hand I think he is getting closer and closer to actually getting one.

So what you're saying is that Troy is getting old?   

[2fast4u]

   Found a pic of a vinyl top 500 too..........

[2fast4u]

   Scanning through my pictures I found this nostalgic photo that I got from this web-site......don't remember who posted it, but I thought it kinda cool being it was taken when the car was about 3 yrs. old!

[tan top]

   Scanning through my pictures I found this nostalgic photo that I got from this web-site......don't remember who posted it, but I thought it kinda cool being it was taken when the car was about 3 yrs. old!

i forgot about that picture , looks  nice red paint / white top- stripe -interior . like ghoste said  i also think the  vinyl takes away the aero look , it looses its sleekness  if that makes sense . extremely rare yes , looks good      still i would not pass on the opportunity to buy one if i had the money though with a vinyl.

[hemigeno]

Weirdly enough, several of the racing Daytonas had a faux vinyl top.  #30 Dave Marcis, #6 Buddy Baker had the full painted roof treatment, and both the #99 of Charlie Glotzbach and the #6 of Neil "Soapy" Castles had the C-pillars and a strip along the driprail painted to resemble a V-roof.

To some degree, I wonder if the aerocar vinyl roof treatment was a carryover from the non-aero car paint jobs these teams used.

[69_500]

Well I recognize the HEMI 500 vinyl top car, definately know that car as it was my dad's.

The vinyl roof R4 red Daytona on the other hand. I believe was in Texas back in the 70's. If i'm not mistaken it was a half vinyl top? Or could be a different car. I know dave nascarxx has some photo's of a vinyl top Daytona from that area. I think it had a half vinyl top though.

[2fast4u]

Well I recognize the HEMI 500 vinyl top car, definately know that car as it was my dad's.

The vinyl roof R4 red Daytona on the other hand. I believe was in Texas back in the 70's. If i'm not mistaken it was a half vinyl top? Or could be a different car. I know dave nascarxx has some photo's of a vinyl top Daytona from that area. I think it had a half vinyl top though.

    Thats cool 69 500!    Do you know where the car is today per chance?

[69_500]

Yeah I know where the car is today. It didn't take too much searching to find its whereabouts being that it seems everyone remembers that car. It was on the cover of an Automotive Quarterly back in the early 80's. I'd love to find a complete copy of that magazine to add to my collection, but so far all I can track down is the excerpt of the photo's of his car. NOt the complete magazine.

[tan top]

not sure i remember seeing  a picture of a green DAYTONA with a white top  & was fitted with 70 front end sheet metal, i think it might of even been on hear ,  the story  went sonmething like it had a front end wreck , and the only  parts Chrysler  had available was  1970  charger stuff .

[hemigeno]

not sure i remember seeing a picture of a green DAYTONA with a white top & was fitted with 70 front end sheet metal, i think it might of even been on hear , the story went sonmething like it had a front end wreck , and the only parts Chrysler had available was 1970 charger stuff .

Was it this car??




There's also another long thread on this subject:

69 Charger 500's with Vinyl Tops.

[69_500]

yeah but this thread is different its about Daytona's with vinyl tops.

Always gotta have one wise guy in a group.

[tan top]

not sure i remember seeing a picture of a green DAYTONA with a white top & was fitted with 70 front end sheet metal, i think it might of even been on hear , the story went sonmething like it had a front end wreck , and the only parts Chrysler had available was 1970 charger stuff .

Was it this car??




There's also another long thread on this subject:

69 Charger 500's with Vinyl Tops.

yeah thats the one (hemigeno)  , it says the vinyl was dealer installed , and then removed when it was restored later on.  i am thinking because vinyl tops were dealer installed it would not have shown up on the fender tag . there could be more Daytona's/C500's running around ,that have had there tops removed in the 70's & the holes welded shut repainted then passed through numerous owners and more body and paint work ,and the owners being un familiar with vinyl tops being on XX29 chargers ,if they looked up in side the trunk / rear plug - under side might of thought the welded up holes were part of the conversion work

[69_500]

Well I know of 5 Charger 500's for sure that had dealer installed vinyl tops on them. I'm sure there are more out there.

[GOTWING]

This car is posted on one of the Mopar forums on facebook now for sale for $449,000 owner claims at this time the mileage is 7,000. The car is said to have still never been registered as it was a rolling billboard for his father's dealership that closed in 1987, all miles were put on with a dealer tag I would have to think. The story is the dealer installed the vinyl top because they were popular on most cars of the time.

[nascarxx29]

Its the brockton dodge car
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=63209.0

[Gary42]

Its funny to see this post still active as just a couple of days ago Larry and I were talking about this very subject. I asked Larry if any of the Daytona's ever came from the factory as a vinyl top option, he was sure they never did. He said it might have been some dealer option after it had arrived at the dealership because back in the day vinyl tops were the bomb, lol. I see in the picture that the B5 blue ones "Charger" emblems were deleted for some reason. Why was that? Just a thought....

[chargerman69]

i no the owner of this daytona

[WINGIN IT]

Its funny to see this post still active as just a couple of days ago Larry and I were talking about this very subject. I asked Larry if any of the Daytona's ever came from the factory as a vinyl top option, he was sure they never did. He said it might have been some dealer option after it had arrived at the dealership because back in the day vinyl tops were the bomb, lol. I see in the picture that the B5 blue ones "Charger" emblems were deleted for some reason. Why was that? Just a thought....

Hoping to get pics of my car with a vinyl top from the long time owner.
Looks like you guys found that it likely had one after taking the car down.
An oddly the long time owner's son asked that very same  question when he was at Larry's shop, cause he thought he remembered the car having a vinyl top when he was a kid.
Still hoping he can get those pics from long ago that he remembers.