Posted on 12/14/2015 7:20:48 PM PST by Impala64ssa
This "barn find" was actually discovered under a shed, but that doesn't make it any less of a diamond in the rough.
A rusty, but very original 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona that has seen much better days may be seeing them again soon, as it's set to cross the block at the upcoming Mecum Auctions event Kissimmee, Fla., in January.
According to Mopar Muscle magazine, the big-winged muscle car was purchased earlier this year from its second owner, an Alabama man who bought it for $1,800 in 1974 and promptly had a set of flames painted on its front fenders to turn things up to 11 for a spring break trip to Panama City.
He kept it running up until four years ago, parking it under an open side shed for good after a minor accident flattened its pointy nose. (The auction photos were clearly staged in a different location after the sale.) Nevertheless, the red coupe has just 20,553 miles on its numbers-matching 440 Magnum V8, and features the rare combination of bucket seats and a console-mounted 3-speed automatic transmission.
Even in its current condition, the payday at the end of a restoration is potentially huge. Only 503 Charger Daytonas were ever built, and values for top examples with the 440 engine have cracked the $250,000 barrier in recent days, while models fitted with a 426/425 HEMI V8 are closing in on the $1 million mark.
Mecum’s pre-auction estimate for the car is $150,000-$180,000. Not bad for something that cost $3,993 new and doesn't even run.
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2 guys from Sweden bought our ‘76 Colony Park station wagon.
They were buying the big cars and shipping them overseas to sell to doctors, etc. that didn’t care about high gas prices.
That station wagon would pass anything but a gas station... on a good day on the open road it got maybe 10mpg.
460 engine, heavy duty everything....
Thanks for the memories.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HflA-8svJE
The above link is to a muscle-car get together in Sweden. They are pretty popular over there.
I drove past Wilksboro the other day. I should have stopped and snapped some photos.
But anything over 100mph is a bit unstable and it takes a week to stop it lol
Of the two cars, the Superbird was my favorite.
AH!
I guess it was probably similar to the early Cougars.
Re: Who es muy macho...
Lol! That’s it!
Thanks.
There ya’ go. I had a Superbee at my disposal when I was a teen. My brother in law owned it and I drove it a lot. White with a red bench seat and black hood scoops. Man, that thing was pretty! As we used to say “it had a radio and a heater”. No AC but I think it did have power steering. Three speed auto on the column with a 383 under the hood.
If we’d only known we could have bought old cars and sat them in a barn. Back then you could get 1940s and 1950s cars for $300. I think the Superbee cost lest than $3000.
My best friend through high school drove a yellow ‘65 convertible Mustang. Her dad, who was a car salesman, sold it and got her that purple Challenger. We drove that car everywhere.
The next one's a 1970...
Yep. Hers had the black vinyl top. lol
I think all of the purple Challengers did.
In any case, I much prefer the 70s-era Challengers to the new ones. The new ones, IMO, are too “stocky”. The original was more lean and sleek.
DANG!
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