1969 Charger Daytona From The Inside Out
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- The story of Chrysler's legendary NASCAR freak has been told a thousand times, and we all know about the big parts like the nose and wing, but we've never seen anyone detail all of the little bits that add up to the total package.
We take a tour from nosecone to tailight of this beautiful one of a kind Bronze example and show all the places where the sun never shines.
Just celebrated my golden anniversary with my Daytona. I bought the car new on July 14 1970. I was 21 years old just home from Vietnam and fell in love with the car. Lots of stories through the last 50 years with the car. Thanks Jim in Napa
My uncle owned a Dodge dealership drove one to our family Thanksgiving when I was 8 I stared at it in amazement for hours instead of eating dinner been charger crazy ever since.
200mph on bias ply Firestone’s....that took some serious balls!
Most racecar tires are bias ply, they're lighter than a steel belted radial
Goodyear Blue Streaks existed since mid 1960's, I'm sure they used those "off road use only" on their Kelsey Hayes or whatever brake rotors they were running.
Saw a video of the wing car test at Daytona. It was so scary on the high bank crushing the tire and trying to run it off the wheel. Some drivers packed up and went home. Said no thanks
thats funny the top speed of the stock daytona was 120 at best.
@@davidthayer6969 That's funny as well... a Hemi Daytona could easily push 150 with 3.54 Dana or 3.55 Chrysler rear. Maybe post your comments where someone who has owned one of these cars won't see it.
When I was 16. My buddy had a girl friend. In her neighborhood a guy had one of these in Red with a White stripe and White interior. The car was already six years old. But still in great condition. The guy was friend's with his girlfriend older brother. We got to ride in his Daytona. It was like being in a freak of nature. 440 and a 4-speed. The car floated down the road till about 100 MPH. Then it settled down and planted to the road. Wow, What a car! We would talk about being at the track and going 200 MPH. Really miss those days. They couldn't give these car's away at the dealership. The insurance alone was just more than the average young driver could afford. A Charger was never a 4 - door car. Like today's Chargers. Shawn.
Yep dodge screwed that one up, maybe they where thinking of a Sebring or diplomat
My mom had that car in green and she gave it to me in my 30"s I loved that car and it was fast and smooth, when I was in my 20"s she owned the car and I've had a lot of girls in that car yes the good old days when you knew how to pull it out.
The Charger was a Peugot & VW powered Four Banger - remember that? The L platform Shelby's? I'll take today's well - the 10+ year old Daimler platform Charger etc uses today over those weird FWD "Chargers". And you're right about they couldn't give the Superbird/Daytonas away. As a kid in '71 I had a '68 Coronet 500 HT really nice B Body - eventually sold it to a buddy for 5 bills and added my own 5 bills to walk into a New London CT Mopar dealer and get my brand new '74 'Cuda $4k with that $1k down. Cross the Thames river where Mystic is there was a tiny Plymouth dealer that still had a beige with black vinyl roof Superbird they couldn't sell or maybe it was a year before I pulled the trigger on a new car but I remember thinking BEIGE???? BLACK VINYL ROOF? (All Superbirds had vinyl roofs to cover the bad welds) BIG WING?? SNOUT? And I was a FAN of Mopars as a kid. It was a 440 not a Hemi which also played into the "there's NOTHING good about this car" but I thought about it for a millisecond. Oddly I miss the Coronet 500 coupe more than the E Body 'Cuda 360 - and a Coronet 500 of '68 is more rare to boot. Peace! 🚗
cool story
@@cuda426hemi Great Story! My best friend's Brother bought 70 Cuda' with 440 4 barrel with a pistol grip and 3.91. Dark Green, Black vinyl top. Aluminum slots on N -50's. Looked like a model car. My buddy and me were 15. We would take turns riding in the passenger seat. Just so we could watch him power shift that pistol grip shifter. That car would sit you back in those high back bucket seat. Off the line. From first to second. It would also chirp the tires during shifting. Two weeks later he rolled it after hitting a cement corner post. He took that insurance money and bought a Super Bee 383 4 barrel. Bench seat and a high shifter to clear the Bench seat. Green also with a Bumble stripe. Black top. It later Back fired threw the carb and burnt to a crisp. That was the end of Muscle cars for his brother. Insurance became to high and no company would take him. Shawn
Also, thank you to the owner for doing this.
It's fabulous!!
Thank you, Richard.
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One of my first jobs was at a body shop 6 years ago as a sophomore in high school. The owner has an orange plymouth superbird and use to have a white mercury talladega. He only let me wash the superbird once it was his baby. Those cars of that era are definitely special for sure and let's not forget the sweet sound they make 😁
Not only is it the rarest Daytona due to the color, in my opinion, it is THE BEST LOOKING of them all!!! Tony, when I first laid eyes on it, and that awesome color........I was floored. The color isn't "loud" or "goofy".........it's just straight up handsome & bad ass. GUYS, THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING IT HERE!!!........and Uncle Cathy too, for the camera work!!!
Guy is living his passion. Nice to see
I love this channel. I'm a MOPAR motorhead for life and Uncle Tony speaks to my soul. Such a pretty specimen of a vehicle I got to sit through and watch.
When they were looking at the directional lights and headlights.....was I the only one saying...."turn 'em on". ..lol. Absolutely beautiful car in a great color. These two guys are just a wealth of knowledge 👍👍👍Great video/content
I am extremely impressed!! Even as an Oldsmobile guy, the Superbird has always been one of my favorite cars, and thought it was just an evolution of the Daytona. But, after learning about all of the actual racing functionality that production Daytona's came with, I now understand why it's so significant.
Uncle Tony, it’s always great to see your videos on these old Mopars. I can’t help but admire how creative and intelligent those Chrysler engineers and designers were and how ahead of their time they were. Thanks uncle Tony and aunt Tony for sharing.
I knew a guy that had 2 super birds in original condition ! One blue , one sublime green . It was getting to the point where he couldn't drive them anymore . Low mileage museum . So he found a beat up satalight got a knock off nose & wing & we made a clone . I sanded the hell out of it to make it where you could not tell one from the other & he drove it all over the place . My friend & I engraved clone in spots so a buyer would know just in case it was hard to find unless your were a serious buyer . So some where in lake county Ohio there's a b5 blue super bird 🐦 driving around with a 318 auto that a very dressed up satalight .
@@jerrytee2688 they are original condition low mileage unrestored . Worth a lot of money . If they get a dent the value drops so much it's unbelievable . Now dose it make since
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@@paulallison6689 I knew what he meant
Fred, was this in Eastlake off Steven's Blvd.?
@@jlc55army we use to hang out there . His shop was in mentor on Tyler Blvd .
One thing I like about this guy is that he actually likes cars. Not just one brand, but Ford, Chevy, and Dodge. I wish more people were like that.
Gorgeous Daytona , thanks for sharing this with us. Base Charger XP29, Charger R/T XS29 , '69 Charger 500 XX29 , Daytona XX29.
This channel is like an encyclopedia of classic car knowledge!
That is the most beautiful paint I've ever seen on any aero-car. It's hard to fathom a more dignified wing-car color!
It's really amazing to learn all of this. I always thought these cars looked ridiculous with the nosecone and that giant wing because I always assumed they were purely aesthetic. I never would have guessed that these items as well as all of the other stuff detailed here were actually functional and that the car was designed to do 200mph. Just amazing. Knowing all of that now, it's a much better looking car than when I thought it was all for show.
This is why a LOVE this channel. The amount of knowledge that is dropped on this channel is absolutely amazing. I never knew Mopars were admired by German pimps, or the details of the assembly of the Daytonas is stunning. Great job, Tony.
Fantastic video of a iconic car Uncle Tony!!!!!!
Good lord that car is stunning!
I like the way they scabbed on the new rear window and left the old charger structure and 'finished' it with headliner material.
Is that a "bumper jack"??? 👍
My word 😳, what a fine collection of history.
Gentleman, "Roll up your windows".
Great video! I knew nothing about these cars. Wonderful coverage of the details that make this car so unique. Thanks!
Outstanding, Dodge Brothers would be Proud!!
Tony. Hasn’t owned every legend mopar but has a wealth of information on every model built 👍
Has to be my all time favorite youtube video. Waited until i got home so I could watch it on a bigger screen. Almost better than being there. My life is complete now, I am a charger fan through and through. 68-70 all the way. Ty for posting a complete video on the small stuff most don't know or even care about. Fastest in a 70 I've been was 154. Still had more petal but front felt very light.
Best rundown on a 69 Daytona ever Unc Happy to know more to come.
Thank you for a informative analysis of the Dodge Daytona!!
Most beautiful car ever. I love the colour and matching interior. Thanks for showing
When Dover Downs Speedway in Delaware opened back in the day, Hardee’s which was a big sponsor back then, offered a raffle for a brand new Daytona painted in the bright orange livery with Hardee’s emblazoned on both sides and the hood . I guy I knew back then bought a raffle ticket and won it! If memory serves, I think he was about 16 years old at the time. It was amazing that he won it, but even more fantastic was how flippin cool that car was. I’m pretty sure his was the pace car used at the inaugural NASCAR race there. It had a 383 with the automatic, but it still would boogie on down the road pretty quickly.
Outstanding video ! I love this channel because you go the extra mile to show the things people don't know or realize. Keep up the good work, Uncle Tony !
That Daytona is a beautiful beast...
Righteous work, Tony. This is the kind of stuff not typically seen elsewhere and the sort of
thing where UTG can stand out and serve the hobby uniquely, that sharing of detailed knowledge.
There's been a million fluff pieces in media over the decades on these cars - but showing the
truly unique pieces like you do here really helps.
That you're not a pompous ass like Worman is a bonus, too. :-)
-Ed on the Ridge
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Most beautiful Daytona I've ever seen.
So much about this car I never knew after all these years. Thanks for the in depth tour Tony.
Pretty amazing piece of US car history. Beautiful car, and Richard your garage is awesome too!
Thanks for sharing Uncle Tony
What a car!! Been around muscle cars my entire life, but his is one special automobile. Thanks for the nickel tour. Love the Fords too!!!
Love seeing and hearing the history on these cars
Guys with this much knowledge are getting harder and harder to come by so if this stuff wets you’re whistle you better pay attention and take notes. Thanks so much Uncle Cathy and Uncle Tony for sharing this kinda thing with us. Mr Richard thank you so much for allowing your cars to be filmed and sharing your knowledge with us.
Thanks for brightening my day Uncle Tony!
I'm currently sitting on a 50s Chrysler couch project next to a 50s Chrysler sedan project trying to work out some issues and this got me motivated again!
Absolutely gorgeous automobile with a lot of clever engineering. Love that color on the car!
EDIT: Those Mercury Cyclones! So excited!!
I almost bought a 70 Cyclone back in the 80s, but after looking at the car, I passed because the guy had painted it in some crazy rainbow metallic color. I couldn't afford to paint it at the time being a young kid with little patience and cash, so I got a 66 Belvedere instead.
This is an awesome video I've always dreamed about owning a wing car..... Id love to see you guys drive the Daytona and Cyclone Spoiler back to back....
One of my favorite of your videos. You and that guy geeking out over these cars was awesome.
Thank you Mr. Fleener and Uncle Tony for sharing this piece of automotive history and art with us.
That Daytona is stunning. Can't wait to see more on the Cyclone Spoilers and Talladega!
Thank you for this wonderful look at such a special car.
also a side note to the Daytona fender extractors. the race teams would cutout the tops of the fenders under the extractor to allow the top of the tire to travel past the top of the fender with a end result of being able to run the car at a lower ride height they also extracted heat off the brakes and assisted in venting high pressure air flow from under the car.
I was ten years old in Ypsilanti michigan when I first laid my eyes on these cars! My mouth dropped open as my dad took us to Ann arbor and the Dodge car lots took that summer totally!
Never knew anything about the intricacies of the front aerodynamics. Great Video
This was fantastic. I always wanted to see all the unique engineering pieces that no one else would bother to explain, like the partial belly pan under the nose. Can’t wait to see the other cars, too. Cheers.
Richard is a super guy and has exquisite taste in automobiles! I'm actually surprised it took you so long to find him. LOL!
I look forward to hearing much more from Richard about his collection and other endeavors!
Love this Chocolate Bronze two tone color ..Thanks for sharing Richard's collection.!!! LOL.. it really is a German PIMP Mobile...!
Wow, first time seeing this episode. When he cranked up the motor and flipped the headlights I just started laughing like a kid.
Awesome stuff. This is one of my favorite avenues of UTG. It’s not everyday you get to see this in depth hands on look at such a rare bird. Sure you can google and read all the articles that you want but, this level of visual detail and and memory-lane-inspired car convo is just awesome. Looking forward to the Spoiler video.... it’s a shame there were no spoilers given about it! 😉
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I keep looking at that mannequin in the background like someone's standing there 😁
Me too
I swear it moved!
The whole time I was thinking that it must be a senior citizen mannequin because the pants were pulled up so high.
Wow, quite a few things I actually didnt know about the Daytona's/ superbirds. Thanks for sharing!
Great job Tony my father owned a n oval track and had one as pace car was lime green I believe I was 5 years old . Great memories of these production racers. Awesome cars!
I enjoyed this episode so much seeing this beauty up close great job uncle Kathy on film production 👏!
I always wondered why the Plymouth Superbird used Dodge Coronet fenders (and hood) but the Daytona didn't use it's own Coronet fenders. Mix n match voodoo. Good piece, Tony!! 🚗
Awesome car, I never had any idea that they were so different from a regular 69/70 R/T, I always thought that you could slip on the nose cone, rear wing, and replace the rear window.
This guy kicks ass. Top tier classics and then a C5Z06 for driving fun. Smart man.
wOw!!! Awesome. Love the history. Love the prelude to Ford. I am a huge Mopar fan. Got myself a 68 Barracuda. Chrysler started the horsepower war and Ford started the aerodynamics war. This is awesome. Can't wait to see the old Ford's as well. UTG, you guys are it!
Just saying, what an awesome garage.
Tony, this is one of the best videos you've put out in a while! No nonsense, just straight up informative information. I loved it! I'm not sure how any friggen idiot could give it a thumbs down? I would rate it one of your top ten. That Daytona is gorgeous!
Great ending, video quality has much improved. I remember these cars from when I was a teenager, they didn't sell and sat on dealer's lots because of the cost of gas and insurance. Sometime dealers had them for over a year as memory recalls... go figure.
💯%. When I was a kid our local Dodge dealer had a red Daytona. He had it on the lot for well over a year and couldn’t sell it. Gave my dad a sweet offer on the car. We took it out for a test drive. My dad made the mistake of showing it to my mother. That car is ugly, take it back. My dad learned that day that it was better to ask for forgiveness after doing what he really wanted to do.
Awesome video 👍 The Chargers back in the day were beautiful 🤩 The new Challengers with over 800 Horsepower are beasts👏
I have always loved the Superbird. Had a chance to buy one off the showroom floor in 1970 but my Dad talked me out of it because I was going in the Marines and He said it would be a waste to buy it. Have regretted it since. SHOULDA,WOULDA, COULDA!!!
Wow Tony, this guy is a gold mine of cool stuff. Great find.
I liked the part of how the people he bought it from thought it was an automatic.
A lot people are completely clueless about cars.
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@@needmetal3221 that is true
This is an awesome video! Really enjoyed the history, and that garage he has set up is awesome!!!
What a fun visit and nice guy! Good job Tony
Awesome to watch two knowledgeable people tell us about these legendary cars
This was a great show today. I never knew the wing was really reinforced like that. Or the two jacks. Too many things
That is one beautiful, crazy car. That color is now my favorite.
Absolutely beautiful, best video ever pointing out all the great details 👍
One of your best videos yet Tony. Thank you!
Incredible. That's a real gem. Very interesting details. Great Video. Thank you for sharing. Long live Mopar Muscle.
Uncle tony is my dad reincarnated. He spent his life happily under the hood of a car or truck. He lived for it and loved it so much. Great memorie's of my dad. Thank you uncle tony. Later.
What a beautiful machine ! thanks Tony
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us this car! plz THANK the owner as well! Awesome car!
My uncle lived in the Baudette MN area and supposedly saw hundreds of Daytonas and super birds drive by one day back in the late 60s. I think Baudette was a common testing area then so it's fairly possible.
I absolutely love how long it takes those headlights to pop up ...
Comedian David Spade has a bronze hemi Daytona that he brought at Mecum from the Tim Welborne collection, wicked car!
Love those race modded cars from the late 60s and early 70s. It was an amazing time.
That was you guy's best video yet!!!! Awesome car, awesome info!!!!
Memory lane and answered my question @ 9:13. My mom's '69 LTD had headlight covers that would only open and close 3 times with the motor off. Too cool.
Beautiful car!! We had a Daytona back in the early 80's. It was worn but complete with no rust. There wasn't much demand for them then. If I remember correctly we sold it to some guy out in Kansas for five grand and thought that to be top dollar.
Thanks Tony, very well done, from British Columbia....
My uncle was a Chrysler Plymouth dealer in the sixties and seventies. When the transporter with a Super Bird pulled up in front of his store he didn't want to let them take it off the truck. He called his factory rep to complain "nobody's gonna buy that". He finally took it and sold it the next day for sticker price.
Little more for you, Tony - this is professionalism... professionalism!!
If you keep pulling rabbits out of your hat, like this one, you'll have 500K followers faster than you can blink!!
I'm a "silent" follower, in the background, but this one was so well done and with such a beautiful car, along with the details... I had to compose some posts.
Good job, on this one... major good job!! Thank you for the wonderful professionalism with Richard; you guys knocked it out of the park with this one!!!
Good job!!!
A neighbor had a 500 charger. As a kid Not realizing how rare they are I kept asking Him why he didn't have the hidden headlights. He would told me it was better for racing.
Jesus Christmas, this is Holy Grail of muscle/nascar/mopar...just awesome. Thanks Tony.
The VIN info is good to know, a few of these beasts sat on a dealer floor, since insurance was bad enough in 1969 that small block muscle cars were the fad. Even 427 COPO Novas sat. So some dealers took off the bodywork and tried to sell these cars off as their "From the Factory" setting.
Allegedly, the pebble grain vinyl tops on the Superbirds broke up the boundary layer on the roof, helping airflow like dimples on a golf ball.
Tony, TONY! Do a walk around on that Torino. I absolutely love them. It was my first car.
this was awesome!!! I always just thought the daytona was just a nose and a wing. this was so interesting
Very good video, Tony. I actually learned a lot. Thank you!
Not really into classic cars that much, but that was one of the coolest history lessons ever!!! 👍🏻👍🏻
I had a 70 road runner that was that color.
Scissor Jacks North American debut was in the Mustang. Prior to that it was Hillman
Tony had a ‘70 ROAD RUNNER
Awsome video Tony! Thanks to you and Richard for sharing.