Yes but don't remember if it was the Catholic Church or not....
Well, the guys on the line would build a 'special' car for an employee but it wasn't all that much different than the rest of the cars coming off the line. Gull wing doors? Nope. Maybe he was thinking about the 'go wing'?When I finished my '69 Bee, The only show I put it in was in Ramstein when I went back to Germany. When asked about the engine, I said it was a '64 426W, but he insisted I was wrong because the pie tin and fender badges said it was a 383. I also had a guy say his uncle had a '69 with the rare factory "Gull Wing" option. I tried to explain that '69 never had any wing option, he claimed his uncle worked at Chrysler so...
That’s a new one. It’s funny how these stories change over the years. Over on BAT a guy assured me that because they were hard to park “Daytonas were converted back to basic Chargers” another guy chimed in… “It happened all the time”.
Several dealers converted them back to basic Chargers because they weren't selling! Yeah, they were hard to park but lots of people didn't like them because of many reasons. Heck, I didn't care for that look myself. I was working construction building houses back then and the roach coach driver said she had one. For some reason and buddy and I were talking cars when she came up with the food and chimed in. She said she would finish her rounds and would bring the car out for us to see it and we both said 'yeah right' lol.....and she did! She said she got a super deal on it and bought it. I heard some dealers took a loss just to get it out of the showroom. Anyways, for what it's worth, roach coach owner/drivers were white back then lol. Don't know if it was really her car but she came out to the job site with it.That’s a new one. It’s funny how these stories change over the years. Over on BAT a guy assured me that because they were hard to park “Daytonas were converted back to basic Chargers” another guy chimed in… “It happened all the time”.
I’ve heard the story about Superbirds… they had to make 4 times as many to satisfy NASCAR “stock car” rules. But even in that case, a dealer would have to purchase the whole front end, fenders, hood, grill, bumper… fill the holes in the quarters, and then paint the entire car. To sell it as a low dollar road runner? Yeah right. They would just discount the price to move it on.
Well, a Charger brought decent money since it was a higher end car than a road runner so they got the treatment. Not sure if any dealers went junk yarding for crashed road runners but there were plenty of them in the wrecking yards back then. Dang near brand new cars smashed up already! In early 70 I bought headers and a transmission for my 66 Belvedere from a 69 Bee that was crunched in the rear. Got something else from it but can't remember what it was. Then you had some people that wanted the 'left over' wing car and didn't want the nose or wing. Heard of that happening a time or two....
The converted Chargers, if they ever happened would be easy to spot… all Daytona VIN’s started with “XX29”.
Well, 40 or so years ago, not that many knew that....and the backlight was on the 500's too, right? When did you learn to read VIN's? I sure didn't pay much attention to them in the early 80's....or even later than that.The converted Chargers, if they ever happened would be easy to spot… all Daytona VIN’s started with “XX29”.
Oh… and the backlight.
I love that damn car...
Dodge is'nt stupid. They gladly changed the name to Dart Sport so they could sell them one too.
IDK, that was 32 years ago and I have slept a few times since then... He might have said "Go-Wing", but it still wasn't an option for a '69 SuperBee.
Oh ya, the "Ferrari Stealth".... I've seen 'em.
To tell you the truth, I don't know but have seen a couple over the years with one on them.....
