eBay Auction of the Day: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona
The seller of this 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona seems to be more than just a little bit enamored of the pristine muscle car, and with good reason. The car has only recorded three miles in its extremely sheltered life, yet it has still undergone a complete, six-year restoration.
The result of this lavish attention is a Charger that looks almost as if it has been untouched by human hands. The owner seems almost defensive about this point, fully admitting that the car has been “over-restored,
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Roland M
Remarkable car, I just can't understand why a "collected" car with only 3 miles needed a 6 year restoration to this extent...
chuck goolsbee
Roland, it needed a complete restoration because nothing (other than racing) kills a car faster than just sitting. "Death by museum" is the name of the condition.
I don't understand people who do this sort of things to cars. It boggles my mind.
--chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
hwyhobo
Chuck, out of curiosity, what if you drained it of all liquids and stored it in a vacuum plastic bag (a big one, I know)?
chartguy
I'll never understand a car that's almost forty years old with three miles on it. If you're never going to drive it, why not buy a wall size poster of the car? There must be some kind of weird gene that causes people to try to stop time. I'm afraid I don't have it.
CHARLES G.
So the present owner is a bit of a wack-job. Makes you wonder about the NEXT owner...
Ducati Minor
What an ugly thing.
Patrick from Astoria
Hwyhobo: You'd still have to deal with the effects of aging on other parts, especially anything made out of rubber (shock absorber bushings, engine oil seals and gaskets, tires, etc.) or plastic (basically the entire interior). Vacuum environment or not, time is not nice to neglected synthetics.
I have to wonder if a prospective purchaser would actually ever DRIVE this beast. Like the seller states, at some point this stopped being a car (which is kind of sad).
chris
No uglier than a focus.
mo
i would do anything to get such a sweet thing.
@ minor, you have a really weird taste in cars. ain't no real america who hate an authentic muscle car.
bepsf
With its wheels up like that, it reminds me of my Red 1972 Kenner SSP SuperStocker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeLn9D23uMo
hwyhobo
@ mo, hating a muscle car is one thing, but I agree with Ducati Minor that some of the styling on that car is way overdone. Send this thing to get a good nose job, and maybe I will have a second look. Right now Barbra Streisand seems attractive next to this.
@ Patrick from Astoria, you are of course right. I didn't think of rubber. That would deteriorate quickly without moisture and lubrication. Synthetics would suffer as well.
FPF422
Though in my opinion a car is made to be driven, I have to thank those crazy people allowing us to drive such automotive icons from the past, today....
Clint
The car was a homologation special built to win NASCAR races, which it did very well until NASCAR changed the rules to make aero cars uncompetative. Unfortunately, as a result of function over form, this car and the Superbird were really odd looking. They were terrible street cars, with poor visibility and handling, and rough hemi engines that didn't operate well at street speeds. They were great at 200mph in a circle though.
Since most of the aero cars didn't even sell off the dealers' lots without drastic measures (like converting them back into regular Chargers and Roadrunners), I'm not surprised that this car has no miles on it. Who would want to drive that thing on the street?
detroit9000
I hope the next owner beats the snot out of it.
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