frank theriault wrote: > I liked the Charger Daytonas, with the high rear wing and the > "nosecone". > One of the more outrageous cars that Detroit has ever produced. > > IIRC, the Dodge Charger Daytona, and it's corporate sister, > the Plymouth Roadrunner were produced in relatively limited > quantities to get around NASCAR restrictions about body style > (any stock cars had to be "production" > cars back then, with only certain mods allowed). With their > aerodynamic slipperyness (compared to any other Detroit boxes > of the day), those two cars wiped up on the stock car circuit.
The Daytona is memorable ;-) and we have had many European cars which are built in limited numbers for the same reasons of sport competition. It was a great day out to the Billing event that year, travelled up in a friends '55 Bel Air. Hard to believe it will be 50 next year, build quality and durability is outstanding. Quite a few Chargers were there, I took a picture of every one of them, R/Ts, some in need of restoration, one Hemi engined monster that was a vision in gold - the engine bay was immaculate. Malcolm
