On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Back from my three-day marathon shoot at the Mopar Nationals in Columbus, > Ohio. Two days of rain. Good weather only this morning, but managed to shoot > enough cars, some in the gloom. > > Among the 1000 or more cars were several perfectly restored 1971 Dodge > Daytonas. I shot two of them for the mag. They were perfect restorations in > that they included flaws that were common to these cars when new: ill-fitting > nose pieces, excess glue in seams, wing finish that didn't exactly match the > car's finish, etc. > > The Daytonas and their Plymouth twins were hastily thrown together in order > to produce enough street versions to make the race version eligible for > Nascar competition. They sold for about $4500. today, their worth twenty to > thirty times that, even more if their flaws have been flawlessly restored. > This doesn't show the car very well, but it's my favorite. I may post a > profile view when I have time. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16283572&size=lg
Man, I lusted after that car when I was a teen. Drool. :-) That's a great view, Paul. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
