From: Paul Stenquist
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
Plymouth must have been racing the 426 hemi in the Belvedere II in 1965.
I walked past the local Plymouth dealer on my way home from school every
day. They had a plain vanilla Belvedere II 2-door coupe in the showroom
with a 426 Hemi. I mean PLAIN vanilla. It didn't even have a hood scoop.
About the only concession they made to that big engine was a factory
installed floor shift.
Sticker price, with optional radio & heater, was $2,300.
By the time I got my driver's license in the fall, it was long gone, not
that I had any hope of buying it.
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