null DAYTONA NASCAR

Up for auction is my REAL RED 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona. This car was sold brand new in 1969 after the Talladega 500 race. It was truly one of those "Race on Sunday. buy on Monday" type cars. When the original owner walked into the dealership that Monday in Birmingham AL. they had 2 Daytonas on their floor. A blue one and a red one. The red with black wing was chosen(I have pictures of the blue Daytona from this dealership as well!) The original owner was an airline pilot. and kept a meticulous log(as most pilots do) of every SINGLE thing he did to the car since 1969. including receipts for oil changes. spark plug wires. you name it. This car was a daily driver and was USED as such. It towed boats. drove all over the country. and even went back to the Talladega 500 in 1970 and he watched the race sitting on the wing with his feet propped up on the back window!!! See the pic below! By 1979 the car was still going strong at 99000 miles. and the transmission was changed at this time. By 1986 the car was being used a little  more sparingly. and had 126. 00 miles when the engine was changed for a new 440. In 1998 the car had a whopping 142000 miles(a lot for a daytona anyway!) and he decided to have the car redone. This took 3 years and well over $22000 dollars on the refresh. At that time a date code correct 1969 440 and matching transmission were taken from a 1969 Charger R/T and completely rebuilt(i have pictures of the donor car and engine). The car was driven less than 2000 miles since it's restoration in 2000 mainly to shows. the Talladega reunions. etc. I personally remember the car at a few shows across the southeast around 2005-2007. In Feb. 2013 the original owner passed away at the age of 80. and I acquired the car from the family this past June. It had 144. 02 miles on it at that time. Since June I  have only put 63 miles on the Daytona. To be quite honest. I am a bit scared to drive a car like this. as they are so rare and OEM parts are nonexistant should something happen to it. I did cruise the car and get it up to 70 mph when driving. It was awesome!

This Daytona will be the crown jewel of someone's collection. I have enjoyed owning it. but feel much more comfortable driving my less valuable Daytona clone around. and figured it was time to give it a new loving home. The car as stated runs and drives great. the gauges work. the console lights work. even the small key light works. The car sounds all stock and fires up quickly and effortlessly. The only thing i noticed did not work on the couple drives I took was the tachometer.   While not a survivor. or a 100 point show car. it is a VERY nice car and has been a southern car all it's life.  Since I do know the history on this car. I will share that it was in an accident in 1970 when the car was 8 months old. it was hit hard on the passenger side. The frame was fine. so it was decently repaired at that time and stayed that way until 1997. (Please see last pic it is circa 1984 with the "decently" repaired passenger side. It was fine even thn especially by 1980's standards. However. in 1997 the original owner decided to do the car 100% right. and the car was taken down for a restoration. At this time. the car was fixed correctly using a donor 69 charger for the door. door jamb. and rocker. and you cannot tell now if i didn't have the pictures to prove it.  Remember lots of these cars that are listed you will not know it's history. especially if you buy onw from BJ. Mecum etc. All you will hear when you bid are positive comments pumping the car up to get more money. Some of those cars will have been rusted to death and restored. wrecked. rebodied. etc. This car's history is well known and documented. I have tried to be as honest as possible. so you can make the decision on if you want this particular car based on it's very colorful history. which I think only adds to the coolness of this car. If you have kept up with the market on Superbirds and Daytonas. you already know about what a car like this is worth. My reserve is priced VERY low for a car of this caliber. In fact I would venture to say I have not seen a real Daytona in this shape sell for less than my reserve in probably 15 years.  I've watched some project cars sell for less than this car will go for. So yes it is priced to sell. If you're in the market for a real Daytona in a beautiful color combo. this is your one chance. I am really not interested in trades. The lucky new owner will get all paperwork and photo albums I have of the car. as well as it's original Alabama historic antique plate. The car has the fender tag. but the family could not locate the build sheet from the car. This is a very serious auction. please bid only if you have the funds available to purchase this car. I reserve the right to end this auction early at any time for any reason. I will assist in the transaction whether you're 20 miles away or anywhere in the world. It seems that most of the nicer cars I have sold over the years have gone to many many other countries. including Germany. nbsp;Sweden. UK. Australia. and Italy.   Thanks for looking and good luck!

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