Dodge Daytona, 1969
Dodge Daytona
Dodge Daytona•
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Chassis No.: XX29L9B355101
Auction: Dallas 2019
Auction date: September 7, 2019
Lot No.: F136
$230,000 | High bid
- Exterior: Blue
- Interior: Blue
- The lowest serial number designated for Daytona production
- 1 of 503 Dodge Daytonas produced
- 1 of 139 equipped with 440 engine and 4-speed transmission
- Originally sold in Kileen, Texas on August 28, 1969
- Recently restored by Dave Dudek
- Date code correct 440 CI Magnum V-8 engine
- Carter 4-barrel carburetor
- Matching numbers A833 4-speed manual transmission
- A34 Super Track Pak
- Power steering
- Power brakes with front discs
- Bright Blue Metallic with White rear wing
- Fender-mounted simulated air intake scoops
- 18 inch nose cone
- Blue vinyl bucket seat interior
- Center console
- Hurst shifter
- A01 Light Group
- Remote driver’s mirror
- Flip-top locking fuel door
- Hood hold-down pins
- Styled steel wheels
- Goodyear Redline Polyglas tires
- Copy of the broadcast sheet
When “one-hit-wonder” pop band The Troggs went to No. 1 with their song “Wild Thing,” it might have been referencing the Dodge Charger Daytona like the car offered here. Also a one-hit-wonder, the 1969 Daytona program was created solely to legalize a totally wild body design for NASCAR’s superspeedways. The factory needed to build 500 to prove it was a production car, and the result was a street cruiser from Detroit with a mile-high deck spoiler, a tapered, pointed nose, fender-mounted air extractors and a special flush backlight.
This beautiful car based around the upscale Charger R/T and recently restored by Dave Dudek is one of 503 Dodge Daytonas produced and has the lowest known serial number designated for production-line Daytonas. Under the hood is the date-code-correct 440 CI Dodge Magnum V-8 engine with its Carter 4-barrel carburetor. As one of 139 equipped with the 4-speed A833 heavy-duty manual transmission, it was ordered with the A34 Super Track Pak, getting the 4.10-ratio 9.75-inch Dana 60 rear axle, torque drive fan, dual-point distributor, 26-inch radiator and power front disc brakes. This car has power steering as well.
Originally sold in Kileen, Texas, on August 28, 1969, the Daytona presents in a stunning Bright Blue Metallic with a white rear wing. It is complemented with a blue vinyl bucket-seat interior with center console, the A01 light group, remote driver’s side mirror, Hurst shifter and performance dash layout. The outside features the special body components including hood pins, chrome exhaust tips and a flip-top locking fuel door. With the 18-inch nose cone leading the way, the Charger Daytona highlighted here looks ready to go with the 5-spoke road wheels and Goodyear redline Polyglas tires all around.
Today, the Charger Daytona remains one of the most recognizable cars of the muscle-car era and the “sock it to me” definition of “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” involvement. This gorgeous example is a “wild thing” that was made to move you.
