SOLD for $1.3 Million 1969 Dodge Hemi Daytona // Mecum Kissimmee 2023
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2023
- Some cars are always going to be attention getters, and this particular Dodge Charger Daytona may indeed be the true “halo” example of the entire breed. While many things could be said about the model in general, it’s this car’s history after that fact that has given it so much notoriety.
This is the lowest-mile, original-engine, 4-speed Hemi Daytona documented to exist, showing an odometer reading of just 6,490 miles. The options installed on it make it one of one, and those options are verified via two complete broadcast sheets. The color combination of T5 Copper Metallic with a tan interior and white wing stripe makes it a head-turner anywhere, and it has done just that since day one.
The original owner, Greg Williams, purchased this car not as a street driver but for repurposing as an ISCA-level custom. Soon after, the original interior was removed, the body panels were custom painted, and even the factory wheels and tires went into storage. Thereafter, this car was mostly trailered on the car show circuit. Legendary pioneer muscle car collector Otis Chandler, owner of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, bought it along with all of those unused original parts. Then, expert Roger Gibson simply refreshed it, repainted it in its factory color and reassembled it like a giant model kit. This Daytona was ultimately the first Mopar ever redone with the assembly line paint daubs and tape deliberately visible. Vintage photos of the car with custom show paint both before and after its restoration will be included with the car.
Defensive Player of the Year Kevin Greene, linebacker for several NFL and NFC teams, purchased it from Chandler and then later sold it to Tim and Pam Wellborn, who used it very sparingly while it was part of their museum holdings. Mecum offered this car as part of the Select Wellborn Collection in 2015, where an agent working on behalf of actor David Spade bought it, and it has now been part of Gary Edwards’ collection for approximately five years.
Gibson noted in 2015 that the 426 Hemi engine installed in this car new did not even require anything beyond maintenance. This A34 Super Track Pak car has the D21 A833 Hemi 4-speed transmission and D58 4.10 Dana 60 Sure Grip differential. It features power steering and power brakes. Optioning inside includes bucket seats, a center console, ball-knob Hurst shifter, sports dash with 150 MPH speedometer and Tic-Toc-Tach, an AM radio and a remote driver’s mirror. The exterior wears the special Charger Daytona parts, and the car rides on 15-inch steel wheels and redline tires.
Having appeared in books and magazines, as well as rare concours-level invitations to Amelia Island and St. John's since being purchased by Spade, it has been out of the public eye and became the “halo” Daytona within the Edwards’ collection.
Created from premium assembly-line Charger R/T models by subcontractor Creative Industries, there were 503 of these cars built during a short construction window in mid-1969. Of that group, just 70 had the 426 Hemi for power, and of the 70, only 20 were 4-speeds. Of those 20, just one was T5 Copper Metallic with a white wing stripe and a tan interior-this one. Of those 20, just one was owned by a famed newspaper publisher, a major football player and a well-known Hollywood celebrity-this one. Ultimately, only a single bidder will become the next part of this car’s legacy, and as such, it might be wise to consider this car with Pro Football Hall of Famer Kevin Greene’s attitude: if you want the very best, play the game to win.
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This one looked like the car David Spade bought a couple years ago.
Frank Mecum is counting all the cash. He is making on every sale. MEGA MONEY!
Shows like this one right here is why the prices of old classic cars are nuts ! Big money has got in this game ! 😔
money has been "in the game" for decades...you been in a coma?
@@lt.columbo5919 you sound like an ignorant person
@@davesmith3892 perhaps...only 45 years in the "old car game"...
@@lt.columbo5919 I've been buying and trading cars longer than that and I know these cars are not worth this money
@@davesmith3892 Well, Dave...if they are selling...they are "worth it"...maybe not to you...but to people who are willing to pay good money for them...The toughest part of being in teh hobby for a long time...is accepting that these cars are rising sharply in value and there are people who are buying them.
That's a lot of money.
This is an absolute piece of artwork. Picasso
Lets do donuts in this Daytona..!!!
FAWKKKKKKKKKKKKK!! Damn nice house for that money!
Depends where you are. Some places that’s not even a small studio lol
@@JCustom he lives in a camper with his sister cousins
More money than sense
Wrong!! This is not the sale of an everyday driver. It's a collectable asset at this point. The market place for such cars is fluid and it does change over time. That said though you've got a buy who thinks this is a good price to buy and seller who believes it's a good price to sell. That is all there ever is in any market for collectables.
Is it just me or is this car for sale like every other year?
Same car rolled across the block in 2017 and sold for 900k. Not a bad return on investment.
This was Joe Dirt's actual car.
he bought it for $900K (plus fees) in 2015.
The only street legal nascar?
Is this David spades?
I believe it was at one time
@@steveloeffler1152 Was...he bought it for $900K in 2015.
It's an investment, and the stock market is iffy right now. A lot of these wing cars set on the lot for a long time when new ,I am in the beer and wine class . I have a 41 ford street rod for over 20 years and love the industry more power to the new owner
Too cheap should of gone for at least
$ 1,500,000
Nope! I'd argue that It went for EXACTLY what it should have on this day. Tomorrow it's likely to sell for more or less depending on where the market for collectable old Mopar muscle is at that time. There is NEVER an incorrect price in a well publicized and advertised auction such as this one. It's very safe to say the sale of this car , at this auction, was well known ahead of time to virtually every interested collector. This was NOT a sale made between two people in a vacuum of too little information that might have led to an inappropriate high or low price paid.
The look of disgust that idiot makes walking away from the bidder that just didn't want to go $1,325,000 on that car makes Mecum look pretty ridiculous I think . To say that he lost out on being the best special "bid helper" ever shows just what a special guy he really is .
More like pathetic . If I were there and saw that happen to me , after coming to buy a few cars that would certainly make me want to never come back .
And yes I've bought a few at Mecum and BJ . That guy needs a bit of retraining I think .
Absolutely SPOT ON. Ungrateful S.O.B.
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Watching these people pay three times what a car is worth While most people can't even afford to feed their families. Something is wrong in this country
What car are you driving that to you they're worth 400 grand?
Is there nothing you'd pay too much for, just to have?
the rich are getting richer...and poor folks are playing on their phones like morons.
@@lt.columbo5919 in other words same
@@lt.columbo5919 I hate 📞s. Ur rite though
ridiculous
I LOVE IT!!! MUSCLE CARS ARE HOT IN 1983!!!