The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona is the epitome of an iconic car, that swooping front end and skyscraper spoiler have adorned pajamas, bedlinen and bedroom walls since the cars release in 1969.
The ’69 Dodge Charger Daytona was a limited edition race spec car built for one purpose, winning NASCAR races. It did not disappoint. It won it’s first race out of the gate in 1969 and was piloted by Bobby Isaac when he captured the 1970 Grand National championship a year later.
Buddy Baker, pictured below, was the first NASCAR driver to break through the 200mph barrier on March 24th, 1970 at the Talladega Raceway. That may not seem like much today, but back then, it was like the sound barrier.
It isn’t too often that one of these comes up for sale and I always love seeing an immaculate example offered as it makes me wonder how many 10,000s of other cars like this sit in private collections around the world.
This one doesn’t have a price listed but you can email or call Canepa Design if you’re interested. It won’t be cheap, but you only live once.
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The 1965 running of the 24 Hours Of Le Mans saw a battle of the ages running between Ford and Ferrari, but further down the field there were equally hard fought dogfights between teams running far less powerful cars. The specially prepared Triumph Spitfires with their aerodynamic bodywork and comprehensively modified engines were set to…
The Film Classic Car poster by Rear View Prints has quickly become one of their most popular designs, it features 15 iconic cars from a slew of great films, and it works as an excellent conversation piece as people try to name all 15 films or television series. The cars and their corresponding films are…
This Ferrari 250 GTO sculpture by the team at Halmo was carefully shaped to capture the essence of what is widely considered one of the most beautiful cars in the world. The sculpture measures in at 40cm long from nose to tail, that’s 15.7 inches or approximately 1¼ feet. The shape was carefully formed to…
The Jeep Commando was directly based on the outgoing Jeepster Commando, however it featured a series of modifications designed to allow it to accommodate the AMC 232 and 258 six-cylinder engines and the 304 V8 engine. The Jeep Commando – C104 American Motors Corporation (AMC) bought Kaiser in 1970, they immediately set about ensuring the…
The Kurtis 500KK was a road-going sports car developed by Frank Kurtis using much the same architecture under its bodywork as his Indianapolis 500 winning race cars. Kurtis was a tour-de-force in the American racing scene in the mid-20th century, he also developed the Kurtis-Omohundro in 1947 – considered by some to be the first…
The Harley-Davidson WRTT was the road racing, or “tourist trophy”, version of the WR flat track racer. Unlike the WR, the WRTT had front and rear brakes and 19-inch road racing wheels. Original surviving factory WRTTs are now quite rare due to the fact that they lived hard lives on the circuits of North America…
