At the time, the car had just over 37,000 miles on its odometer. It was also green. He really hated that green. So before it ever logged any miles in his hands, it was treated to a quick and dirty respray to metallic blue, which was inspired by a B5 Blue 1970 Dodge Charger that his brother owned. It wasn't until he actually started using the Daytona as daily transportation that the sobering reality of its impractical nature began to set in.
He recalls, "The car was very loud, and the engine was very difficult to start. That was a problem because I didn't want to get stuck at work." The loud exhaust was a dealbreaker. So much so that he only put a few hundred miles on the Dodge, parked it in his garage, and bought another car to replace it. The garage door was then pulled down, and that was it.
In 2003, Owner Two migrated from New Jersey to a town in central Pennsylvania, and in the process, the car was transported to a newly built storage facility. In a carbon copy of years past, the storage facility's garage door rolled down and the car was once again forgotten. It wasn't until 2019 that Owner Two decided it would be prudent to sell the old Dodge.
He recalls, "The car was very loud, and the engine was very difficult to start. That was a problem because I didn't want to get stuck at work." The loud exhaust was a dealbreaker. So much so that he only put a few hundred miles on the Dodge, parked it in his garage, and bought another car to replace it. The garage door was then pulled down, and that was it.
In 2003, Owner Two migrated from New Jersey to a town in central Pennsylvania, and in the process, the car was transported to a newly built storage facility. In a carbon copy of years past, the storage facility's garage door rolled down and the car was once again forgotten. It wasn't until 2019 that Owner Two decided it would be prudent to sell the old Dodge.
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/1969-dodge-daytona-original-barn-find-details-photos/
Probably the only Daytona to ever wear winter tires.
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