Currently for sale on Hemmings, is this 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona — a super rare find! Although the seller has little to no information offered up about it, what we do know is that if the car checks out, it could be a total steal at the listed price. If you’re in the market for a car to flip, or a Mopar “wing car” to restore at a bargain price, this could be your lucky day!
While the information the seller provides about this car is less than overwhelming, there’s a few things that we know; it’s a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona packing a 440. These cars are exceptionally rare. Only 503 were built, and who knows how many of them still exist out there?
Although completely overshadowed by HEMI examples (in both value and shear brute force), Daytonas powered by the 440-cubic inch engines reach well into the six figure territory in value. Their HEMI-powered counterparts pull in a lot more money, but a restored 440 will still pull big numbers at auctions.
The seller also notes that the car is a manual, and we know that the 1969 Charger Daytona manuals were equipped with an indestructible 4-speed, A833 with Hurst shifter and a 2.66 first gear. Manual transmissions were the less popular versions, which is odd for the era, but 294 of the cars were actually sold with a manual.
Based on the car being a manual, it would have been originally equipped with 3.54:1 gears, or the optional Super Track Pak 4.10:1 gears in a Dana 9-3/4” rear axle. The Daytonas essentially had the R/T chassis, which was a typically heavy-duty setup.
A Daytona specific restoration might be a little tricky, but if someone can pull it off, they’ll have one heck of a car for a buying price of $35k (OBO). It is important to note that outside of the details that the car is a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, with 440 engine, and it’s a manual, we don’t know anything about this car. It could have a million miles on it, it could have a different than original engine, and it might not check out to be a Charger Daytona at all.
However, it could be in surprisingly good condition and might need less work than you’d expect. We’ll leave that up to you to determine if you’re interested in the car — meanwhile, we’ll just fantasize that it all checks out and there’s a $35k one-of-503 Daytona sitting out there just waiting for the right buyer to come along and fix it up!
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