Hey guys, thanks for the welcome!
As soon as I get done with this post, I'll go in and change ths size on the sig pic. Sorry it was a bit on the big side! Also, is there any way to turn off the sig pic so that it it isn't on every single post? I usually insert my sig pic in my first post on a thread so as not to take up more bandwidth but I haven't been able to figure out how yet short of deleting it right off of "my home" page.
Sorry about having a blatant picture of not only a non-Yenko but a non-General Motors product! I've always had a strong liking for G.M's and caught a lot of heat at all the various Mopar events for always having some sort of new Chevy or GMC tow rig! This was actually kind of a bummer with the line of work I'm in. I produce and sell videos of all the major Mopar events across the U.S. and the Mopar Video guy shpwing up with race Superbird in tow with a G.M. truck really wasn't cool! I broke down and ordered a 2000 Ram 3500 QuadCab dually with the the 24 valve Cummins Turbo Diesel and really like it a lot so I guess the Mopar masses are off my butt for now!
Stefano, I've known for a long time that I'd never be able to afford a real Yenko and have already resigned myself to the fact that the car would be a clone. That way I could put the white interior in it and do whatever else I wanted to it to make it how I would have wanted one when they were new. So Chevy's Rally Green is really the same as Mopar's F6 Spring Green Metallic? Come to think of it, although Dodge called it Spring Green, Plymouth had their own name for the color, and it was also Rally Green if memory serves me correctly.
There was a big controversy in the Mopar world a few months back about whether or not there were any 1970 Charger Daytonas built. The known production year for the Charger Daytona is 1969. There has long been rumors of there being 3 or 4 1970 Charger R/T's being converted to 1970 Charger Daytonas. These cars were all rumored to have been similarly optioned with 440 Six Pack, 4-speed, Dana 60 rear, vinyl top, power windows and power sunroof. The only differences being the colors of the cars. There is only one car that is actually known to exist with "some" documentation. The last I heard, this car was up for sale for $250,000. Well, to make a long story longer, the controversy has gone an for years now off and on about these cars. I've always kind of followed the '70 Daytona stories and with all of this past summer's renewed interest in the '70 Daytonas, I went and sold my '69 Charger, bought a really nice Go-Mango Orange with orange and white interior, white vinyl top '70 Charger to build my very own '70 Charger Daytona phantom/clone.
The point in that whole long spiel is that's really the only way I'll ever get to own a Yenko is to own a clone. I guess now would be a good time to ask what all of y'all think of clone cars over here. I know a lot of folks are all for em over on Moparts and that there are some folks that are against em.
HvyChev, wow yeah we sure were at the Aero-Warrior reunion in Indianapolis! The race Superbird is still totally street legal and on the Friday of the meet, we split up with the rest of the wing car group to go have lunch with a cutie from off the Moparts board who goes by Dart Girl. Well, when we came out of the restaurant, we were greeted to the fact that a major tornado had just swept thru the area! A '69 Charger R/T, a '69 Charger Daytona and a '70 Superbird all suffered substantial cosmetic paint and glass damage from swirling debris torn off of rooftops as they sat in traffic as the tornado ripped right through the southeast corner of Indianapolis. Pretty heavy stuff to say the least!
Belair62, way cool on owning the Hemi C-500! Those are wickedly cool cars that never got a fair shake due to their more outlandish winged and beaked cousins. What color combo and all was it? I probably know the car! The club you were in probably was the Winged Warriors but the club that had the ill-fated winged car meet this past September was the Daytona-Superbird Auto Club.
Anyways, now that I've gone and gotten long winded, I think I'll go and resize that sig pic now! By the way, below is a rendering a buddy of mine did of what the '70 Daytona phantom is gonna look like.
