1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

After a two-year absence, the Greenwood Car Show is back and the weather was perfect last Saturday. This car was probably the biggest "wow" moment for me. So if you've got at least $250K to spare, you should be able to pick up one of the few '69 Charger Daytonas still in circulation. That year, Nascar required that 500 copies of a "stock" car be made for it to qualify for the track, so Dodge dropped either the 426 hemi or 440 V-8 engine into 502 copies of the Charger, then added a fiberglass nose and outrageous rear spoiler. I've heard the reason why the spoiler was so high was that it was set at the height needed to allow the trunk to be opened. In 1970, Nascar increased the minimum production for a stock car to qualify for the track from 500 copies to 2,000, so Chrysler built 1,920 Plymouth Road Runner Superbirds very similar to this car. The following year Nascar dropped the whole "stock cars have to be actual stock cars" requirement.

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1964 Studebaker Lark Daytona convertible, 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk

Two exceptionally rare Studebakers I spotted on my trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. The Studebaker plant in South Bend, Indiana closed in December of 1963. This car could have been one of 417 Daytona convertibles made there for the 1964 model year, or one of 286 made at the company's Canadian plant. This was the last Studebaker convertible made, and the Canadian plant closed as well in 1966.

The Golden Hawk was possibly the fastest car made in America, built with a Packard V-8 in 1956 and a supercharged Studebaker V-8 in 1957 and 1958.

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Magnolia Car Show: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

This car would sell for between $200,000 and $300,000.

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