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07/02/2020 7:38 am
(Pics) Dodge Charger Daytona by Spark
Something new just popped at my house. Was kind of looking for a Charger Daytona already and then this conveniently appeared. Sure, the bare steel wheels are a little odd for a street version of this (don't recall seeing a single photo of one without some kind of cap)and don't know if this tone of red is exactly right, but this ain't anything that bothers me with the rest of the car this fine.
I've always liked the Daytona more than the Superbird, with the former just looking so unapologetically brutal over the more refined Plymouth. And I find this Spark offering really does bring that attitude home pretty well. Great work. The license plate is my own addition by the way.
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07/02/2020 8:03 am
Very nice detailed
07/02/2020 8:09 am
Those hoodpins are tiny and look very fragile. Nice model.
07/02/2020 8:57 am
Looks really nice
Congratulations. I'm going to think in adding one to my collection...
Keko Romero Sánchez
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07/02/2020 9:10 am
I like the plain steel wheels - that's the way we drove our street cars back in the day!
07/02/2020 3:34 pm
Way-el hell son - all ya need to do is slap #71 and Bobby Isaac's name on it and yer good to go!
Then it would look good next to this Superbird:
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08/02/2020 1:49 am
Beautiful model but could they put the Magnum 500 wheels on it please
Mark
08/02/2020 3:36 am
[PICS] A couple of alternative "winged wonders"
Didn't know Spark had done a Daytona but I do have a version by Universal Hobbies which looks pretty sharp, though I can't say whether some of the detailing (like the wheels) is accurate or not.
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I also have a pretty nice Plymouth Superbird done by Zaugg (Empire Models), who were a fairly expensive class act in their day. It is white metal.
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Just by way of comparison ...
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The difference in the bonnet (hood) design between the two seems authentic. The Dodge has those two indentations and the Plymouth was flat. I don't know if the different rear windows are accurate or if one is just wrong, but the Spark window matches the UH version. So maybe the Plymouth was slightly different).
Zaugg also did a pretty fair Dodge Challender to go with the Daytona.
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Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
08/02/2020 5:49 am
I also have the same Daytona and Superbird , Graeme, along with the MAE Daytona.
And a real 70 Challenger T/A
08/02/2020 6:49 am
A recent Road & Track had an article on these.
Note that the Plymouth and Dodge wings are not the same. The Dodge is more upright with shorter supports. The Plymouth's wing is larger. Per the article, the Dodge trunk lid would not open all the way, whereas the Plymouth's would. That and Petty's success may be why Plymouth's road version outsold Dodge.
Topic starter
08/02/2020 7:20 am
Also part of the reason why there were more Superbirds was changes in the homologation rules that meant they had to make one Superbird for each two dealerships when previously they had a hard number of 500 road versions to produce of the racers (they made 505 Daytonas), so they had to make at least 1,920 Plymouths. Therefore it by default would be more numerous.
Topic starter
08/02/2020 7:26 am
The rear window on the Daytona was because it came from the earlier Charger 500, which was like an in between version of the regular Charger and the Daytona, with a less recessed grille, no hidden headlights, and a revised roofline to make the car overall more aerodynamic. The Road Runner from the outset didn't need any such modifications, so it's more akin to the regular model outside of its more outlandish additions. So they're both accurate on this front.