Don't recall ever seeing one of these........ It's in the brochure though. All I can think is that 2-tone paint job must have been super complicated for the factory paint department....... And then having to apply all those tape stripes.......
In Nascar Richard Petty never drove this version. He drove the 74 Charger thru 1978. In 79 changed to Dodge Magnum, but that handled bad and he switched to Monte Carlo.
I think these are handsome cars for their time and would definitely enjoy driving one. But calling this a Charger Daytona is an affront to the original. Just my
It's the same as the Cordoba and the other coupes from then, so you have a few different versions to consider.
Kind of like what they did to the Roadrunner around this era? ;-) Seeing these cars always made me wonder what Dodge was doing so wrong that they couldn't get market share. I know we've discussed it before here.
Boy this one takes me back. I remember being a kid in PA and our comely dentist's assistant had one of these in black with the silver sides and borders. I think it was a 77 or 78 because it had an even more complicated two tone than this.
A friend of mine bought an orange roadrunner like that for $300 back in the 80s. 318 cubic inches of tire shredding power.
The Road Runner I have less of an issue with. I know it's a shadow of it's former self, but I honestly think that Ma Mopar did a pretty good job considering the situation they found themselves in. Lets face it, all performance cars of this era were shadows of their former selves. But the Chrysler Cordoba, a luxo-barge with opera windows, adding a pinstripes and turbine wheel package and calling it a Charger (bad enough already) Daytona (gag me with a spoon) Seriously!? I mean there have been other similar situations, like a 74 Mustang II with a 4 banger being called a Mach 1, but I don't think that's nearly as egregious as this. Again, I like the car in the original post. Just take umbrage with the name.
Finished up the restoration of my 79 300. I am still going to put the factory wheels back on and put the chrome ones on my 74 Monaco Wagon.
Can't disagree, in the least. That and white should have been made mandatory colors. It looks like Chrysler Corporation either fired their previous designer or did their homework, breaking out of their design dark ages beginning in 1966
