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1969 Nascar Dodge Daytona Jet Turbine Resto-mod on 2040-cars

Year:1969 Mileage:123567 Color: Flat Black
Location:

Hesperia,CA, United States

Hesperia,CA, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Custom Daytona Marine gearcase
Body Type:Coupe
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:MULTI-FUEL
Engine:Lycoming LTS-101 Jet Turbine
For Sale By:Private Seller
VIN: XP29F8B454119 Year: 1969
Make: Dodge
Model: Charger
Trim: DAYTONA-NASCAR Resto-Mod !
Drive Type: Custom
Number of Doors: 2
Mileage: 123,567
Warranty: Unspecified
Exterior Color: Flat Black
Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ... 



Here's how it is:

This auction is for a Custom NASCAR Dodge Daytona Charger done in the Resto-Mod style.

The Car will be street-legal.

Anything is possible-
options can certainly be discussed.

The 1969 Dodge Daytona was the First Car to attain 200mph Lap Speed on a Closed-Course.

Dodge built only 503 of these cars so as to meet current NASCAR homologation rules at the time.

Mopar was working on Turbine engines for the street at the time.

Unfortunately,
these programs never converged.

So,
I am building The Car that they should have built.

Obviously,
Bill France could never have handled the Turbine Concept-
he was afraid of losing control to Detroit as it was and quickly killed off the Wing Cars.

This Car starts with a rust-free 1968 318 Charger.

The Nose is metal and trimmed in the NASCAR style.

The Wing is an AUTHENTIC Daytona Wing with matching authentic supports.

They are reinforced as were the original race cars.

The wheels are period-correct NASCAR wheels with Mickey Thompson high-speed street tires.

The doors will be welded shut&filled unless the customer prefers opening doors.

The rear window is done as Cotton Owens did-
it is flat glass.

The important part of the chassis the ultra-rare "2x2 Drop"-
is done as the Teams did then.

The torsion bars are custom-made and the cage&chassis structure are period correct to that era.

THIS IS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO DRIVING A NASCAR RIDE FROM THE GLORY DAYS!

If you want a 426 Hemi(or bigger) that is certainly possible but will be extra.

Jet Turbines are essentially a Jet engine hooked up to a transmission.

Most commonly used in ALL serious helicopters,
they have also been used in numerous other applications,
including boats,ships,trains,trucks,planes,motorcycles,generators,pumps,compressors and....
CARS!

The engine that I have chosen is a Lycoming LTS-101,
the same engine used in Jay Leno's Eco-Jet car.

This one is faster because it is lighter and set to higher RPM's and a taller rear gear ratio.

I was centrally involved with building Jay Leno's Jet Bike
(AKA The Y2K)
please contact me for more information on this if you are interested.

The Lycoming makes more HP and Torque (and turns 9,500rpms on the output shaft!)
than the original race-prepped 426 Hemi's.

It is lighter(243lbs.) and has a Forward/Neutral/Reverse Daytona Marine gearbox.

This motor is multi-fuel and will run Jet A,Kerosene,Diesel,Bio-Diesel,etc.

The control system is very simple and drives like an automatic transmission.

NO radiator or fan!

I can go on to great lengths about the drivetrain and the heritage of this Car but I would prefer to discuss this with serious parties.

I AM SORRY BUT I WILL NOT TELL ANYONE HOW TO BUILD THE 2x2 Drop Chassis.

I will not help build counterfeit cars and pass them off as real.

I build these cars as Resto-Mod street/race cars and they are meant to be driven&raced-
NOT passed off as museum pieces.

There are almost NO NASCAR Wing Cars left.

Right now,
I want to finish and sell this car and produce composite bodies,reproduction aluminum Wings 
AND
build a Winston Cup version full-tube chassis of these cars,street-legal,
to be made available with either 
Pistons 
OR
Turbines.

I will finish this Car,
regardless,
and the price goes up as she is completed.

The motorcycles sold for $185,000-
we built 17 of those.

This is a test-
NOT a distress sale.

Will trade for cash-
otherwise NO TRADES!

The pix show this car under construction,several famous vintage NASCAR Daytonas,
some boats that used this same engine that we built,
the motorcycle,the Turbine Outboard(which is also available)that features the same Jet Turbine engine as the motorcycle
and our Rocket Car.

landspeedrecordrocketcar.com

The steering wheel for this car is almost 100 years old and is a Vintage Bonneville wheel
that started out in one of Henry's original Model T's.

Speaking of which,
The Car comes standard in any color you want...
as long as it is flat black.

Anything else will cost extra.

Personally,
as far as I am concerned,
custom paint is for trailer queens.

This is no trailer queen.

In 1971,
Charlie G. took one of the originals to 243mph at the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea,MI.

NO Turbo,
NO Supercharger,
NO Nitrous.

Just normally aspirated-
carbureted.

That's STILL Fast!

This Car is faster. 

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NHTSA investigating Ram 1500 models for rear differential failure

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2013 Dodge Dart gets all Moparized

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