A very special Dodge Daytona 500

Well, it was good enough to get banned ....


like so many other Chrysler cars and engines,

so it has a beauty that's more than skin deep.

If you can't beat it, ban it.

--
C.L. "Budd" Cochran
Pray for the Obama administration: Psalm 109:8
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"Hambone" > wrote in message
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> wrote:
>> (Car Lust) - the Plymouth Superbird was only made for 1970 and the Dodge
>> Daytona 500's year was 1969. Each car was made for one model year so that
>> the car could compete in NASCAR races with the pointed nose and rear
>> wing/spoiler, both designed by NASA. These aerodynamic additions and
>> others to the car body gave it quite an advantage over lesser rounded
>> cars of this vintage. The rear wing was very sturdy--there are even
>> photos of a man sitting on top of it just to prove its rigidity.
>>
>> But what makes this particular car so special is not its condition or
>> rarity. Nope, it's special because it is one of only two Dodge Daytona
>> 500s left on the planet that are still in the possession of their
>> original owners...
>>
>> Continued: http://xrl.us/DD500
>>
>
> Besides the Honda Element, I've *always* thought that that was *the*
> *dumbest*, *ugliest* looking vehicle ever made.
>
> --
> Hambone