Back in '97 when i first moved to AR there was a black '69 Firebird in some guys backyard. I saw him cutting his lawn and asked if he would sell it? NO! "I got it." One day i'll fix it up. Then he put a tarp over it. In 2005 i begged him to sell it to me as it deteriorated in his yard. Nope! You gotta see the car now. It's so rusted the front fenders are falling off and the whole car is covered in cancer and it appears he put it up on tree stumps too late so the body looks bent now. Yup, you got it!

"Dodge Charger Daytona rusting away" - it should be against the law!

WHY!?!?!?!? Owner: "I have potentially a $150000+ car at home" Person 2: "Nice! What are you doing with it mate?" Owner: "Just letting it sit out in the weather while it slowly becomes a worthless pile of rust." Person 2: "I don't want to live on this planet anymore."

THIS CAR IS MY DREAMCAR

WOW get that boy restored with new life !! great find and love dodge myself.

This kind of shit pisses me off. It's kind of like going to a funeral. It makes a car guy feel sad.😢

my uncle drove a 69 Hemi Charger Daytona 4 Speed to my Grandpa's funeral, from California to Chicago in 1972, and I will never forget sitting in the front seat with him as a 10 year old kid, and watching him sidestep the accelerator on the Frontage Road next to the freeway in front of the funeral home roasting the tires and speed Shifting the 4 speed as if he was trying to crush the gearbox... it was some of the most amazing noise and acceleration I've ever felt and it made me a Mopar Man forever and it crushes me, absolutely crushes me, to see the exact same kind of car that I remember as being the monster that it was, so neglected.

I bet the craziest thing about is that the car worth good money's sat outside in the rain for years but he keeps a $1000 tractor safe in one of his barns!

idk what it is with those cars ever since I saw one I fell in love with them

Same thing has happened to me. I discovered a 69 Roadrunner sitting in a garage amongst mudd, plants, bushes and other trinkets here in Mexico. Those cars were never originally sold here, so seeing them here is pretty rare. I've insisted about 3 or 4 times in a two-month period and they just won't sell. They come up with all these crazy excuses. The car is in pretty good shape, just the usual rust rot spots here and there. Gosh. Why do people do this to us car lovers? Why do they keep on refusing to sell something they just don't care for?

I hope we see this wonderful machine again someday completely restored.

why are all the beautiful cars so rare and hard to come by...

nice to see it be put away in a safe place and not just left to rot. As always keep up the good work

It sounds like you're dealing with a group of people with limited intelligence and comprehension. The idea being that once the car is too far gone, it's not worth anything. As it sits now, it will take thousands of man hours and dollars to restore properly... Such a shame to see history destroyed by stupid.

Unfortunately this has happened to a lot of them over the years. Back in the 70s I witnessed 2 Hemi cars in junk yards get parted out and years later when I went back down to retrieve them, found they were crushed. Back in the day people didn't worry about vehicles that had been wrecked. Both of the cars I mentioned would be prime candidates for a restore today even if they'd hadn't came from the factory with a Hemi in them. The sad part is one was a convertible and the other one was a aluminum front end drag car. of course the engines were gone. I saved quite a few Mopars in my years in the game. I no longer chase them down. found a nice body that I wanted and stayed with that. Props to the people though that are taking some pretty rough chassis and restoring them

nice to know a mopar enthusiast like you will be able to help preserve a piece of mopar history

Seeing a work of art in this state pains me.

It’s still in really good shape for sitting outside of old barn for years and years

awesome video I don't get why you only have 1500 subs your video are the best of there kind on KZfaq.

All I can say is WOW!

I'll buy it right now

I don"t know how people abandon these gems like that.

Very, very nice car!

she's beautiful

Keep on keeping on man, that car will be yours one day.

awesome Daytona

Friend: Please tell me he is going to do something with it one day... At least get it out of the harsh weather... And *Thank You* for visiting it ever year friend.

good lord, get it out of the elements !!

sorry about the owners passing and hopefully the Daytona will be brought back to its former glory!

Man this is unreal. How rare is that. Won the lotto on this one.

The very first Daytona 500 was basically a hand build and was on display at the 69/70 New York worlds fair. After the fair was over the car was sold to a Dodge dealer, who's name was drawn from a lottery that had all Dodge dealers in North America in it. The car was a 440 automatic with red with white stripes. The very unusual feature of the vehicle is that it was built from a Charger SE that had more luxury options than the final production versions. This car still exists.

Good luck hope you get to restore it one day

squirrels are nesting in the cylinders and the floor must be moss. SO SAD

is there a way to contact the new owner, dude that's awesome !! so much history :) love the car

thats 2015 what about now. is it in the garage yet

What a waste ! that is a 60 or 70K or even more complete frame off resto job that car needs to be in a museum somewhere I owned one back in the 70's I would have ever thought they would be worth so much money today you could buy one back then for 3800.00 this was a great find thanks for sharing.

What motor is in that one? Any word on what they want to do with it? Are they going to restore it or just park it out of the weather?

that is insane!

Did you just stumble upon the car one day and stopped to ask the owners about it? Otherwise, it seems strange they would allow someone to come on their property and take pictures of a car that they consider valuable.

I became friends with a farmer probably about 6 months ago, she was telling me about this one circus dodge she had that her dad drove her around in the 70s, saying it had a factory wing as tall as the car itself. I asked if I could see the and after a week of waiting I went to this field with a whole bunch of other gems and there it was. A blue and black 69 dodge Daytona. After a couple weekends worth of labor I am currently having it and a 67 4 door hardtop impala towed to my house. Problem is with hurricane Florence, it is expected to have a trees fall. I am really stressing because I still need them towed to my place and they’ll be sitting out in the storm. Once they arrive I’ll be making videos on the full restoration

i was jumping up and down watching this

I found a mild condition 68 charger. Little bit of rust. And needs rewireing but it’s ok. Ask if I could buy it, or help restore it... they insist there going to restore it. There my mum

Who leaves a $900,000 car outside tho

that is a good car

Poor legend :'(

UPDATE? Any new info about this car

Did that car end up getting restored?

como pueden abandonar un auto asi!!!!! no puedo entender!!!

What size engine is in it?

It's very sad! I know were another one is rotting away in an apartment complex parking lot! It's a Y7 red white rump stripe black interior 440 727 auto original owner car!!!

Any follow ups on this car?

I believe I heard that Dodge Daytona say "Save me", I just wanna flex my muscles again!!

Were at in Wisconsin??

Any updates?

The funniest thing about this is that if he sold this car, he could buy a completely restored charger 1968/1969/1970 but in the regular version

Is it still sitting in place, or did they let you move it already?

Yo Auto. Any updates about the car man?

That's funny, it's sitting out in the rain and snow and the garage right behind it sits probably a Honda Civic.

Terrible news about the owner. I wish he could have seen it restored, but hopefully had some quality time with his family on the way out. Perhaps a GoFundMe account with some help from your media connections? Would love to see it restored with his signature painted somewhere on the dash.

KEEP IT THIS CAR WON THE FIRST EVER NASCAR RACE

Wish he said how many miles are on the car.

you know it makes me happy to see this car hidden here bc you got assholes that make movies like dukes of hazzard and fast and furious who are destroying these cars so yea

I didn't know story behind these cars because when it came out I didn't have time to research how it was tied to the NASCAR circuit for the Daytona races . I saw a couple of them on the street and didn't know that they could hit 200 mph on the track . It seemed like a cartoon car for the guy that wanted attention from the huge rear wing and side decal SuperBird plus the front nose . I saw one in in Lime Light and the other was Lemon twist and since FORD had the BOSS and MACH 1 decals as Chevy and Mercury dressed up their cars it wasn't odd to see the SuperBird but the Towel rack on the truck look fake.

STILL THERE ?

how much is it worth in that condition?

It's in pretty good shape

it's a crime to leave time such a machine

its starting to rust bad. hope they give it some TLC.

I thought they said they were going to preserve it

What happend to it. Its my dream car

What a great car and If it was for sale I would buy it and if I had the money to

There are lot's of great cars like this rotting away, the owners just will not sell them no matter what.Drives me crazy !!I've tried to buy a few but the owners are usually retired divorced alcoholic farmers. What a horrible waste ,totally depressing......

wow for that price I wish I had the one seen in the video. i would ask at least 120k then settle on an even 100k. To the right person they are worth every bit of it.

esa belleza abandonada cuesta 1 millon de dólares

I get the sentimental part and not wanting to sell to the throngs of flippers out there that just see $$$. But I don't understand leaving it outside ESPECIALLY when there are buildings to store the vehicle.

Hola! Mucho gusto no se como preguntar esto pero... ¿le gustaría vender ese auto en unos años? Tengo 18 años y estoy planeando gener o armar un dodge charger daytona y pues sería mi proyecto muy bueno para mi claro y pues me encantaría comprarlo

I just saw one of these (on KZfaq) in original condition sell for $900,000.

read about this car years ago in hot rod magazine family won't sell it I'll find the magazine and post.it.

did you get the car?

Oh no kidding kool stuff.

2016 ?

It took me forever to fine my charger, but it was just like this one. Just wasting away

No doubt the owner was "gonna fix it up one of these days". How many times has that been said when asking an owner about a car thats just slowly deteriorating but not for sale.

The big question everyone is asking, does it run?

would they take a large cash buy on this if so i would love to be the one to bring a legend like that back to life.

is it for sale!!!

Clean the worthless junk out of the garage bay that sits 1 foot behind the car. And don't let anyone get hurt when you go to open that garage door. Those are heavy and will probably break/fall apart. Also the lift assist springs will break and fly off somewhere like shot out of a gun. At least its a start though.

BOY if you ever want to see a car guy tear up just watch this video.

SOMEBODY BUY AND RESTORE THIS RARE CHARGER!

That's sad...... the iMac, that is...... (lol) Hey, that bad boy has the Magnum 500 wheels worth a pretty penny by themselves, despite being deadly.

the problem with these deals is that the owner will see a 100 point Hemi car sell at Barret Jackson for $900,000 so they think this should bring at least $800,000

who in their right fucking mind lets a six figure car rust away??!?!!? At the least they could've kept that shit in a garage or rental storage

missing picture 2016

yes they have a beautiful car that Daytona is awesome too bad they turned into the people who have it and always dream of doing something with it the only thing that's going to happen to that car is sit there and rot to hell and that's a damn shame for a car like that that's what happens when these valuable pieces end up in dreamers hands if you go by that farm 10 years from now it will still be there but even more rested and more and more of a junk

What a shame

So can you explain the difference between letting a car rot were no one will see it and putting soo much money into it that you are scared to drive it, so you put it in a collection were no one will see it? either way the car never will get to be enjoyed!!!

It looks very Solid ..Can't see any Rot

A lot of guys bought these cars in the '70's and '80's when they weren't worth much. They pigeon holed them away with grand plans of restoring them. Those guys have gotten old now and are steadily dying out and then their heirs sell the cars. I'm glad because it's a shame to see them degrading. I found a '69 Charger 500 setting in a guy's field with a '69 Charger R/T and a couple of misc. Mopars. They are rusting away and he won't sell them. He has "Big plans" for them. I hope he sells them before they are nothing but VIN's and titles, lol!

still there..omg

Why leave it out ?!!! Save it !!!