Side. The wing is 23 inches tall and the nose cone adds 18 inches to the car.

1969

Dodge Charger Daytona

Built so Dodge could win at Daytona, and homologated by selling just enough of them to the public.

What it costs

$610 per day · 100 miles included · fuel included

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Mileage

100 miles a dayIncluded in the rate— Add 150 miles a dayFor a long route or a two-state day$45/day

Damage cover

Standard$7,500 deposit held, released in 5 days— Reduced excessDeposit drops to $500$65/day

Collection

From the garage2461 Bellevue St, Detroit— DeliveredAnywhere inside Wayne County$120

Total for 2 days —

Refundable deposit of — held separately on the same card. Fuel is included — the car leaves full and comes back full at our expense, because we would rather fill it ourselves than argue about it.

Every figure we hold on this car.

Engine440 cu in Magnum V8Original block, rebuilt in-house.

Output375 hpGross, as rated when new. Modern net figures would read lower.

Torque480 lb-ftWhich is what you actually feel.

TransmissionTorqueflite 3-speed automatic

BrakesFront discs, rear drumsRead the braking note before you drive it.

BodyTwo-door aero coupe

Seats4Lap belts only. No child seat anchor points.

Curb weight3,900 lb

0–60 mph5.9 secPeriod road-test figure, not ours.

FinishRally Green, nose cone and wing as built

Daily rate$610100 miles a day included. Fuel included.

Deposit$7,500Refundable, released within five working days.

The nose cone and the rear wing are not decoration and they were not an option package. NASCAR required a manufacturer to sell a version of the car to the public before it could race it, so Dodge built a run of winged road cars in 1969 for exactly that reason. It was the first stock car to run 200 mph.

It is the rarest and most valuable thing in this building by a long way, and it is the only car we will not rent to a first-time customer. That is not exclusivity — it is that the wing makes the rear of the car behave differently at speed and the nose changes how it turns in.

What it's like to drive

Extraordinarily stable at speed and slightly odd below it. The nose cone is long enough that you place the car differently, and you will misjudge curbs for the first ten minutes. Then it becomes the best thing you have ever driven.

The one thing that will surprise you

The wing is 23 inches tall so it will not go through a standard garage door opening backwards, and it is the reason the rear visibility is what it is. Take a friend for parking.

Take it somewhere worth going.

We keep five routes written up, with the distances, the surfaces and where to stop. The Woodward run is the obvious one. The lake road is the better one.

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