Building the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

This is the build process of the aerodynamic (esp compared to the opposition) AMT 1/25 scale 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona. And yes, its the third Mopar in a row - the next models up here will be Japanese... The Daytona was Dodge's 1969 Nascar weapon, with which it generally outdid everyone else, particularly as it had an aerodynamic nose section - making the car a fair amount longer - and a wing more suitable to a plane... It was generally unstoppable, particularly as it utilized drum brakes all round!!! Due to outdoing the competition the car was soon outlawed by Nascar, but not before Plymouth did a 'twin', the Superbird, which despite its similar looks, did not share any bodyparts with the Daytona apart from the headlamp buckets! This car's paintscheme was done intentionally to resemble the car from "Joe Dirt", albeit how it would look restored - Shown also in the vid is a General Lee that was done several years back - aside from the obvious differences the two kits were VERY similar to build - well they were the same car to begin with!!! The soundtrack is Queen - "I'm in love with my car" (1975 - vocals by Roger Taylor)

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YouTube | March 9, 2008

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