http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2016/01/02/four-links-roy-lunn-mod-top-daytona-vintage-snowplows-customized-race-transporters/ via http://www.mooresmopars.com/modtop112.html
One of 3 documented vinyl top Daytonas, and the only Mod Top, during the restoration it was determined conclusively that it was a design team "one of" creation built during the summer of 1969 while the vehicle was converted from an R/ T Charger into a Daytona Charger at Creative Industries.
It is speculated this was done for a show of some type but that has yet to be confirmed, another Daytona with a vinyl top was prepped for a show and that is fully documented. This particular car was sold new in British Columbia Canada at Plimley Dodge with the top installed when it arrived which has been confirmed.
During the restoration Mod Top material was found behind window clips and in places it could only have been placed when the car was being converted into a Daytona.
Further discussions with a design team employee conclusively confirmed that this is Chrysler Built-during the summer of 1969 Mod Top proto type with what most think is the ugliest flowered top pattern Chrysler ever built.
Duncan Mounsey, the staff engineer who created the legendary Mod Top material for the Dodge Design Team during the summer of 1969 in 4 unique colors and just before shipping it he cut 4 small samples off each colored roll and then shipped the 4 rolls of Mod Top material directly to Chrysler.
Mopar Collector's Guide magazine ran aticle on the car in Feb and March 2011.
The car is an SE Daytona one of 14 built with black interior and a white wing.
http://www.mooresmopars.com/modtop112.html
No comments:
Post a Comment