Antique & Classic Cars Blog

If you said “Britney Spears,” not only are you wrong, I don’t think you’re taking the quiz very seriously.

The correct answer of course is these little beauties, which Chrysler built 40 years ago to kick the competition’s butt in NASCAR. That’s exactly what the Plymouth Superbird and Dodge Daytona did–so the competition got them banned.

Both belong to my friend Greg Nelsen, and he was kind enough to allow some photographs today for the book I’m working on on unrestored cars. These have both seen a little cleaning up, e.g., paint, but most of the original parts are still there.

Fortunately to reach homologation as “stock” production cars, Chrysler had to build over 2,000 of them. While some were destroyed on the track and elsewhere, and more than a few fakes have been built, these two genuine cars survived.

Just as they were built to do, these cars hunker down the faster you go. Riding in one is FUN.

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