Record-Setting $1.32 Million Dodge Hemi Daytona Up For Auction
It wants its record back.
A 1969 Dodge Hemi Daytona that was auctioned for $1.32 million in 2022, which was the highest price ever paid for the model at the time, is about to cross the auction block again.
The green over green car is one of 22 Hemi Daytonas that were sold with a four-speed manual transmission and is believed to be the most highly optioned example. It will be up for bids at the Mecum Auctions Monterey event on August 17.
The Daytona was based on the Dodge Charger and built to homologate its radical aerodynamic design for NASCAR racing, from which it was quickly banned.
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The fully restored car coming up for sale has its original 426-cubic-inch engine, Hurst shifter, Tic-Toc-Tach, power everything, AM/8-track radio, wood steering wheel, a 4.10 Dana 60 9.75 Sure Grip rear end and the Max Cooling Package. It’s the only one with a C6G Green vinyl interior and has a black-painted rear wing.
A total of 503 Daytonas were built. Most had the 440-cubic-inch Magnum V8 and just 70 were ordered with the Hemi, with the majority going for the automatic transmission option.
One of the other four-speed Daytona’s broke the auction record in 2023 when it went for $1.43 million at the Mecum Auctions Kissimmee, Fla. event.
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That copper metallic car had previously been owned by Los Angeles Times owner Otis Chandler, NFL Hall of Famer Kevin Greene and actor David Spade, who bought it for a then-record $900,000 in 2015.
Spade had an affection for the model, as he drove a beat-up Daytona in the comedy film “Joe Dirt.” However, movie car was originally a standard Dodge Charger, which had been modified to look like a Daytona for the movie.
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Nevertheless, even that car has appeal among collectors and was auctioned this April for $330,000.
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