If you are a Mopar nut, you probably know the famous Dodge Charger Daytona. The Dodge Charger Daytona was built specifically for NASCAR races. As you might expect, this car dominated the races back in 1970. However, that isn’t the case with this particular car. This is a real NASCAR race car and it is 1 of 30 made, 1 of 6 left. This car was found in a storage unit in South Carolina and it has a very tragic history.
This car was raced by a man named James Hylton in the beginning. Most of the 426 Hemi engines that were used on the race track had tendencies to explode. After 3 successful races, this car’s driver was changed. The new driver was a racer named Talmadge Prince. If you don’t know by now, the 426 Hemi engines that were put in these cars had tendencies to explode. Those tendencies turned this car into a death trap. It was the 19th lap of the Daytona 500 qualifier when this car’s engine exploded. The engine experienced a major failure and it started leaking oil from everywhere. The oil slick caused the car to go sideways and the impossible happened. The driver named Bill Seifert hid the car head-on, killing Talmadge Prince in the process. After that, the Prince family sold the car to a dealership. When they did that, the car’s position went unknown until now. As you might expect from a race car, the body and the roof aren’t original. Good thing is that the original 426 Hemi race engine is still under the hood. The engine is original and most of the parts are present.
This car is indeed a very significant car in the Mopar community. It has a very interesting and sad history. Most of the history is confirmed by the famous James Hylton. I just hope that the car will end up restored and brought back to its original NASCAR race car glory.
NOTE: THIS FIND IS FROM 2014!
