1969 Dodge Daytona NASCAR Driven by Country Music Legend Marty Robbins

By Dave Ashton

This magnificent 1969 Dodge Daytona beast, driven by country music star and NASCAR driver Marty Robbins, will be coming up for auction at Mecum in Orlando this July. The Daytona owns all the attributes of a bona fides race car, with a 426 Race Hemi V8 engine, custom components, plenty of period photos, and documentation.

If you not familiar with Marty Robbins and his achievements, you can check out his Wikipedia page for a full rundown. Suffice to say, Mr. Robbins competed regularly at Talladega and Daytona International Speedway, with plenty of top 10 finishes, along with being a highly successful recording artist. This particular vehicle ran at the National 500, Charlotte in 1970.

Components Of The Dodge Daytona

There’s a good deal of information with this listing on the Mecum website. There are only brief details about the Daytona’s ownership after the Charlotte race in 1970. The Allisons converted the Daytona to a ’68 Charger to get around the 1971 Aero warrior rules of 1971, then sold the car to Butch Nelson. Neil Bonnett drove the car as a re-bodied 1974 Charger, but the car was crashed in late 1973. After which the listing just says, ‘discovered in 2005.’ At this point, full rotisserie restoration was performed on the car by Ray Evernham’s Big Iron Garage, North Carolina.

Standout features of the car include:
– Ray Barton iron 426 Race Hemi V8 with a factory single 4-barrel intake.
– Rare Holley Dominator carburetor.
– A833 4-speed manual transmission.
– Reinforced Chrysler 8 3/4 floating rear end.
– Nichels chassis with GM-based front suspension.
– Vintage Nichels NASCAR wheels.
– Driver-controlled torsion bar adjuster.

The car was also converted from a Charger 500 to a Daytona for the Charlotte event, converted by Bobby and Eddie Allison.

The Daytona’s paint job is finished in Magenta and Chartreuse(yellow for everyone else), with the number ’42’ commonly used by Mr. Robbins.

As for public appearances, the Daytona was shown in 2019, at the 50th Anniversary of the Daytona, Talladega. Along with being exhibited at the 2019 MCACN show.

Irrespective of the car’s back history, a Hemi Dodge Daytona can fetch a good $250k, even on a bad day. Add in the custom components and celebrity status, and this vehicle could fetch a hefty sum. The car looks in great shape, with a stripped-out racing interior and period-correct engine bay.

Find out more about the 1969 Dodge Daytona NASCAR Driven by Country Music Legend Marty Robbins here.

If you want to handle on current Dodge Daytona, classic.com has a good overview of current trends and recent Daytona sales. As of June 2021 the average sale price of a Dodge Daytona is $253,900, with the lowest sale being $165,000 and the highest at $577,500.

 

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