please forgive this hijack, but i've been meaning to ask you for a long time now. the front "bumper" on your daytona, what was the source for that, or is it custom fabbed ? reason i'm asking, was during that time frame, pa. was really picky about having "bumpers" on ALL vehicles, and the daytona/superbird nosecones were a problem. TIA !
The wingcars were faced with 2 issues for the 1970 model year, front bumpers and the elimination of vacuum motor operated headlights to meet federal safety standards, some States did indeed try to prevent the sales of wing cars...
ALL the 70 Superbirds were completed by Dec 69 to help them slip by the 70 regulations, although they were fitted with a front rubber "bumper" strip
regarding vehicles like mine, there were only 3 1970 Daytonas built back in the day, all 3 where outfitted with some sort of custom fabbed bumper, the Plum Crazy 70 Daytona had a set of 63-7 Corvette bumpers modified to fit the nose, the owner removed them in the late 70's when repainting the car, the F6 Daytona and the B5 Daytona wore the same "loop" style front bumper to comply with 70 bumper standards back in the day, the $64,000 question is still when, who, why the 70 Daytonas were built
Here's a few current and vintage pics...
mike
