I think the first Daytonas were shipped to dealerships late-August 1969
Daytona used '70 Charger hood & modified '70 Charger fenders
Superbird used modified '70 Coronet hood & modified '70 Coronet fenders
the only part in common for the conversion to Daytona or Superbird are the pop-up headlight buckets
I'm thinking the Daytona were designed, made and rush to be sold later in 1969 based on the 1969 Charger 500 not being as fast as the Ford and Mercury in the early part of the NASCAR racing year in 1968/1969.
If they were sold new in August of 1969 they would have been sold as the1970 model year like all the rest of the cars made and sold that year
I've heard and been told that Richard Petty wanted to switch to Dodge in 1969 based on the Charger 500 cars and was told no by Mopar, so he switched and raced Fords that year.
