I went to go see the Red on Red Daytona, I have talked to the gentleman who currently owns the Q5 500, but i dont think he is wanting to sell it. I told him if anywhere down the road he decides to sell it to keep me in mind. He is currently restoring his Lemon Twist Yellow 6 pac superbird also.

Man John, this is an incredible post!

OK, it may have already been covered, but whatever happened to Radke's old hemi Daytona that Maremont used in an ad in the late 70's? That was the Petty Blue one w/red wing. Has someone posted the picture of this ad yet? Radke sent it to me a while ago.

How about his two latest (& former) hemi Daytonas that he sold 10 years ago or so? I was at his house in Buena Park & saw them both - a red one & a white one. One manual & one auto. There was a pair to draw to!

Eric, there sure is a lot of cool stuff in this thread, ain't there? I know Radke's Daytonas were covered to some extent but I don't think anyone posted any pics of em. Did ya say you were gonna scan in the Maremont ad and post it on here? And I know ya took pics of the red and white Hemi cars where you were out there and you're gonna post them too right???

The wingcar post is still breathing.My friend visited and has pictures of the 2 apart hemi daytonas on J Radke.The orange blue ad car was Pete Hadlimans earlier I believe

Here is some new fresh meat for y'all. Back in 1976, as we were travelling to Talladega for the 2nd wing car meet, we were driving down US 41 in Kentucky - and over the CB, some one says, "Hey did you see those Birds back there?" We laughed about it thinking it was a joke. The reply came back, "No there is a yard full of Superbirds back there!" So we stopped and turned around, and sure enough, there were four wing cars in the yard. Turns out they were owned by Mike Zachary and his father.

Fast forward to 1984, Moparts member Fastmark was on the hunt for a Bird and travelled to Kentucky to see the legendary Zachary collection. Mike and his dad had expanded the collection and bought a ton of wing cars at what would have been considered very high prices for the time. The thought was that they would make out well on them down the line. They were right! The only problem was the cars sat outside for a long time.

Mark sent these photos in back in 1984, and here they are from the DSAC archives...

Mark says that when he arrived, he gazed in wonder at the graveyard of vehicles. A nose here, a wing poked up there, etc. All in all, nice wing cars were nestled in among the flock.

First off is a yard overview with a '70 Runner 'vert.

Here is the Bird that Mark eventually bought. He described it as the nicest one of the bunch there - although by Texas standards, it was too rusty. He later sold this car and bought a rust free example. This one is a 440 4V auto.

At the time, the offer on the table was for five Birds for 25k. Mark bought just the one.

Bird #2 was B5 with the nose and hood off and stored someplace. It was hit on the left quarter and the hood was ruined by a scoop. At the time, Mark felt it was about a $1000 parts car.

Bird #3 was missing a hood, scraped down the right side. Mark said the nose had a lot of bondo. But this one had the only non-rusted quarter in the entire yard.

As you can see, the cars are kind of strewn all over the property. At some point later, I think Mike did get the collection under cover.

Car #4, a green Daytona - check out the flame job. Rusty in the quarters but had a very good nose.

Car #5, a white Daytona had the same rust, but not as nice in the nose area.

The cars from here on out belonged to Mike's father. Car #6, a white Bird was not in good shape at all, rusty, multiple color changes with a poor nose.

The Tor-Red Bird, car #7 had a nose with lots of bondo, multiple color changes and rust.

Wow Doug, way cool pics! I remember stumbling across Mike Zachary late one Sunday night in 1989 while scouring the Tennessee and Kentucky countryside for Mopars. Man, some of them cars were rough. The years of sitting outside off pavement sure weren't kind to them cars. Do you have any idea how many wingers Mike still has today? Maybe he has a Daytona project car for Danny???

Car #8, a Bird had a pretty good nose, but rusty quarters, doors. Mike's dad said that in 1981, he traded a 79 Thunderbird and cash for the car.

The bottom photo is car #9, the best Bird Mike's dad had. But it too had some rust. At the time Zachary's dad quoted Fastmark $10k for the worst Bird and $15k for the best one. Translated, "I don't want to sell."

Fastmark said that Mike and his daad were both nice guys. Both were very proud of their collection.

I have several memeories of seeing a pack of 'birds and 'tonas cruising around the backroads in Waukesha county (near Hartland I think?). Thanks for the great memories guys!

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Well thanks for getting me into Mopars!

I lived on Hwy JJ....



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