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P5BNij said:
aeropilot said:
P5BNij said:
I never thought I'd ever see a yank outdo a Miura at the auctions, that '69 Daytona Hemi is bonkers money!
It's not exactly an unusual occurrence...!!They made over 900 Miura's after all.......they are relatively speaking, ten a penny.
They only made 22 x 4-speed Hemi powered Charger Daytona's.
And at the Mecum auction back in January the legendary Hirohata '51 Mercury sold for nearly double the Daytona price, when it sold for $2.145m......and at the same auction, the prototype '65 Shelby GT350R sold for $3.75m.......
Its all about torque.
V8's make loads of torque at low rpm's...
So very low gearing will always work well with a V8 at around 3000rpm.
But a smallblock V8 'in the same car' will probably get an extra 5mpg approx...
Just think of all the money Roger Bannister has saved with his 69 318 Charger?
He still has his after 30 years and I sold my 440 R/T many moons ago lol...
V8's make loads of torque at low rpm's...
So very low gearing will always work well with a V8 at around 3000rpm.
But a smallblock V8 'in the same car' will probably get an extra 5mpg approx...
Just think of all the money Roger Bannister has saved with his 69 318 Charger?
He still has his after 30 years and I sold my 440 R/T many moons ago lol...
Ever heard of CVVC?
Mr. Honda (Japan) reconfigured a 350 Chevy engine to run to modern EPA emissions in 1973!
Clever them japs with no loss of power.
David Vizard says he can get a V8 to run 100mpg with a variable venturi carb!
No one ever listens to the smart guys...
Do we want MPG or Street CRED!!!
Mr. Honda (Japan) reconfigured a 350 Chevy engine to run to modern EPA emissions in 1973!
Clever them japs with no loss of power.
David Vizard says he can get a V8 to run 100mpg with a variable venturi carb!
No one ever listens to the smart guys...
Do we want MPG or Street CRED!!!
aeropilot said:
P5BNij said:
aeropilot said:
P5BNij said:
I never thought I'd ever see a yank outdo a Miura at the auctions, that '69 Daytona Hemi is bonkers money!
It's not exactly an unusual occurrence...!!They made over 900 Miura's after all.......they are relatively speaking, ten a penny.
They only made 22 x 4-speed Hemi powered Charger Daytona's.
And at the Mecum auction back in January the legendary Hirohata '51 Mercury sold for nearly double the Daytona price, when it sold for $2.145m......and at the same auction, the prototype '65 Shelby GT350R sold for $3.75m.......
Another memorable on the road experience was coming back from the NEC show a few years ago, between Cov and Rugby on the A45 three GT40 replicas thundered past me, the noise was incredible
Gtxxjon said:
I'll take this one please.....ex-Otis Chandler collection, and a 4-speed Hemi car as well Actually it was this car that held the record as highest price Daytona at $900k, when it was auctioned a few years back, until the F8 green car smashed that record at the weekend.
Edited by aeropilot on Tuesday 24th May 16:20
some bloke said:
This is a genuine, dual quad, 425hp, 409 sitting in the front of one of my favourite '32 Fords in the UK, Gary McCormack's Washington Blue 5w coupe.
P5BNij said:
On the off chance I can go I've just bought a ticket for that MITCAR show in Derbyshire, it's a tenner per car rather than per person so if I can't go it's not so bad. Hoping to go in the Maser though, I've just checked my slush fund and I think there's enough in there to get it tuned up and MOTd in time. I've just ordered another period steering wheel for the Mini so I can transfer the Nardi wheel into the Maser.
If the 430 goes, what's next on your shopping list.... another yank or something European and mildly exotic...?
I never thought I'd ever see a yank outdo a Miura at the auctions, that '69 Daytona Hemi is bonkers money! As GTX says I doubt if the new owner will use it in anger, a pity really - in the parallel universe where I could afford a 1m Miura or LP400 Countach I'd still want to use them, no matter what their 'value' is.
Really happy to keep the 430 ,haven't had any time behind the wheel to bond with it,If the 430 goes, what's next on your shopping list.... another yank or something European and mildly exotic...?
I never thought I'd ever see a yank outdo a Miura at the auctions, that '69 Daytona Hemi is bonkers money! As GTX says I doubt if the new owner will use it in anger, a pity really - in the parallel universe where I could afford a 1m Miura or LP400 Countach I'd still want to use them, no matter what their 'value' is.
nippers done all the mileage , I've probably covered less than 200 miles in it out of the 2,000 miles it's
covered with us in bit over 4 years
but it seems such a waste and it's in a high road tax group and it's not old enough for classic insurance ,
Want to get the GTB back on the road and while the 430 there i won't get round to it.
Got a short list ,1 english and 2 yanks ,will only buy 1 out of the 3 otherwise i'm back to
storage problem again .
Collecting Cars said it would go live today ,as they already have all the details and photo's it
can jump the queue but just had a look and it's not on yet.
rat rod said:
aeropilot said:
This is a genuine, dual quad, 425hp, 409 sitting in the front of one of my favourite '32 Fords in the UK, Gary McCormack's Washington Blue 5w coupe.
Bloody hell how does he keep that hopping into the hedges 
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