Pie tin color
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Try re-asking your question in the Daytona-Superbird forum.
Red 1968, Orange 1969
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My unrestored early build 69 Charger had/has a red “pie tin.”
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Mine is red; I assumed it was correct. I'll be watching this thread to find out. Build Date: May 15.
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I’m far from a wing car guru, but I would expect to see an orange pie tin on a Daytona.
My earlier post was a response to the “68 cars got red, 69 cars got orange” comment, which is generally true but not an ironclad fact by any stretch of the imagination.
My earlier post was a response to the “68 cars got red, 69 cars got orange” comment, which is generally true but not an ironclad fact by any stretch of the imagination.
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Not a Dodge with a "Magnum" pie tin, but my April build, unrestored '69 GTX I bought from the original owner had a red "Super Commando" tin. It was pretty beat up, so I bought a new one at the dealer for $30. This was in 1991.
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FWIW, according to Paul Herd's Restoration Guide on page 41 it states the tins were red and should read "440 Magnum". I'm assuming you have a 440.
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Yes Have a 440 car was assy on June 7th. I have seen Daytona's with both color's. Been told color change was 1/2 way through the year. But we know how that goes with Mother Mopar. What ever's on the shelve. The Daytona in my shop has been in the owner's fami.ly since 71, and he says he has his has an orange tin. But he took it off years ago and can't find it along with some other parts. So how bout I put 1/2 a red tin and 1/2 an orange tin? Thanks for all the info.
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I posed your question on a winged car forum several days ago. Unfortunately, I only received two responses: "Red".
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It seems later 69 and into 70 and later went to orange.
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It kinda sounds like it doesn't matter, and nobody knows for sure. Orange or red, either could be right.... or wrong.
What color have you got, or can get? That's what I'd use.
What color have you got, or can get? That's what I'd use.
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I solved the problem by having one of each for my '69 GTX. When I finally bought the car, after chasing it for 50 years, it had an orange tin in place, and a new one still in the box. Because I grew up with the car when it was new, I knew for certain that it came with a red one. I was lucky to buy one just before the prices went nuts. It's on the car, but I keep the used orange one in the car for shows if anyone wants to challenge correctness. I sold the new one for enough to buy gas for my last three trips to Carlisle.
Had a similar situation with Baby Blue. I liked the performance of the Holley Street Avenger the previous owner installed, replacing the Carter AVS. I later found one with the correct date code, NOS. Kept it in the trunk, pulled it out if I got nit picked on the presence of the Holley. Finally sold it to @turbine68rt, a couple years ago, added a nice finishing touch to his Charger. He puts it on the car for the Carlisle show field, then removes it for preservation.
Had a similar situation with Baby Blue. I liked the performance of the Holley Street Avenger the previous owner installed, replacing the Carter AVS. I later found one with the correct date code, NOS. Kept it in the trunk, pulled it out if I got nit picked on the presence of the Holley. Finally sold it to @turbine68rt, a couple years ago, added a nice finishing touch to his Charger. He puts it on the car for the Carlisle show field, then removes it for preservation.
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To me. I think the red tins go with the turquoise color engines better than the red tins go with the orange engines and then the orange tins with the orange engines looks best.
Every so often you hear of something that came on a car since new that doesn't quite fit what you would expect to see. Perfect example, a foreman where I used to work ordered a 71 6bbl 4spd Cuda. In the 80's whenever I talked to him about it he referred to it as a "440 Magnum Six Pack". I told him that Plymouth usually referred to it as a 6 barrel. When he finally let me see the car in 1990, sure enough it had the Dodge style decal on the air cleaner lid. I asked when he changed it and he said he had no reason to and that it was on there since the day it came off the delivery truck when he picked it up. He used it from 71-79 and parked it with 19k miles. I still have an old vhs video of the car.I solved the problem by having one of each for my '69 GTX. When I finally bought the car, after chasing it for 50 years, it had an orange tin in place, and a new one still in the box. Because I grew up with the car when it was new, I knew for certain that it came with a red one. I was lucky to buy one just before the prices went nuts. It's on the car, but I keep the used orange one in the car for shows if anyone wants to challenge correctness. I sold the new one for enough to buy gas for my last three trips to Carlisle.
Had a similar situation with Baby Blue. I liked the performance of the Holley Street Avenger the previous owner installed, replacing the Carter AVS. I later found one with the correct date code, NOS. Kept it in the trunk, pulled it out if I got nit picked on the presence of the Holley. Finally sold it to @turbine68rt, a couple years ago, added a nice finishing touch to his Charger. He puts it on the car for the Carlisle show field, then removes it for preservation.
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