Dodge Charger Daytona kits, w/ NASCAR chassis??

[fiatboy]

Was the Dodge Charger Daytona ever kitted with a proper NASCAR chassis under it?  You know, roll cage, suspension, engine, wheels/tires, etc., etc.  Thanks

[yellowsportwagon]

1 hour ago, fiatboy said:

Was the Dodge Charger Daytona ever kitted with a proper NASCAR chassis under it?  You know, roll cage, suspension, engine, wheels/tires, etc., etc.  Thanks

No! MPC did do some with a generic racing chassis but that’s as close as it gets. I make my own out of Revell Charger Daytona kits. Not too difficult if you like to scratchbuilt. Here is some in progress pictures I’ll see if I can find some further along pictures.

[yellowsportwagon]

Here is couple more. The dash and rollcage are from a Polar Lights Talledega kit. Fits great to the Charger body.

[magicmustang]

Well, the MPC release of the Richard Brooks Daytona Charger was close. But it does need some corrections.

[yellowsportwagon]

None of the kits ever had the correct frt bars and dabbed K members that the race cars had.

[magicmustang]

7 hours ago, yellowsportwagon said:

None of the kits ever had the correct frt bars and dabbed K members that the race cars had.

Still have my copy of SAE from Oct 1990 which has the article on how Doug Whyte converted a MPC Daytona Charger to a NASCAR version. See the PDF file below. 

whyte daytona charger.pdf

Edited March 24, 2019 by magicmustang

[yellowsportwagon]

1 hour ago, magicmustang said:

Still have my copy of SAE from Oct 1990 which has the article on how Doug Whyte converted a MPC Daytona Charger to a NASCAR version. See the PDF file below. 

whyte daytona charger.pdf

That’s ok but missing the fabbed  K member that Nichels engineering added when they built these cars.

[Force]

Is this the K-member you are talking about?

Here is one from Richard Petty's car.

Under the No 71 K&K insurance car or if it was the No 6 Cotton Owens car.

Edited March 24, 2019 by Force

[yellowsportwagon]

Yes

13 minutes ago, Force said:

Is this the K-member you are talking about?

Here is one from Richard Petty's car.

Another version

Under the K&K insurance car.

Yes

[fiatboy]

Boy, U guys R great...again!

[gtx6970]

On 3/24/2019 at 4:44 AM, magicmustang said:

Well, the MPC release of the Richard Brooks Daytona Charger was close. But it does need some corrections.

This is the closest your gonna kit in out of the box stryene

 

I have one avail if its of interest, still sealed inside

[Dave Van]

Salvinos JR OLDS 442 recent kit has a good Mopar chassis under it. Leaf springs, torsion bars...just needs a HEMI motor. 

[Force]

On 2019-03-26 at 1:14 AM, gtx6970 said:

This is the closest your gonna kit in out of the box stryene

 

I have one avail if its of interest, still sealed inside

One would think the MPC #71 K&K Insurance kit and the #22 Brooks kit would be the same as both are '69 Charger Daytona's and meant to be NASCAR race cars, but no...the K&K Insurance kit has the same basic stock chassis from any of their Charger kits with some bits to make it look more like a race car and the Brooks kit has the generic NASCAR chassis they used on other NASCAR kits...so none are really correct.

The #71 K&K Insurance kit.
https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/1-sort/mpc-dodge-charger-d/

The #22 Brooks kit
https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/nascar/mpc-richard-brooks-/