Ride in a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona 426 Hemi ? Why Not! - My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

This is not a car. It's art.

Seeing this car driving on the streets with other cars as opposed to at a car show is like seeing a Lion in the jungle (it's natural habitat) and not in the zoo.

What a car! And to think that dealers had a difficult time selling them.

There are just no cars like MoPaRs, the true #1 original all American badass, period....

Thanks Lou, keep the Mopars coming.

:32 - he said four speed Hemi Cuda... ummm noooo I'm pretty sure it's a Hemi DODGE DAYTONA...

What an awesome blast from the past! This is the car that set the first 200 mile per hour lap in NASCAR and forced them to change the rules so that the rest of the auto world could keep up. The owner is just a super cool guy. He's a big kid with his million dollar toy our hot rodding around. If I had the money to own one it WOULD NOT be locked up in some show room or storage. It would be on the road, a rolling automotive history lesson, a work of art, for everyone to see. Great job Lou!

BEST CAR EVER ! HELLO FROM RUSSIA!

I'm a mopar guy so I love these collab videos you do with Tom especially the ride alongs. This guy has a serious mopar collection.

wow. just wow. i rarely see one of these actually driving.. just sitting in showrooms.

The most beautiful car I've seen in my life

That was excellent! My blood pressure sky rocketed just watching that video. I LOVE those Winged Warriors! I have a Superbird wing in my shop, now to find the rest of the car. It wouldn't look right on my 68 Charger. Thanks Lou and thank you Tom! That was my neck of the woods back in the 60's and 70's. Thanks again!

Wow , I was raised on the street . I went to that school on southport from 1966 to 1970. You guys pulled over in front of my house on southport. This was great . Car and all. Thanks

What a Beauty!!! I hope to see it at some Chicago Area Car Shows.

Wow! Beautiful mopar! Kudos to the owner for actually driving the car thru heavy traffic!

Even if I rode in the back seat of this legend. You would have to rip me out of it. I would never want to leave this slice of Heaven.

Seeing that Daytona on the street what a treat, thanks Tom and Lou!

First off - BEAUTIFUL & badass Daytona. Secondly - I would NEVER take a car like that for a ride through a city like Chicago, or any other big city! And you are right - nobody there would care if you were driving a Honda Elefent, or a Hemicuda convertible with 3 miles on the odometer, much less a Hemi Daytona. Neither would anybody in my neighborhood - sign of the times. A neighbor would more likely come over to check out a new Soul than a car like a Daytona. (I think the Daytona would generate comments like "what an idiot" or "look at that circus wagon" in my neighborhood). Most people are dead on their feet anymore. What a shame.

Excellent and thanks for posting your video(s)! Love those Dodge & Plymouth Wing Cars!

THIS DAYTONA IS MY ULTIMATE DREAM MOPAR!!!!!! It's black w/white rump stripe and a Hemi!!!!!!!!!

My first car was a 383 '69 Roadrunner with a 4:10 rear, 4 speed with the console just like the one in the video. I loved the look of the console and that long curved Hurst shifter but I remember the shifter was not all that tight . Regardless a bad ass ride and a lot of fun. My first "should have kept it" car! Sold it around 1986 for $2000 with under 60,000 miles. I worked in a plating shop and had the grill anodized gold and the emblems plated with solid gold. It looked pretty sharp with the black lacquer paint job. I would hazard a guess there's never been another with that color scheme.

Thanks for the ride.

Fun video ! Thanks Lou and Tom!!

Living in England, muscle cars are very rare, I’ve only ever seen 1 in my whole life on the road so videos like these are so cool for me

Thats an insane car holy i love it

A beautiful machine!! love it. I wouldn't want to be driving it through Chicago tho but it isn't my car sooo lol...

Dude seems like a cool guy amazing cars

This is a great guy to drive that thing around Chicago. That car could easily pull a million dollars.

Love those Hemi '69 Daytona's, A real masterpiece there, But I lean towards the '70 Superbird, And you've had some nice videos of those as well.

Thanks. I spent more than several times driving around Chicago on days like this visiting my Daughter/ Grandaughters In Wrigleyville....Interestingly this would be a little more fun in Montana, where we just relocated to (East Helena), though some areas have Some Speed signs for “speed Limits”.......:)........

that being said after owning three roadrunners a 69 Super Bee and a 69 sport satellite I can only drool over this Hemi car... the closest I ever got was my uncle driving one to my Grandpa's funeral in 1972 when I was 10, and it was the first ride I ever got in a Hemi 4-speed and it is something I will never forget... it was green with a white wing and it said Daytona on the side and it was beyond killer

I could watch videos of a car like this just going around town all day.

Smart man to not ride the clutch . Too many new drivers with a manual stick will rest their foot on the pedal waiting the go into 1st at a red light when it turns green . Holding the pedal down at idle is also bad because it wears out the Throw Bearing which is usually under load for a few seconds at a time. Back around 1972 a friend of mine spent time near LA in the Summer vist the grandmother. He told me about the Hemi's at the drag strips and how he saw a 1970 Hemi cuda on the street that was doing about 30 and when the driver floored it the tires broke traction .

That was fun to watch though nerve racking. I live near Chicago and am downtown a lot and the traffic is maddening! I'd be scared stiff to drive that wonderful rare car down there!

Wow. Stunning ultra rare car.

Dude, you stopped in the middle of the road. What the hell is wrong with you?

loves his cars,does this guy.

C'mon Lou that must of been one of your favorite car moments ever!!

Ive seen two of these cruising in the valley I believe one was a daytona and the other a superbird. They looked mint.

TOM AND HEMI DAYTONA! WHAT A COLLECTION OF MOPARS!

Love the color on this one all of the ones with 440's in them are cool as hell but it's something about that 426 Hemi in one of these that just gives it that true Mystique in my opinion. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Fantastic !!

Correct me if am wrong. I heard stories about 1969 dodge charger daytona hemi cars were notorious for overheating in trafffic. But still a very beautiful car and this car is special. I like it for the fact that its a hemi car and not only that these cars were homologation cars that required to meet a certain number of cars had to be built and sold in order for the 1969 dodge charger daytona race cars to be allowed to compete and race in nascar.

What a car!

Thanx man, hell yeah, Mopar or no car (or truck.) I love my Hemi Ram

1965 Ford Falcons and 1969 Dodge Daytonas are my two favorite Muscle cars!

Autobahn ready ! :D

That is such a lovely car

Omg! Im in love!

I'm mindblown... One of my dream mopars. I'd be lucky enough to just get a ride in a daytona...

BEAUTIFUL!

U guys are having way too much fun. I hate the new chargers they look nothing like the old ones, it really is shame but the new challengers looks like the old ones. My sister just bought one and I am rebuilding my 1970 Oldsmobile with a 455. I always loved dodge muscle cars. Thanks for the awesome video.

That's the stuff :) - Subbed

Great ride!

That is cool! Sweet! Wish I could afford one!

I love this car

beautiful car.

I thought there were Mr. Submarine locations in Chicago.

dream car right here

oh my! nothing like a hemi sound!

That thing is BEGGING to get out on the open highway....

I love your car .absolutely amazing .

Interestingly, I drove many years around Chicago visiting Daughter in Wrigleyville ( W Cornelia).....frankly, need to drive that around Montana ( Helena area) ; not in Winter ....... Anyways fun times... We do miss Lakeshore, Cubs, and Art Institute , ETC....& Friends.interesringly, spent to much time in Southport Traffic.......:(

lucky to get a ride in such a great car

nice to get a ride in one. needs to be on a better road where you can open it up

Nice!

You guys are crazy driving that car around those streets. Are you trying to wreck the car!!!??? OMG!!!

BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC, CAR😁😁😁😉👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👌

wow 4 speed now were talken ...!!! id be scared to death to drive that in the city ...

hey lou can you make a video on people's reaction to classic muscle car? i think that's a good car content on youtube, most car spotter/youtuber are focus on modern supercars

Yes

Badass car, but I would've liked a longer video on a more open road.

Tom did a burnout in front of that white challenger, kool

I believe it was in 1969 that the Daytona won the Talladega while the FORD Talladega won the Daytona 500 . Dodge ran the Charger 500 in the Daytona but didn't have that lower drag that the FORD had....then they ran the Superbird in 1970 with Pete Hamilton at the wheel for the Win that day .

Bad to the bone. I love it.

That Beast needs the open road its a shame to be driving this in that city!

Looks good black!

Amazing car...😮

The Daytona is arguably better than the Superbird in a sense, that it's more functional vs. Superbird being more styling oriented. I mean, the Daytona's functionality accounts only for 2mph extra at the top speed, but hey, if the nose cone and the wing are for a reason, why not have it perfect. Of course, nobody is going to drive the Daytona at 200mph on street tires. However, at around 120mph, the aero features might be working already, making the car not only more planted to the road, but also giving it some directional stability. That's what the wing's height is for, the directional stability. One thing I don't understand though is the purpose of a burnout. If it really were to warm tires, maybe it would be fine. But can warm up tires more gradually by driving car a little bit. I mean, a burnout puts unnecessary abuse on the clutch mounts and the drive train, unless the clutch mounts are so strong on the Daytona, that it doesn't really matter. I prefer the American cars to the European, however, it seems that the owners of the European exotics seem to be more considerate of their equipment, making the car warm up properly before making it fully breathe. The rather crude handling of this beautiful Daytona make me feel as the value of the car drops down considerably with every single burn-out done.

This is my dream car. Sucks that there never gonna make anymore.

If I got the chance to be in a Hemi Daytona I might have called it a Rambler due to being so excited.

Another Beautiful MOPAR MUSCLE From TOM's Collection.Tom,Ask Him Next Time U See Him,If Any Company Ever Come Up With A Tri Power Intake for the 3 Two' S , O A HEMI ,Like Dodge Made for the 440' s.Never Seen One @ A Car Show or Ever Heard of One.Realize their Was A 2, Four Barrel Set Up,For the Hemi,But Never Seen or Heard of a 3,Two Barrel Set Up, Strange That , If Their Wasn't That Set Up.M ay Have Had Something to Do With the HEMI Heads ?

My dream car in my early teen days.

Beauty ride brother. She sounds like it's time to blow some carbon out, I-94 at 2 am? DRIVE IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT! mopar or no car.

Bad ass charger

bad ass Daytona ,and the guy doing the video calls it a cuda and the driver never said a word.🤦‍♂️

Yes please

you didn't check tire pressures on that caliber of car? how's the oil level? coolant level?

Love IT

Incredible car! Cars just get much rarer than this one. In my lifetime, I only ever saw one in someones garage. The trouble is these cars are worth so much now, only the super wealthy can afford them. Plus, being worth so much it becomes nerve racking just to drive them on public roads. Kudos to the folks that do. These cars were meant to be driven.

Thats the way they all should have been built.

wheel cylinders may be leaking because the brakes keep locking up.

Imagine that in England ? You lucky Dog!

Nice!!)

rarer than a superbee, pretty sure it was a daytona richard petty took to 200mph, he slayed everyone else that year so bad that the rules were changed the next year. hemi power still dominated for a good decade

It's all good

Beautiful piece of machinery! But what confuses me...was it possible to get the Hemi Daytona without tachometer? Sounds crazy.

Dam he's lucky 😎🔥

$750,000 car Pretty cool

i cringed when he said hemi cuda...