1969 Dodge Charger Daytona. Do I really need to point out that big wing?
These two winged Mopar Aero Cars headed up the collection of Music City Mopar Club cars at the 2018 Nashville Auto Fest car show.
After its restoration, the 1969 Dodge Charger Nuremberg Daytona has had an eventful and happy existence. As of this writing, the restoration has been completed for several years. During this time it was revealed at the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals in Chicago, awarded at the Keeneland Concours, and Trump Concours, appeared on several episodes of Power Nation and was picked as a nominee for the top 10 muscle cars by Detroit Muscle Car TV, featured on Uncle Tony’s Garage plus a Best in Show and many more! Best of all it has been a dream to attend the Aero Car Reunions with other owners.
For the 27th year, the Nashville Auto Fest was held at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. This indoor show is much like an ISCA (International Show Car Association) show but is an independent show of extremely high quality. It was a very difficult year in 2018 since the load in day was part of a traffic snarling snow storm. The area had been in a deep freeze for weeks and the snow brought schools to a close for a solid week. Once the weather broke everyone with “cabin fever” headed outdoors.
Despite this, the 2018 Nashville Auto Fest was a great show. The quality of the entrants was very high with some very high end customs present as well as some rare and expensive restorations.
We have included just a few of our favorite cars from the show. We were also extremely honored and thrilled that our very own 1969 Nuremberg Dodge Daytona was selected as Best In Show! Most shows of this type usually select an exotic custom or wild hot rod as their choice for such an honor. We were very humbled to have our restored original Daytona take home the honor.
This Challenger was a custom order options deleted car for lighter weight and more speed.
Another hot rod with a rat rod take.
I really liked the front end of this “new” Cuda.
The Mr. Norm Cuda’s billboard side panel added a real vintage look.
The Cuda’s Hemi.
All of the iconic details are there.
This Mr. Norm Hemi Cuda Convertible built from a new style Challenger kept me coming back for more.
This is the engine in a very well done Auburn sedan that kept drawing me back to look at more details.
I had a 55 Nomad onetime but it was no where near the quality of this one. The red and silver paint scheme works and was a refreshing change.
I always have a warm spot for the AMX. I have also previously owned one of these and would like another. This was is exceptionally nice in a rare color.
Nice tasteful interiors seem to be growing in popularity.
I have known this car for years and still think it has one of the best bodies and paint jobs I have ever seen. It has also held up very well. It received Best Paint at the Show!
Another of my real favorites, I am a sucker for the full fender sedans.
There were a number of well done trucks of which this was an outstanding example.
Another Nova that pushed all the right buttons.
One of my first cars was one of these split bumper 2nd gen Camaros. This was one I would love to take home.
This Hurst Grand Prix showed some signs of use but still made me what one. I have owned a very similar GP and wished I still had it.
This little cab over Ford from back in the day may not have been the typical show vehicle but it sure did get a lot of worthy attention.
Mustangs were well represented at the show all with top award potential.
There were even a few rat rod style creations.
A Nova delivery van? This was cool.
A very outstanding 56 Chevy.
Not wild but very reminiscent of back in the day.
This was one slick black Chevelle.
This is one really great hot rod with low stance and “I can’t see where I’m going” blower.
Superbird!
This Superbird with Six Pack was a crowd favorite.
This has all C5 Vette running gear and suspension.
This restomod Corvette was outstanding.
Terrific looking Prowler was displayed in the Music City Mopar Club coral.
I grew up and lived in Iowa for a good portion of my life before moving to Southern California. After 20+ years we now live outside Nashville Tennessee. I have been into cars since I was old enough to remember. I don't have a brand loyalty although I do prefer American Muscle especially the 1969/1970 NASCAR Aero Cars. (Check out our other web site at www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com site) As long as it has four wheels and an engine I get excited. Few men are lucky enough to be able to share their passion for cars with the woman they love. Fortunately, my wife, Katriana, is also a gear head and many of our activities revolve around the cars. We have a small collection that includes at least one car from each of the Big Three. It includes a Best of Show winner, a survivor, a driver with lots of patina and several others. Katrina prefers all original cars while I like to modify them so we have a few of each. When we aren't playing with cars we are out working with or showing our miniature donkeys. You can see more about that part of our lives at http://www.LegendaryFarms.com.
Congrats on best in show