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Identifying Authentic Exterior Features and Wear

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Bobby Allison's 1979 Daytona 500 Car: The Race That Changed NASCAR Forever! (Unrestored Survivor)

What happens here

The video highlights several external features that confirm the car's authenticity. This includes the 'Bud Moore Engineering' stamp on the intake manifold in the engine bay, indicating original componentry. Closer inspection of the car's body reveals numerous paint chips and a sand-blasted effect on the chrome grille, evidence of real race wear that has been painted over. Additionally, the bumpers have been visibly cut and re-welded to shorten them, a common modification for race cars of that era to reduce weight and improve aerodynamics.

Goal: Identify key exterior features confirming authenticity.

Tools and materials

  • 1979 Bobby Allison #15 Race Car — The subject vehicle being examined for authentic features

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found it I've got the original intake the boxtop intake for it I know where the original parts are let me take you around it yeah what are the the details on it that make it authentic and identifiable as the car cuz it's well when when it first showed up I you know Don Miller said well you know they can reproduce these they can build them they're not that hard and I said was Don something tells me that this is the car I've learned a long time around cars if you don't take the chance then you'll never know well when it showed up to Don Miller's Museum Bobby Allison was there Don Miller was there and I'll never forget Bobby's and Don's face because it was raining real heavy that day Bobby had he if if you ever have him look at a car to to get it authen authenticity for the car he'll walk right up to the front suspension it was on a flatbed and he walked right up and he smiled because look at the date on the the the the wear and the age of all the the decals how could this and then me looking at the suspension and looking all around the car is I mean why would somebody do all this work and let it sit yeah it has this unrefuted paint chips and even up here I noticed when we're walking around that it has rock chips in it that were just painted over so they're still in there but there's fresher paint on top of it it just like this Grill used to be Chrome at one point it's all sand blasted like you can't right you can't reproduce that type of wear without going and racing it that's true and another sign is look at these bumpers would stick out but they've cut a section out of these brought them together and welded them up and under

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