Experiencing the Driver's Cockpit and Controls

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Dodge Charger Daytona Survivor Reunited With Its NASCAR Driver! (Dave Marcis' Winged Warrior)

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Dave Marcus gets back into the driver's seat, settling into the customized racing bucket. He confirms that the seat itself was the key identifier for Benny Parsons, who recognized the car solely by the unique setup. The discussion shifts to the car's original starting mechanism, which was a simple toggle switch, not an ignition key. Dave also notes that unlike many modern or show cars, his race car did not originally have carpet, but rather a simple foot block. This illustrates the minimalist and functional design typical of a pure racing machine focused solely on performance.

Goal: Understand the driver's environment and controls from a first-person perspective.

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He looked at the seat. Is that your seat? Yeah. Yeah. He looked at the seat. I mean, that's exactly what he said. He looked in there and said, "Little day." And he he was looking at the seat. He didn't even look at the dash or anything. He just looked at the seat. Yeah. When we took it over to England and put some rubber there on the bottom of the floors and see it had a black ignition box before. This This is one of the only Chrysler cars that had a GM distributor in it. An ignition electronic ignition. So, question about your foot block there. The carpeted block. This one. Yeah, that that is so we could adjust the torsion bar. Okay. Which NASCAR used to make us rivet them down so we couldn't be adjusting it during the race. I thought it was I thought it was when you were out for a Sunday drive and you were just putting your foot up and resting it. No, I really I wasn't I wasn't sure. Yeah. Why? But it had carpet on it, so I put carpet back on it. Yeah. What's under it? It's a torsion bar adjuster. Is it like When NASCAR made us rivet them down to keep us from being able to adjust that torsion bar during the race? So, second question, did it always have an ignition switch? Cuz when I got it had an ignition switch, you know, I can't I don't know about that. I don't think so. I think we just had a toggle switch. Yeah, we we it before we took it to Yeah, we didn't have no key. Well, that's just funny. First race car I'd ever seen with a key. Maybe they Iron cars had a key in the I know about NASCAR. I know about Nas. They might have put that in there, you know, when they was using it. Uh when I got it, they had a key and somebody couldn't hop in it. And then there was another the other hole right there. I can't remember what was Well, it was possibly four that was in the dash. So, what to the right of the ignition switch. Be careful. Probably was a starter button there and then and the one was a key on and off. Well, climb in there. Climb in there and don't hit that switch yet cuz it's in gear. Let's get you in there. Next headline. Dave Marcus drives through museum wall. Listen, got to go slow so you can get you on film. News at 11. All right. Yeah, you got in gear. I think Ed, right? Make sure it's a new. Uhhuh. He knows. Oh, I know. I was just say I didn't know if it was or wasn't. Yeah. How's it feel? Feels pretty good. figured on Main Street. Knock her. Knock her in and neutral. Make sure you're good and neutral. And I, you know, it's an honor to have…

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