I Drove The Worst Dodge Daytona Wing Car To A Car Show: Reactions Were Insane!

Episode 267 of Mike Finnegan's Garage is a fun one. After doing a bit of suspension tuning on my Toyota 2JZ-swapped '68 Charger we road trip it and my '69 Charger to the local Caffeine and Octane car show here in Georgia. We wanted to see what the people thought of the ratty muscle car and so we mounted a camera on the windshield and let it roll for over an hour to capture folks' impressions of the cardboard radiator ducting, ratchet strap battery hold down and rusty body. Boy was that exciting! lol.
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-Finnegan

[@calvinh.8882]

It is funny to watch and listen to what people say about it. lol. Gotta love the "specialists" who are completely wrong. lol.

[@ianwilliams4076]

That's fine, they'll learn eventually and it's good to see people coming out.

[@Earley405]

That is siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick lmao

[@Wreckitralph54]

Really opened my eyes to how fast misinformation can spread. Only person that got it right was the old timer at the end.

[@jeremyb4493]

​@@Earley405poor thing sounded like she didn't have her teeth in lol

[@maprow]

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

[@indianadave8881]

The old timer nailed it... he said it looked like you just had a bunch of parts and thru them into a car.😂

[@Group_Anonymous]

SOUTHERNER is a native or inhabitant of the South; especially : a native or resident of the southern part of the U.S..

[@rockkhound943]

Yea he knew what was going on . Budget built street ripper . It's my style as well . Just barely holding together but nothing a welder can not fix.

[@terrythomas790]

And wasted a lot of time to make a pile of shit,

[@BillyJoeJimBob28]

I don't understand this "I like rust" or "it's patina" car building crap! It's just ugly junk, lazy shjt. You could fix this car with pieces of sheet metal & spray can paint it to at Least make it decent! Good grief Charlie Brown! 😏

[@rockkhound943]

@@BillyJoeJimBob28 cool opinion bj

[@SJN302]

I love how you squeezed "street legal" & "roadworthy" into the same sentence 😂

[@Mark-um7ey]

😂😂😂"That thing gotta hemi in it" people's reactions are priceless 😂

[@markallen1413]

Mike that was awesome, perfect how you recorded the crowd that flocked to the D Fire, very entertaining 👍👍👍👍👍✅✅✅✅✅

[@RussellBrosGarage]

OMG the dude with the water bottle LOL I straight up was looking for Edna to walk up 🤣

[@CraaaigV302]

😂😂😂

[@BigChutes]

Y'all are living your best lives. Living vicariously through you. Keep it up! Great music and editing.

[@rajcam80]

Awesome! I need to get my rusty 1971 Pontiac Lemans GT-37 on the road, as you did with this fine gem! It doesn't matter if it is restored or not. Just get it on the road!

[@Hippie459MN]

As David Freiburger always says, "Don't get it right, just get it going."

[@rajcam80]

@@Hippie459MN Yes sir!!!!

[@wolf_kiff_workshop]

Absolutely brilliant. Great example of don't get it right, just get it running. I love your rust collection 😅

[@goatflieg]

The loose velocity stack made me laugh out loud.

[@jameslove3295]

I know it’s about the cars at a show and I’d damn sure admire and take a picture with them, but no way I’m not hunting you down for a photo as well. I’ve been watching David and you for years! Y’all started the pick a pos, make it run and drive again and take it on a road trip craze that soo many do now. Love it keep up the amazing work!

[@quickdeuce]

@20:41,, "Ohh my GAWD,, this guy's my HERO!",, and there you have it Mike,, that comment pretty much sums it up,, Son,, we couldn't have said it better. 🙂

[@hankhank3129]

Always hilarious to listen to the "Professional " details from people. Love that you did that!!

[@edmellingerjr.2395]

Great to see the young people digging it.

[@SausagecatChannel]

Haha Am reminded of what I think was an early eighties fwd subaru my buddy got for 50 bucks,but could have been older, that was rattlecanned black with an eight ball tagged on the roof that was partially bent in and screwdriver ignition. I as the shortest as the time actually crawled into the front and back seat and kicked at it until was a bit more head room. Then we flipped the dished rims around backwards for a wider stance and beat the crap out of it for a couple weeks rallying it around until its "owner" traded it for a case of beer. Ironically the dukes of hazard intro to the car swap off a bank was the last nail in it's coffin as it didnt want to run after that after we cruised off with our underage beer

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

The last time I saw a stack dance around like that, it was soon dancing to the pounding of the nut that was suppppossssed to be keeping it from dancing... I hope someone just forgot to put yours on and your engine didn't eat it!!

[@biglakehotrods381]

You gotta put quotation marks around the Daytona on the quarters.!

[@biglakehotrods381]

@ClickOnProfile589 what does that mean?

[@LeesGarage]

The guy at 16:57 that said you're "probably just mocking it up" obviously hasn't watched Roadkill.

[@bengone3349]

Dancing velocity stack! Way too funny!

[@57hawkguy]

Isn't that Homer Simpsons Car? i swear they predict eveything. great car Finn, love what you guys do!

[@ungroundable4847]

Lmao the dude explaining to the other dude that it’s a 440 wedge not a 426 hemi, that is comedic gold right there

[@johndavidbush]

I love that you can hear Death Metal over the sound of the Daytona when you pulled into the show. 😂😂

[@quickdeuce]

@18:23,, now THAT's a car seldom seen today. 1962 Ford Fairlane. They weren't very popular even with a 260 V8. Most when wore out ended up crushed. Even in the state this one is,, it is DAMN COOL!

[@raykaufman7156]

Ok...the world needs an eduation in Mopar 101. "That aint a Hemi, it's a 440!" 🤣🤣

[@davechretien9301]

holy moly Mike, LMAO at the dash cam video. Love it. Thanks buddy

[@ajskustom]

Love it, Looks like a Joe Dirt special edition Daytona It might be time to grow a mullet Mike.

[@mikemulvany3325]

Awesome, totally awesome! Alright Hamilton. (Sorry guys...could not resist!). Well done; liked & subscribed.👌

[@vandeputalexandre244]

Just put quote on the "Daytona" decal and you are good.

[@Mr.Friendly.Ghost.Riley1]

"racecars dont need headlighst" mmmm bc the road is always... LIT1!🥵🥵🥵🥵

[@AaronCarterHD13]

See whatchu do with the dumpster fire daytona is something that makes absolutely no sense. ☝😶 Go Finnigan OG. Bigg Ass Stereo! 😂

[@wrenchracer86cl]

MAN! I MISSED ANOTHER Caffeine and octane! 😢❤

[@vehdynam]

Truly sick !! Tom Bailey would be proud .......lol.

[@adamkares7549]

Another banger Roadkill-worthy Charger. The reactions are hysterical, people really will just BS to sound smart lol

[@EffequalsMA]

Oh mah dog, this was so funny! What a way to start a Saturday!

[@CraaaigV302]

THAT THING IS SIIICK!!! 😂😂😂

[@thebige7302]

This and pole barn garage’s holey goat gto are on par to being the coolest cars on KZbin

[@darrellcoy]

Hilarious hearing the peanut gallery . lol

[@6bblbird104]

Car show people are sooo entertaining

[@megacleancab256]

❤ the convo pro welds

[@bobqzzi]

Mike's weird obsession with dropping cars as low as possible is amusing.

[@adamwinsall7943]

Paint it yellow, make it into a joe dirt mock up 😂

[@adamwinsall7943]

Hi Mike, I'm sorry I'm not sure what you mean

[@Blownxw351]

😂😂😂l had to laugh it's a 440 no it's not it's a hemi no it's not😂😂😂

[@cassidymort540]

The kid at 19.10 has been taught correct

[@trentmarlowe7655]

Every level of pure excellence on display here. 👍👌🍺

[@shawnmcatee895]

Sent you some proper driving attire for use with the Dumpster Fire Daytona. It's perfect. The folks at that car show have a unique knowledge of automobile history and equipment.

[@ryurc3033]

The only thing that would make this any better in traffic is a mullet wig...... And yelling out one liners...... Life's a garden, dig it Or just a license plate frame that says "Dang!"

[@bobwhited3762]

this was great , the comments that were made was just true gut feelings .

[@reynaldovillarreal4289]

Should name the car joe dirt works perfectly

[@glenkerns9564]

Your tuba was about to blow off. Lmfao

[@tomthomas9910]

Joe dirt" needs a butterfly scoop" it would catch way more air " lil forced induction , plus all my cars I drew as a kid had blown hemis & butterfly scoop's lol, rad rat ride"

[@kevinwadsworth4492]

So I wonder how cool the movie Joe Dirt would have been if his car was just like this Daytona is built?

[@rahund11]

I want to essentially do this very concept with a 78-79 Dodge step side... make a faux LRE that is equally HIT. L'il Rat Express 😅

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

thanks for reminding me what a fool I was for selling my running-driving-roadworthy 69 RT big block 4 speed car for $700

[@crownvicca]

Chevy Vega hatch window would make this less of a "fake" Daytona.

[@fingbaddrivers1283]

Love that saying.. rust is better then carbon fiber...

[@robertmalmgren4640]

I expect the comments at car shows. The part I don't like is when people get all touchy feely with your car. Take pictures don't touch!

[@brandaneakright6082]

Honestly it cracked me up hearing a lot of the comments from people that didn’t know their head from their butt, but a lot of times people don’t know a lot about mopars either. A lot of them probably knew about the 2jz in the death metal charger, but nothing else. I’d fix that charger up honestly, I’ve seen way worse get full rotisserie restorations.

[@toverturf9097]

Finnegan, you are the SHIT Box Charger King!👍

[@rhs.m]

That ain't a Hemi, that's a 440! No... it's not lol.

[@jeffduncan02]

If that's not @regularcars at 20:56 that's a great doppelganger

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@mfl950]

I'm always amazed at what you are allowed to drive on the road in your part of the world , In Sydney, 🇦🇺 you'd be off the road, so fast 😅, the police wouldn't be impressed

[@mfl950]

@ClickOnProfile991 get a life , this is getting old fast

[@jasonmulliken5620]

Do you think the insurance company freaks out when Finnegan tells them he has two "classic" Chargers to insure, saying we don't cover they types of cars! Then they see pictures & go never mind we got you!

[@mcss-ll4yg]

Has the Joe Dirt reference been made yet?

[@andrewceulemans9696]

I bet that car gets the best smiles from other drivers.

[@efogg3]

Hell yes death metal charger

[@campcrafter4613]

LOVE IT!

[@Steve_Just_Steve]

Jeez, ppl are such goofballs.

[@bigmikex2333]

"It is funny to watch and listen to what people say about it. lol. Gotta love the "specialists" who are completely wrong." The word is ignorant. It's a fake POS and Finn knows it but he still takes it out! Rock on Finn! Love it. #fakewingedcar

[@THEH2OMAN]

That garbage is glorious.

[@jazzyjaytee9961]

given time, nature will make every steel car a "lightweight special", eventually.

[@zionjarman3610]

2:20 your right the uglier the dream car the better, I want what you have a crapped out charger with fake Daytona parts but more like death metal than the pro street set up. Also you have a red version of the Joe dirt Daytona

[@davidcorder95]

Welcome to Michigan brother roadkill nights

[@GERRYMALONEY47]

Joe Dirt would call that a Hemi😂😂😂

[@chriswehausen609]

Joe dirt 🙂👍💯awsome!

[@Grumpy_Stiltskin]

The rustesiam special.

[@jamesrichardson4616]

This is wonderful crap best comment ever while at the show😅

[@rogergollan1117]

Twin tubas...giggity

[@Jesse_gc]

They are cool got a lot of attention

[@dcbowling80]

Chirping gears and pulling brodies.

[@30-OTT6]

People will pull just absolute nonsense out of their ass to sound smart in front of strangers

[@krusher74]

you gotta keep moving at these events or some twat will start talking to you!

[@DittmarWasNotHere]

I can’t go to events like that because there is so bs it’s annoying

[@turtle2448thomas]

I stopped going to mine because when I'd try to talk technical to Boomers, they'd just blow me off because "I'm young and obviously don't know anything". It's definately not what it use to be sadly

[@quickdeuce]

@@turtle2448thomas Not many of we 'boomers' would DARE say that to you young feller,, I'm 77 and ALWAYS keep my eyes and ears OPEN when you youngsters talk. I am smart enough to know YOU know more about current car stuff (computers, ECU's, etc., etc.) than I will EVER KNOW or understand,, so not many of us would say you're "young and obviously don't know anything" ,, never. 🙂

[@turtle2448thomas]

@@quickdeuce Oh trust me sir, I know. There are a select few of you that will carry on an actual conversation with us and be happy to be a part of it and I love it. However, the vast majority is not like that, sadly. I do miss going to my local shows. Maybe I'll attend a few this year

[@roywhitman7109]

OMG!! Leaving those cameras running so you can listen to the comments was genius!! There was a line from the Little Rascals when Dickie tells Stymie not to show his ignorance!!😂😂😂 Some of those guys should have taken heed!! A Roadrunner? Wow!

[@hydrocarbon82]

Hey look, this guy must have driven his Roadrunner over at DAYTONA!

[@netrioter]

Lol..and totally forgot about the Superbird.

[@bryangordon8518]

I find it hilarious that Joe Dirt had a real Daytona and Finnegan doesn’t. 🤣

[@JonStein-mu5eb]

I have the Joe Dirte Daytona. Adam Sandler bought me the car. Adam based Joe Dirt on me. It's supposed to be an episode of Graveyard Cars.

[@WyteXLighting]

I know right movie people get the real deal but ant really theirs it get put in a movie then brought back to the original owner

[@deandee8082]

Joe dirt wasn't down with clownin if you remember right... 🙂

[@megaaggron9778]

@@JonStein-mu5ebno, you do not have joe dirt’s Daytona.

[@JonStein-mu5eb]

@@megaaggron9778 I own it, what proof have you that I don't? Technically it's not in my possession but it's with Mark Worman.

[@gerrymilidantri6457]

Hysterical !!! the comments from the experts was the best parts . "thats a Hemi " "I dont think the wing is high enough "

[@Huxley2022]

I love the velocity stack just hanging on for dear life at the end. Such a nice touch to the dumpster fire-esque

[@EarlwithanE]

Some of those reactions were priceless 😂😂😂 Thanks for taking us along Mike 👍💪

[@terrythomas790]

yeah, All 2 minutes of them in a 25min video.

[@Rogue_FiveR5]

You should take it to a Mopar show so it gets all the hate, just kidding. I do think you should have Birdsong patch all the rust and put a plug in the rear window. I mean it's going to be parked until you use it again anyway, might as well be unrusting itself...

[@danielrich3188]

Birdsong is the man when it comes to rust repair

[@beadblaster9508]

I love that automated height adjustable velocity stack. Must be a old nascar trick.

[@scottimusgarrett15]

It's custom!😂

[@a456987]

Actually the Mazda 787B had something like that

[@countryjoe3551]

Smokey Yunick did it first.......... i heard that at a Caffeine and Octane one time...

[@DRGrosch]

Looks like any ten year old car here in Canada.

[@Pitbike65]

Midwest too

[@TheMlc4life]

I got 2011 Corolla and the only rust is on the trunk. That bad boy has done 12 winters here in Sudbury Ontario.

[@1954shadow]

@@TheMlc4lifeI follow a guy from Sudbury, here on YT, Marcel.

[@mrmoss149]

You mean TWO year old car....

[@tifreakhachey]

My 13 month old Nissan kicks has rust on the hood and roof.

[@mikemakowski7237]

Well Mike I think you've captured all the brilliance of caffeine and octane with your GoPros mounted on your roadrunner slash Daytona.

[@erichuff2538]

He should add a me-meep horn for irony. 😆 lol 😆

[@PICS0UL]

Someone mentioned "He's probably mocking it up." and I thought of the perfect name for this car. Mockingbird!

[@FinnegansGarage]

if it was a Plymouth that would be a perfect name.

[@TomBudin]

the old man knew you had everything before you put it in lmaoo

[@reggien737]

Joe dirt is your spirit animal, for sure, finnegan. Love the new Staff!

[@cudak888]

Time for the obligatory Sunday episode of _Sillier with Finnegan_ - a.k.a. "Georgia's Yeti Trolls the Local Car Show, Round #2" You ought to call that thing the General Sea - looks as if it was pulled out of one. Jokes aside, consider repairing the rusted torque boxes and rocker panels. Those door gaps remind me of the sag you find on convertibles. That ladder frame might not be connected to the original unibody, after all.

[@rcravincase]

The guy @20:30 is the only one at the car show who seems to know anything about cars

[@johnburch6927]

Of all the accolades, I'm betting you had never been someone's juke box hero until now. Excellent as always Mike.

[@FinnegansGarage]

i did enjoy that comment. :)

[@11cramm11]

The guy who said the original wings were higher, I just pictured you guys making the wing a foot or two higher where it was way above the roof line so the car looks even more off

[@indycollie6424]

The reactions should let you know, not only what you and your work mean to this industry, but also what a wonderful influence they have been. The Ed Roth of our generation.

[@FinnegansGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@lylehsaxon]

Great anthropology this! That one guy nailed it: "It's almost like he had everything all ready before he got the car". Great stuff!

[@Coalblack79k10]

If the windshield footage was an interview I wouldn’t hire anyone