Bobby Hodge was a liaison for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. His job was to help with bringing home fallen soldiers. At the time his military service ended, he was living in the Cleveland area and he decided to buy himself a new car. On Oct. 16, 1969, he bought a bright green 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona with a white wing and rear stripe from East Cleveland Dodge.I'm a new paragraph block. During a recent interview with Dr. Cyril Gostich, who was Bobby Hodge's neighbor and eventual husband to Bobby's sister, he recalled going for a ride in the new Dodge Daytona. "I was 16 years old getting the crap scared out of me in the passenger seat at 118 mph," Dr. Gostich recalled. He added that "the car had been featured in a Playboy spread just before Bobby bought it." Bobby didn't own the car for very long, maybe 6-12 months, as the payments were more than he could handle. The Daytona prototype's second owner was Gene Clinton. His son, Clyde Clinton, heard mention that his father won the Daytona during a poker game. Gene was known to play high-stakes poker and had won several cars over the years. Clyde has pictures of the Daytona painted orange-red with a black wing, Magnum wheels and black push-button door handles. He indicated his father only owned it for a short time, as with other cars he'd won. |
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| Hershey, Pennsylvania – The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) has selected a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge as its 2025 Zenith Award winner. The AACA Zenith Award is the ultimate recognition that is bestowed by AACA for outstanding and critically authentic automotive restoration. The 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge is owned by Debra Powell and Gil Powell of Denver, North Carolina. Debra's father, Gil, was service manager at Thomas Pontiac in Parkersburg, West Virginia, when this Polar White GTO Judge arrived on December 2, 1969. He was the first to drive it, taking it to his inspection bay and putting his initials under the hood. Although his friend first bought it, Gil went on to assume ownership in 1974. |
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NEWPORT, R.I., – The 2025 Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week Speaker Series presented by Private Client Select Insurance Services promises an exciting lineup of seminars on October 3rd and the 4th in the historic Casino Theater on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The seminar series will showcase a "who's who" of celebrity guest speakers who will share their thoughts, insights, and passion for automobiles. One of the seminars on everyone's to-do-list this year will be, "Ford-Total Performance Returns," on Saturday, October 4th from 4 to 5 pm. "Ford-Total Performance Returns," will be hosted by well-known TV personality, comedian, and exotic/classic car enthusiast Jay Leno. Joining Jay on stage will be Jim Farley, CEO of Ford and also an accomplished vintage racer, Mark Rushbrook, Global Director Ford Performance and Bob Tasca, scion of the legendary Tasca racing dynasty and current Nitro Funny Car winning driver. The "Ford-Total Performance Returns" seminar will look back on the global "Total Performance" campaign of the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s and ahead to the exciting new top-tier presence of the company in motorsports across the world, in NHRA, NASCAR, WEC and Formula 1®. |
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