Junkyard Find: 1992 Dodge Daytona IROC R/T
The Reatta we saw in the junkyard yesterday was a pretty rare car (though not so rare as its Hyundai Scoupe neighbor), but California self-service junkyards tend to be full of such jewels. Here’s a long-forgotten, one-of-250-built Mopar that makes those two seem commonplace.
B League Film Society team captain Brandon was in Northern California for the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Sears Point, so I decided to show him one of my favorite Oakland junkyards. First stop: the excellent taco truck that parks in this yard’s parking lot.
From a distance, I thought this thing was a Starion/Conquest. I was right on the Mitsubishi connection, but it’s limited to the engine in this car.
The Mitsubishi 3.0 liter V6 was standard on the Daytona IROC (according to the always-trustworthy Allpar), but the R/T was supposed to have the 224-horse Chrysler Turbo III 2.2 liter engine.
So, either this is a regular IROC with R/T fender emblems, or it’s a real R/T with an engine swap. Either way, there are probably more ’69 Hemi Daytonas extant today than there are ’92 IROC Daytonas.
With a list price of $18,532, the IROC R/T Daytona sold for $2,500 more than the ’92 Camaro Z/28. The Dodge scaled in at 500 fewer pounds and had 21 fewer horsepower. They aren’t particularly expensive today ( this example for $4,900 was the most expensive one I could find), and they’ll be worth that much more once The Crusher eats this one.
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This IS a V6 car with badges slapped on it. Engine compartment looks unmolested, dash has no boost gauge and the huge give away is its an automatic no iroc r/t ever came with an auto. Also the dodge sticker on the nose is in red the r/t's had it in white. There is the possibility that the factory accidentaly slapped on the emblems. Even a lot of mopar people don't know the difference from an iroc and an iroc r/t.
We have a 92 IROC R/T Daytona, 53K original miles, we purchased in 1993 from dealership that used it as an "Executive Car". Would consider selling for a fair price. Has been garaged entire time we have owned it. Ours is the real deal.