There is some disagreement among "experts" on whether the #88 racing Daytona owned by and displayed at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum at Talladega, Alabama is actually the Chrysler Engineering car that Buddy Baker drove through the 200 MPH barrier. Some feel that the car is in fact the "slow-speed" Chrysler test car that was originally a '68 Charger driven by Charlie Glotzbach. This test car is the red #71 seen in Chrysler photos taken on the high banks of the Chelsea Proving Grounds test track. The final two images on this page show some of the red paint (presumably from when the car was the red #71) which lies beneath the existing blue paint. Those comfortable in the belief that the #88 is as advertised don't find the red paint disconcerting, as one well known story about the origins of the #88 indicates that it started life as a street '69 Charger 500, which may well have been red.

Click on the image to see a larger version. The size of the larger version is found beneath each image. All 29 images on this page were collected in October, 1997.

Note: Since this page was added to the Aero Warriors site in 1997, the genuine #88 Daytona has been located. Specific details and several photos are available on The Real #88 Chrysler Engineering Daytona! page.