HIDDEN & FORGOTTEN

Hidden since 1974, Ronnie Belletieri’s 1969 Dodge Daytona is set to undergo a full OE restoration.

- John Machaqueiro

People really dig reading about and looking at old cars pulled from barns. Even if you’re not a hardcore gearhead, the idea of finding something stashed away that is worth a few bucks has a universal appeal. If you’re dialed into the whole car thing you appreciate them even more, but the expectation is that at some point the well will eventually run dry on these finds. We’re not quite there yet, and like clockwork, they keep surfacing at a steady rate. Even if they’ve never seen the inside of a barn, they are by default lumped into the barn find category. We’ll just cut to the chase at this point and tell you that the 1969 Dodge Daytona that you’re looking at is a barn find that has never seen the inside of a barn—and that’s a really good thing.