Nash Metropolitan | 2018 Daytona Turkey Rod Run

That’s a Nash Metropolitan that was at the 2018 Daytona Turkey Rod Run. The Nash Metropolitan is a subcompact that was in production between October of 1953 and April of 1961 (model years between 1954 and 1962). The engine of this one is a 1.5 liter straight-4 that produces 52 horsepower and 77 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is a 3-speed manual. This car does 0-60 mph in 21.1 seconds and has a top speed of 77 mph.

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia | 2018 Daytona Turkey Rod Run

This is a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia that was at the 2018 Daytona Turkey Rod Run. The Karmann Ghia was a car made German coachbuilder Karmann and Italian designer Ghia, which is where Volkswagen got the name Karmann Ghia. The car was made from 1955 to 1974, but the first prototype was made in 1953. Originally, Volkswagen was only going to make just 4,000 of the Karmann Ghia, but they sold out pretty quickly. Because of this, Volkswagen decided to mass produce the car. A total of 445,238 of these were made in Germany between 1955 and 1974. There are also 41,689 that were made in Brazil from 1962 to 1974. The engine of this one is a 1.2 liter flat-4 that produces 40 horsepower and 65 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is a 4-speed manual. The top speed is 75 mph.

1972 Dodge Demon | 2018 Daytona Turkey Rod Run

This is a ’72 Dodge Demon that was at the 2018 Daytona Turkey Rod Run. The Demon is a high performance version of the fourth generation Dodge Dart (1968-1976). The engine is a 5.6 liter V8 that produces 240 horsepower and 290 pound-feet of torque. The transmission of this one is a 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic. This car does 0-60 mph in 7.2 seconds and has a top speed of 121 mph.