Forgotten B-Bodies

[74Satellite]

74 Satellite, got any shots of the cars you have listed that have been and gone?

Specifically the '75 and 76 Fury and the '77 Monaco.

I might have some pictures of the 75 and the 77, but we are talking 10-15 years ago that I owned those cars....I will have to dig through my old backup discs of old pictures and see if I can find any.

The '75 was originally a gold color and I had it repainted Ford Blue. The '77 still had the black and white paint and ran like a raped ape

 

[Jonno]

How did it handle with the 440 in there? How come you sold it?

 

[Jonno]

I think the rarest 74-79 B -Body out there has to be the '77 Midnight Edition Charger.

Only ever seen them in all white. Did they come in other colours.

Anybody out there own one or have any good photos of this baby?

 

[rumblefish360]

They came in beige also. Pictures can be hunted at moparstyle.com in there forgotten B body section.

 

[74Satellite]

The 440 would scream...I could burn rubber all the way down the street....it was beat when I got it though, suspension was shot, I drove the piss out of it for a while and then repainted it and such, then sold it.

 

[MOBodyman]

MOBodyman, you also listed that you have two '79 Chrysler 300's, what kind of shape are they in?

Both bodies are pretty nice, little or no rust. The seats and carpet need redone in one. It had the timing chain out when I bought it. A mechanic friend replaced it but it still wouldn't start. It didn't seem to have any compression, I don't know if the lifters had bled down or if it might have bent some valves. We didn't get to spend the time to troubleshoot it as he was going overseas on his job.
I sold the other one to another friend about 15 years ago. I had gotten it from an older guy and it was in fantastic shape and ran great. My friend decided to put some stuff in the motor to 'clean it out' and blew the engine. He then took some of the car apart to 'restore' it. He bought every trim piece and lense we could get from the dealer at the time. One OEM bumper and had the other rechromed, the engine was rebuilt and is now 1000 miles away, not sure how that happened, you have to know the guy to understand. 'Loaned' the trans to someone and never got it back, of course. Not sure where all the NOS parts ended up. His Dad was selling the property it was stored on and had me pick the car up. When my friend comes back here from Utah I'll try to get him to locate all of the parts. The interior is real nice in that one since it has been stored inside for the past 15 years.
You could take the pair and build one really nice car.
I'll probably try to sell them all after the first of the year as I have over 20 project cars and I'll never have time to work on all of them.
Dallas

 

[moparformance]

i have a decent, project but still in good shape, 75 roadrunner for sale just posted it in the far sale section if anyones interested. its a big block sunroof car. really cool and fun to drive. just not my thing.

 

[charger1]

ya i have a 77 charger se mint shape with a 360 2bbl if you go www.madwhips.com you will find it .it's caramel tan

 

[7071dartgtreg]

My '77 Dodge Monaco - Not!

Here is the '77 Dodge Monaco I won on ebay in 2008:


My winning (and only bid on the car - No Reserve!) was.........99 Cents!

I paid the Seller for the car, emailed him about when I could come get it and guess what..... Nothing, nada. Called him on the contact number in his ebay profile..... Left messages..... no call back.
Then reported him to Pay-Pal and ebay.... Sorry, you didn't buy the "Protection Plan".....

End of story; Didn't get the car, didn't get my money back.... lol

Later,
Bruce B. from FABO

 

[69 Runner]

Hope you left him negative feedback

 

[newmexguy]

Just picked up a weird two door Plymouth Fury, from an Albuquerque salvage outfit.
75 model, two door, 318 2v, three on the tree, and no options to speak of.
manual steering, manual front disc brakes, no air conditioning. But the body is super clean. Better in my opinion to save it rather than it be picked on by vultures and then crushed. Never seen a car like it before.

 

[69 Runner]

Just picked up a weird two door Plymouth Fury, from an Albuquerque salvage outfit.
75 model, two door, 318 2v, three on the tree, and no options to speak of.
manual steering, manual front disc brakes, no air conditioning. But the body is super clean. Better in my opinion to save it rather than it be picked on by vultures and then crushed. Never seen a car like it before.

How bizarre.

any pics??

 

[696pack]

Just picked up a weird two door Plymouth Fury, from an Albuquerque salvage outfit.
75 model, two door, 318 2v, three on the tree, and no options to speak of.
manual steering, manual front disc brakes, no air conditioning. But the body is super clean. Better in my opinion to save it rather than it be picked on by vultures and then crushed. Never seen a car like it before.

That would have been ordered by a dealer to have ONE available for their advertising what you could by a new Plymouth for. To get you down to the dealership to sell you a new load Fury.:rolling:

 

[SCredneck]

That would have been ordered by a dealer to have ONE available for their advertising what you could by a new Plymouth for. To get you down to the dealership to sell you a new load Fury.:rolling:

Oh yeah...the infamous bait-and-switch car.:yes:

 

[Jonno]

Hey newmexguy, get us some photos! How many miles on the car and tell us about the condition and all that stuff.
I really like stripper cars. The way you guys on the forum are talking you would think lots of dealerships would have ordered them to get customers in the door, but you hardly ever hear of them now. Likely all driven into the ground.

 

[69 Runner]

Not so. A dealership I worked at ordered TWO Calibers without A/C. One sold pretty quickly. The other took months and eventually sold for $9999.00

 

[craigp]

My current project. 78 Magnum, 400, 4bbl.

 

[69 Runner]

sweet

 

[rumblefish360]

Black interior!!!!!!!

Shhhweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!

 

[craigp]

Thanks,
I need to get the top redone next. It had the Halo roof option which is the full vinyl roof not just the Landau type which is so typical. It also has red plastic trim on the bumpers and guards which was also not very common.