63 Polara 500

[wannadrag]

Going the check it out this weekend.Any sneeky spots to look for rust wise?

 

[Dodge 330]

Cowl up above the master cylinder, corners of rear window, floorpans and trunk pans. Looks like a cool car!

 

[kikgas01]

ditch the traction bars. Must be a chebby lover lol.

 

[wannadrag]

ditch the traction bars. Must be a chebby lover lol.

He is and it aint mine just yet.Hopefully not a polished turd.lol

 

[65-440]

i love those early b's , good luck ! and of course, post more pics !!!!

 

[dartforforty]

check the front fenders under the head lights, real weak spot that rusts out.
I had a 63 Polara I bought out of Illinois and the front fenders were mudded up good in this spot.
Also the hood hinge mounts.

 

[Redpolara]

Cowl rust,cowl rust,cowl rust.......have a really good grope under the dash to check for inner cowl rust or signs of repairs, oh......did I mention cowl rust.

 

[Dodge 330]

It looks like the rear wheel openings have been "opened up" too?

 

[uk-maxie]

SNAP!!

Good spot on the rear arches, Dodge330!

Here's a pic of our 63, taken shortly before we bought it in April 04.

This side of the car has all original sheetmetal so is a good comparison. The other side is all original too but the rear arch is a bit mis-shapen and the trim is missing :cussing:

The rear arch in your pic does look to be slightly different.

Talking of trim, if you wanted to fit the trim around the arches and along the sill, you'd have to hunt around for some used or NOS (!) parts as they arent being repro'd yet, as far as I know.
Our driver-side arch trim has been missing for at least 20 years but we did manage to find a reasonable used one a couple of years ago. Not fitted it yet tho as the arch needs reshaping first

As for rust issues, we're pretty lucky as we havent got any rot. Not bad as we found some areas underneath that had little or no underseal or rust treatment. Dont worry, we did get it treated before it had to suffer much in the way of UK weather :toothy2:

 

[moparker]

cowl,cowl,cowlcowl,cowl,cowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Both sides. Get up underneath the dash with a flash light or pen light. The drain holes plug up with leaves and such and then the rot starts.

 

[wannadrag]

Guys you pretty much hit the nail on the head with the rear 1/4s,both sides opened up with bondo.However the rest of the car is decent,solid frame rails,solid cowl,solid floors.Rebuilt 383 and push button 727,suregrip rear with 430s.Runs and sounds very good.Interior is fair and will need seat covers and will need rear 1/4s.The big ? here is WIW????

 

[Dodge 330]

Kinda hard to put a # on since rear quarters aren't being reproduced and rust-free originals are pretty hard to find.

Interior door panels are expensive for these cars so keep that in mind.

WAG? 5,500-7k.

 

[crossram 426]

Interior door panels are about $800 from SMS auto, they do a great job too...

 

[wannadrag]

This was the plan before i looked at it,the 63 plus $4000 my way for my 70RR .After seeing it in person i think more $ my way is needed.Thoughts?

 

[64BEL]

You should at least get a few extra bucks for having to dispose of the traction bars.:laughing7:

 

[wannadrag]

Actually he had already removed them and had new HD leaf spring on it.He's asking $10k for it.I told him good luck on that.I like it but not that much.Anyone else on the WIW???

 

[Dodge 330]

Actually he had already removed them and had new HD leaf spring on it.He's asking $10k for it.I told him good luck on that.I like it but not that much.Anyone else on the WIW???

$10k??!

He's delirious.:icon_hang:

 

[dartforforty]

I sold my 63 Polara for $10K 3 years ago. It didn't look as good as this one but the previous owner had made it into a drag car and I transplanted a 69 HP 440 into it to go along with the built 727 and 8 3/4