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I’m pretty sure all ‘68 Sport Satellites were RP23. No 4 door version until ‘69. There was a Sport Wagon in ‘68 that came with the “GTX” grill. And RP27 ragtops.
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I had a 68 500 4-dr with the buckets.
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I’m seeing wagons. I had a Sport Wagon. I grabbed the grill off it. What I meant is RP41 was available in ‘69-‘70. I’ve never seen a ‘68 RP41. If you have, I’d like to see it. Like I said, I think it became available in ‘69. We are talking 4 doors here?
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you typed “all were RP23“, so I showed you RP45 and RP46
Yes all Sport Satellites and GTX used the same grille In the same model year.
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I’m sorry. I should have just said RP41. I understand the wagons. I’ve owned 7 ‘68
Plymouth B bodies including a Sport Wagon, RP46H, and still have 3 of them. But apparently Dodge did in fact have a WP41 in 1968. Again, I mentioned the wagon and the ‘vert. I thought this thread was about the 4 door sedans.
Plymouth B bodies including a Sport Wagon, RP46H, and still have 3 of them. But apparently Dodge did in fact have a WP41 in 1968. Again, I mentioned the wagon and the ‘vert. I thought this thread was about the 4 door sedans.
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Now I'm thinking, maybe fix this car up if worth the effort. Is there a lot of hard to find parts missing? Is the interior complete? Floors decent etc.? It would make a very different & cool ride. You could kind of make a 4dr Super Bee out of it.
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Not uncommon for Police cars to have front bucket seats. I also noticed they do not come with rear interior door handles! LOL
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My '64 Polara 4-door also came with those inner seat track bolt reinforcement plates. I took pictures of them for doubters who may think the bucket seats were not factory, but added later. In the early '70's, I had a 1963 Dodge 440 4-door hardtop that was similarly equipped with non-folding front bucket seats and the short glove box between the seats like a U.S. Polara 500. In Canada, the 440 was our top trim series, as we did not have a Polara. However these cars had the bigger tail light/reverse light like U.S. Polara. Also, our 1963 Dodge series started with a 220 model.The only chrome trim on it was the exterior door handles!
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'80's Diplomat Police cars also had front non-folding bucket seats.
I’m hoping to see it soon. So the floors and underside, frame rails, are unknown to me yet. The 500 was recently pulled several hundred feet from a field. It stayed together so that’s a good sign. The owner is removing some parts he is keeping. The 318 and transmission specifically.
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You just spent lots of money that will never be recovered. This car has been a donor, will nedd lots of money in parts to make it complete, and lots of labor to correctly remove that surface rust on the body and make a car out of it.
And when your done it’s a 318 4 door.
the super bee 4 door (GTX, road runner, etc) has been done and not too popular money wise when selling.
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440 PHIXX
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I think it would be a kool build. You could really use any small block or big block as the K member is the same for both.
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I had this 64 ford police car that
had the factory lightweightl econoline
bucketsl
had the factory lightweightl econoline
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My '67 Coronet 440 4dr is rarer than many Chargers etc.. due to all the 4drs being crushed n Chargers saved. But still no value as not many people like the more-doors.
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In all my junkyard excursions in the late 70’s to about the end of the 80’s when these things stopped showing up. I only saw one big block. A ‘68 Coronet 500 convertible. It was a G code 383, so could have been a 2 or 4bbl. The engine was gone. I did grab the steering column pieces without the stalk. It was missing the console by then as well. So my daily right here, a 383 2bbl. Is probably rare. But I agree… too many doors! And the roof and rear window look stodgy.
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