daniel_depetro
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We went to Iola, WI for their annual swap meet (and car show) and found some pretty good deals. We missed out on (2) 392 HEMI blocks (one was short block) for $600.00 and an “RC 426” steel belhousing for $150.00! I found a ‘054’ radiator for my 1969 Super Bee, however after buying the car I thought it better that I didn’t spend another $800.00 on the radiator that needed to be recored yet.
The new addition is a 1968 Dodge Coronet coupe. It is the base model Coronet with few options, if any. It was definitely an "advertisement car" which was simple base model vehicle with no options and the lowest possible price to get people into the dealers’ showrooms. The car has manual 4-wheel drum brakes, manual steering, an original manual column shift, and was a small slant six car...
This car came from the New Mexico desert and is extremely clean/dry/solid and very straight so no body work (or much) is needed. Even the trunk pan is very nice. This is my first "21" coded post car.
It was an original slant six powered vehicle with a 3-speed manual column shift transmission (3 on the tree), but now has a 1968 440 high performance (375 horsepower & 480 lbs./ft. of torque) and the matching 1968 A-883 heavy duty 4-speed manual transmission. The engine has a Holley dual feed 4-bbl. carburetor on top of an Offenhauser aluminum 4-bbl. intake manifold. It also has headers and has been converted to electronic ignition via a brand new Mopar Performance kit (ECU, distributor, harness, ...). A few other small things I noticed immediately was the mint 1968 Super Bee power bulge hood on it, the glass is all in great shape, and it has 15" aluminum mag (slots) wheels which fit the car perfectly! Three of the four even have the correct center caps.
The car is complete and runs & drives as purchased. It fired right up and idled great. There was no smoke out the tail pipes and the engine sounds awesome.
The car was worth every penny of the $6,500.00 asking price, however it's a swap meet and I enjoy dealing. Still being early in the weekend and having a crowd around the car constantly I knew the seller wasn't going to come down much if at all. As expected he was not very negotiable on the price and for good reason I suppose. Another buyer showed up and offered him $6,100.00. That buyer called his wife for "approval" right there and went to go get the funds. At that point the decision was made to man up and pay the $6,100.00 as opposed to not getting the car.
It certainly isn't perfect and needs some love, however it is a rust free Dodge Coronet that’s powered by a correct year 440 H.P. engine and backed by an A-883 4-speed manual transmission that runs & drives with a clean/clear title that is still wearing its original sheetmetal (other than the hood). Also the body numbers all matched as did the fender tag which was present and accounted for.
We were getting ready to drive the car home and Hoover offered to tow it home on his trailer for free as long as we could load up and bring the leftovers from his swap meet vendor area home in our truck. It was a done deal.
$6,100.00 bought the car and got it home, so I think we did pretty well.
Now we'll have to see how it performs (and get it performing as well as we can).
It is getting plates & insurance first thing Monday!
The new addition is a 1968 Dodge Coronet coupe. It is the base model Coronet with few options, if any. It was definitely an "advertisement car" which was simple base model vehicle with no options and the lowest possible price to get people into the dealers’ showrooms. The car has manual 4-wheel drum brakes, manual steering, an original manual column shift, and was a small slant six car...
This car came from the New Mexico desert and is extremely clean/dry/solid and very straight so no body work (or much) is needed. Even the trunk pan is very nice. This is my first "21" coded post car.
It was an original slant six powered vehicle with a 3-speed manual column shift transmission (3 on the tree), but now has a 1968 440 high performance (375 horsepower & 480 lbs./ft. of torque) and the matching 1968 A-883 heavy duty 4-speed manual transmission. The engine has a Holley dual feed 4-bbl. carburetor on top of an Offenhauser aluminum 4-bbl. intake manifold. It also has headers and has been converted to electronic ignition via a brand new Mopar Performance kit (ECU, distributor, harness, ...). A few other small things I noticed immediately was the mint 1968 Super Bee power bulge hood on it, the glass is all in great shape, and it has 15" aluminum mag (slots) wheels which fit the car perfectly! Three of the four even have the correct center caps.
The car is complete and runs & drives as purchased. It fired right up and idled great. There was no smoke out the tail pipes and the engine sounds awesome.
The car was worth every penny of the $6,500.00 asking price, however it's a swap meet and I enjoy dealing. Still being early in the weekend and having a crowd around the car constantly I knew the seller wasn't going to come down much if at all. As expected he was not very negotiable on the price and for good reason I suppose. Another buyer showed up and offered him $6,100.00. That buyer called his wife for "approval" right there and went to go get the funds. At that point the decision was made to man up and pay the $6,100.00 as opposed to not getting the car.
It certainly isn't perfect and needs some love, however it is a rust free Dodge Coronet that’s powered by a correct year 440 H.P. engine and backed by an A-883 4-speed manual transmission that runs & drives with a clean/clear title that is still wearing its original sheetmetal (other than the hood). Also the body numbers all matched as did the fender tag which was present and accounted for.
We were getting ready to drive the car home and Hoover offered to tow it home on his trailer for free as long as we could load up and bring the leftovers from his swap meet vendor area home in our truck. It was a done deal.
$6,100.00 bought the car and got it home, so I think we did pretty well.
Now we'll have to see how it performs (and get it performing as well as we can).
It is getting plates & insurance first thing Monday!