75-79 dodge/chrysler/plymouth history

[CordobaDart]

Very cool stuff. I am getting a fever to work on my doba again. Hurry up winter!

 

[PoppaSmurf]

Now thats pretty damn cool!!!!!!!!!!!.....wished they had advertizing like that for the 76 Coronets....really hadn't seen a whole lot....

 

[Jonnyuma]

So, are the trunklids different from Doba to Charger too? I thought it was just the lights and quarter extensions. The wrap-around lenses make the side markers unnecessary, but I thought besides that they were the same. Actually, I'm probably more likely to just fill those side marker holes and find some different lights and mount em in the sheetmetal. The old B body round ones would look cool, but they'd have to be overpriced repops.
If you know of anyone wanting to sell a set of the bumper-to-body filler pieces, I'm definitely interested in em. Especially, the rear...my fronts are salvagable.

 

[WP29440SE]

the 75-77 doba and charger deck lids are the same. the 78-79 doba and magnum are the same. if you wanted to use the magnum rear treatment stuff on a 75-77 you can, but you would have to change evey bolt on piece on the rear including the decklid. the style lines on the quarter panels are identical for all 75-79s.you can even use the magnum doors on any 75-79 charger or cordoba, which eventually ,i am going to put on my charger because they really look cool. the only things that changed are all the bolt on pieces. i have access to a ton of 75-77 doba parts and 2 78 dobas and 2 magnums. most have been pieced out but there are still good parts on them. i found a bunch of magnum stock car pics and some adds , you may have seen them,but i will put them up anyway

 

[WP29440SE]

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some random pics

 

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a few more

 

[WP29440SE]

a few more random pics. the seldom seen 76 base charger, of which was actually plymouth bodied. and the 78??? charger SE? i dont think so.i emailed the company that has this "factory photo" and asked them if they added the text to the photo stating that 77 was the last year for the B bodied charger and the SE.no response as of yet.

 

[WP29440SE]

a few more of interest..

 

[Jonnyuma]

Here's a 78 Charger for sale in OH... http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/2721591010.html.
I thought 77 was the last year for B body Chargers, Magnum took over from there. In case the ad gets deleted, the 78 is white, has a white interior, black steelies with poverty caps, and is delightfully devoid of the tons of "classy" trim and lights and baroque **** n geegaws that adorn the upscale Chrysler variant. It's what my Cordoba wants to be when it grows up.

 

[WileE]

Here's a 78 Charger for sale in OH... http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/2721591010.html.
I thought 77 was the last year for B body Chargers, Magnum took over from there. In case the ad gets deleted, the 78 is white, has a white interior, black steelies with poverty caps, and is delightfully devoid of the tons of "classy" trim and lights and baroque **** n geegaws that adorn the upscale Chrysler variant. It's what my Cordoba wants to be when it grows up.

A quite common thought. They only made a couple thousand as the Magnum replaced it that year. Edit: Hmm, interesting ad... the LAST year Charger B-body...

 

[WP29440SE]

this raises a lot of questions for me, does that make it a 78 and a 1/2 charger SE ? so was the magnum and the charger SE both offered at the beginning of 78? did they drop the SE midyear? that is the first i have ever heard of a 78.those production numbers have got to be extremely low.the grill appears to be a 77 carry over but there are no shots of the tail lights. i am going to email them and see if i can get a pic of the rear.in all the production number stats i have seen, not a one refers to 78 charger SE production. that is weird that they would change the cordoba styling in 78 and not the charger SE. the 78 SE must have only ran a couple of months because it still had round headlights and the doba had square double stacked headlights in the beginning of 78. im so confused lol

 

[Jonnyuma]

Everything I've ever read said that the Cordoba-based Charger was a 2 year only deal because of dismal sales. Whereas the Cordobas were selling 150,000+ per year, the Chargers were only selling at a rate of 25 to 30 thousand per year. The Charger nameplate was dropped after the 75-77 run and the Magnum took its place. A Chrysler executive stated that not carrying over the 74 Charger body style was a HUGE miscalculation.
I have no idea where a round-lighted 78 Charger came from...maybe a late production 77 that sat on the dealer's lot and first got titled in 78? Just one of those "had ta be there" mysteries, I guess. For $1800 I'd sure like to have it.

 

[WP29440SE]

heres a few "78s" i found looking around. the 78 carried the 77 rear treatment as well. there was no change from a 77 se to 78 se from what i can tell..

 

[WP29440SE]

as i stated earlier, production numbers had to be low.judging by the chart, it would appear that MAYBE 4000 slipped out but im guessing it was less than that. goes to show that sometimes you just never know....

 

[WP29440SE]

3500 bucks for this one! are they gaining value or is this guy just trying to make a buck.. they say its a 78.

 

[WP29440SE]

heres another one didnt catch the price.this is how 85% of them ended up im sure.