A true survivor. Some help needed.

[Geneus]

66 Charger Options
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Great sheet...thank you VERY much. It is very helpful.

 

[Geneus]

My 66 came with both styles of wheel covers. The mag caps were still in the boxes when I bought the car from the original owner. Not sure why. I prefer the spinner caps. View attachment 987557View attachment 987558
I do know the mag caps fitted on the rims feels weird. Almost a heavy feeling. The spinner caps inset into the rim feel like there not there.

Thanks again...helpful information as it looks as if the mag caps are the optional wheels. This will be sorted out once I receive pictures of the car, the build sheet and the dealer sticker.

 

[Geneus]

I don't believe there were any "optional" wheels on a 66. Just 14" rims and the spinner 3 piece hubcaps.
There is also no numbers matching in 66. Just date codes.
A real hemi car is worth a bit.

Thank you. Can you clarify what you mean by "date codes?" I am not familiar with that term...sorry. Would having only date codes allow one to make sure of the provenance of the hemi in this particular car? And yes, I agree with you that a real period correct hemi is worth a bit, especially one that can be verified to have only 16K miles on it.

 

[69L48Z27]

Don is saying that there are no VIN numbers stamped on engine or trans. You’ll need to work through all the documentation to arrive at the conclusion it’s all ‘born with’ parts. Date codes are in a few different formats. Point is, you can’t have an engine with a casting date after the car was produced (date on the fender tag).

 

[YY1]

Could you get power brakes with the Hemi?

 

[Geneus]

Don is saying that there are no VIN numbers stamped on engine or trans. You’ll need to work through all the documentation to arrive at the conclusion it’s all ‘born with’ parts. Date codes are in a few different formats. Point is, you can’t have an engine with a casting date after the car was produced (date on the fender tag).

Thanks again for clarifying that. As I have stated in the past, the devil is in the details.

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

Hope this helps on the radio.
https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/ams/a-great-chart-for-radio-id.228/
https://sites.google.com/site/identifyingcarradios/home/radios-2/chrysler

 

[Geneus]

Hope this helps on the radio.
https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/ams/a-great-chart-for-radio-id.228/
https://sites.google.com/site/identifyingcarradios/home/radios-2/chrysler

Thank you. It could be helpful once we look more closely at the radio.

 

[68BabyBlue]

This may help with the radio issue, or maybe raise more questions. In June of 1967, my dad bought a brand new Valiant 100 off the lot of our local dealership. A memorable event 52 years later, because my dad was so frugal, and it was his first brand new car. He loved classical music, and had a factory am-fm radio installed by the dealer before closing the sale. I drove that car for 10 years, and the existence of the am-fm in such a spartan vehicle often raised questions. So in 1967 it was possible, with even a modest A body.

 

[Geneus]

This may help with the radio issue, or maybe raise more questions. In June of 1967, my dad bought a brand new Valiant 100 off the lot of our local dealership. A memorable event 52 years later, because my dad was so frugal, and it was his first brand new car. He loved classical music, and had a factory am-fm radio installed by the dealer before closing the sale. I drove that car for 10 years, and the existence of the am-fm in such a spartan vehicle often raised questions. So in 1967 it was possible, with even a modest A body.

Thank you for that bit of history. It seems that the dealers back then were given some level of flexibility in making aftermarket modification on customer's car prior to their taking official ownership.

 

[68BabyBlue]

Thank you for that bit of history. It seems that the dealers back then were given some level of flexibility in making aftermarket modification on customer's car prior to their taking official ownership.

Same dealer put air conditioning in a '69 hemi road runner, and a 3:54 rear in a factory A-12 car prior to sale, was quite the place.

 

[MCODECUDA]

I’ll check my 66 & 67 parts books tomorrow but you might be on to something about the lightning.

According to both the 66 and 67 parts books there are no am/fm radios listed for a Charger.

 

[Geneus]

According to both the 66 and 67 parts books there are no am/fm radios listed for a Charger.

Kind of what I thought.

 

[slimt]

I got this book.

 

[Geneus]

I got this book.

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Nice...a real collector's item.

 

[Thrashingcows]

Perhaps an AM/FM from a C-body?

 

[Thrashingcows]

Could you get power brakes with the Hemi?

Yes Power brakes were available with the Hemi.

 

[ODZKing]

I have had this conversation several times recently. To the best of my knowledge and the parts books reflects this, there was no AM/FM radio for Coronet in 66. Coronet was bulb (232), Charger was EL (233).
Now, in 67 Charger's had 2 option radios, both EL and AM but one had more output/amps (233/381).
However you could order an available AM/FM and it would be a dealer ad on. However it was Coronet and fit Charger but was not EL (370).

 

[Geneus]

I have had this conversation several times recently. To the best of my knowledge and the parts books reflects this, there was no AM/FM radio for Coronet in 66. Coronet was bulb (232), Charger was EL (233).
Now, in 67 Charger's had 2 option radios, both EL and AM but one had more output/amps (233/381).
However you could order an available AM/FM and it would be a dealer ad on. However it was Coronet and fit Charger but was not EL (370).
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Excellent information...thank you. Again, I am still waiting for photos of all the documentation associated with this car and I think the answers will lie therein. My gut tells me that the original owner wanted an AM/FM regardless of the fact that it would not be EL lit and had the dealer do an aftermarket install. If so, that would/should be indicated in the dealer sticker.

 

[Geneus]

Excellent information...thank you. Again, I am still waiting for photos of all the documentation associated with this car and I think the answers will lie therein. My gut tells me that the original owner wanted an AM/FM regardless of the fact that it would not be EL lit and had the dealer do an aftermarket install. If so, that would/should be indicated in the dealer sticker.

Of course, after now thinking about this, this 1966 Charger might well have come with an EL AM radio and the original owner could have gone back to the dealer in 1967 after finding out there was an AM/FM radio that would fit (from a Coronet) right into the slot where the original EL AM radio would have been. If that is the case, I hope there is documentation as such to help maintain the provenance. It would even be better if somehow (if my presumption pans out about the switch) the original EL lit AM radio was still associated/kept with the car. Of course, others have indicated that I could likely (with some effort) source an original EL-lit AM radio somewhere and replace the aftermarket AM/FM to bring the car back to it's factory originality.