Yankee
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Greetings all again, here's my question. I noticed that many of you seem to have a soft spot for the oddball Mopars (I say so endearingly, not as a putdown), such as a 75 Road Runner - most motorheads I know don't even know they even existed in '75, much less know that 75 was the only year they were based on the Fury.
ANYWAY...
I'm kicking around the idea of picking up a bit of a, well, oddball. It's perhaps one that I doubt many here would have much interest it, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. It's a ... 1978 Dodge Monaco wagon (yes, station wagon). Some of you might have seen it on eBay, but for those who haven't, here's a pic
A bit about the car:
The odometer reads 36K miles, but it doesn't say if that's original or if it's been flipped
It's got the 360-2 engine with the 904 (727?) transmission. Looks like it's still got the Lean Burn system attached, which could be a good or bad thing.
It's got no rust at all, in fact it's in damn good shape for 31 years old. Supposedly only 1600 or so of these were made in 78.
It looks like it's got Plymouth hubcaps on it (kinda hard to tell from the pic) - it's got the Plymouth symbol on them. Doing some surfing I saw another pic of a 78 Monaco wagon that also had the same identical caps on them with the Plymouth symbol - did they come that way originally, or is that just a strange coincidence?
I guess my big question is... is this a car that any of YOU would be interested in? I know wagons in particular are shunned by most collectors, but what can I say - I've always loved the old land yachts. The eBay BIN was $7500 - no way I'd pay that, but I still have it on my watch list to see what (or if) it goes for. Plus the car is in Idaho and I'm in Louisiana....
Anyway, tell me what you think. The closest car that I've ever had to that was driving my Grandmother's 76 Cordoba with a 400 20-some years ago - it was a nice car but I remember that Lean Burn being a real bitch sometimes.
Any comments good or bad are welcomed. Thanks. :tiphat:
ANYWAY...
I'm kicking around the idea of picking up a bit of a, well, oddball. It's perhaps one that I doubt many here would have much interest it, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. It's a ... 1978 Dodge Monaco wagon (yes, station wagon). Some of you might have seen it on eBay, but for those who haven't, here's a pic
A bit about the car:
The odometer reads 36K miles, but it doesn't say if that's original or if it's been flipped
It's got the 360-2 engine with the 904 (727?) transmission. Looks like it's still got the Lean Burn system attached, which could be a good or bad thing.
It's got no rust at all, in fact it's in damn good shape for 31 years old. Supposedly only 1600 or so of these were made in 78.
It looks like it's got Plymouth hubcaps on it (kinda hard to tell from the pic) - it's got the Plymouth symbol on them. Doing some surfing I saw another pic of a 78 Monaco wagon that also had the same identical caps on them with the Plymouth symbol - did they come that way originally, or is that just a strange coincidence?
I guess my big question is... is this a car that any of YOU would be interested in? I know wagons in particular are shunned by most collectors, but what can I say - I've always loved the old land yachts. The eBay BIN was $7500 - no way I'd pay that, but I still have it on my watch list to see what (or if) it goes for. Plus the car is in Idaho and I'm in Louisiana....
Anyway, tell me what you think. The closest car that I've ever had to that was driving my Grandmother's 76 Cordoba with a 400 20-some years ago - it was a nice car but I remember that Lean Burn being a real bitch sometimes.
Any comments good or bad are welcomed. Thanks. :tiphat:
ppbbbttt: even if I did get a steal of a price I'd still have to go there to get it (I know, I could have it shipped, but any way you cut it I'd be in for a lot of $).
