Future of Late (75-79) B-bodies ?

[aceofspades]

That's possible Delta but once they become known it may or may not have an impact on price. All I have seen of these is one advertisement they ever used and random numbers of production but knowing it's less than 5000.

My calculations indicate that there's only about a dozen of these beasts left at all that people are driving including myself.

Maybe another half dozen sitting in barns and the rest in oblivion.

 

[kkritsilas]

From just a feel, there are a lot more of the 1979 300s driving around thatn 18 cars. There are two in my part of Calgary (one has an off kilter front bumper, and currently has a hood scoop on it; front seats are torn up, but it is a T Top car, othre one is fine). I would think that there are probably between 500-1000 around, and being driven.

 

[soupguy]

I have to agree the numbers are more in the hundreds. There are 5 in the Pittsburgh area, 3 of them on the road.

 

[71newp]

I think the black car in the eb ad is beautiful. I watched it sit on the Des Moines iowa cl for 3-4 weeks at a price much lower than the 10k the auction topped out at (no sale). The prices for these cars are all over the place. Just because a car with less than 60k miles on it that looks like it just rolled out of 1979 gets bid to 10k doesn't mean our 120k dinged around the edges examples should easily sell for 7-8k. There are still good looking late-B's out there for 3-4k. Prob could of bought the black one for $5,500 in January.

 

[aceofspades]

The numbers probably are higher, I just haven't seen it. You should have seen people's face in Windsor Ontario when I went to visit my friends. Even the border guards were doing double takes.

 

[DeltaV]

There is a guy near Owego, N.Y. (not Oswego) that runs his '79 300 at a drag strip. There are several '79 300s sitting outside behind a photography store in Vestal, N.Y. along with some other Mopar land yachts.

 

[aceofspades]

That's good to know. I don't know why I'm so fascinated with these cars, I guess because there was such a gap between production times both before and more so after. Call me crazy but I'd like to see a retro version of these like they did the Challenger with the same production numbers.

 

[kkritsilas]

One problem with that is that FCA already has the 300 sedan, so can't call it a 300. Might be able to make a 2 door formal body style off the 300/Charger chassis and call it a 300S, or a Cordoba, or an LS300, 300LS, or just LS (LS coming from the sporty version of the 1980s on Cordoba), Magnum, Coronet, Super Bee, Satellite, GTX, or something similar..

 

[aceofspades]

One problem with that is that FCA already has the 300 sedan, so can't call it a 300. Might be able to make a 2 door formal body style off the 300/Charger chassis and call it a 300S, or a Cordoba, or an LS300, 300LS, or just LS (LS coming from the sporty version of the 1980s on Cordoba), Magnum, Coronet, Super Bee, Satellite, GTX, or something similar..

So they'll go up in value? LOL

 

[DeltaV]

One problem with that is that FCA already has the 300 sedan, so can't call it a 300. Might be able to make a 2 door formal body style off the 300/Charger chassis and call it a 300S, or a Cordoba, or an LS300, 300LS, or just LS (LS coming from the sporty version of the 1980s on Cordoba), Magnum, Coronet, Super Bee, Satellite, GTX, or something similar..

Something like this?

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/03/this-one-off-dodge-charger-coupe.html?m=1

 

[kkritsilas]

Something like this?

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/03/this-one-off-dodge-charger-coupe.html?m=1

Generally, yes, but far less cartoonish.

 

[aceofspades]

That looks awful lol

 

[DeltaV]

That looks awful lol

What about the diamond pattern seats and dash? Should have done that interior in BRIGHT RED...lol

 

[aceofspades]

What about the diamond pattern seats and dash? Should have done that interior in BRIGHT RED...lol

In rich Corinthian leather!

 

[rumblefish360]

I think that (IMO of course) that the rear flares should not have been so wide. It has potential if done less cartoonish.

 

[DeltaV]

I would like to see FCA use Italian design studios for the body and interior of a mid engine lightweight coupe. They could call it the 300 Mille Miglia.

 

[kkritsilas]

I think that the 300 traditionally has been more of, for want of a better term, a gentelman's express. It is basically a luxury car, but with a boatload of power. This goes back all the way from the 1950s lettered orignals, to the 1979 model. If there is to be a revival of a Chrysler nameplate "gentleman's express" that lives up to the spirit of all that came before, it would need to be an elegant, powerful car with as much luxury as performance, and have an elegant, yet sporty, look to it. Like I said above, the 300 nameplate is currently in use for the 300 sedan.

To avoid confusion, the new car could be called the 300R or 300S (following on the 300 letter series cars), an LS300/300LS (combining the post 1979 Cordoba LS and the 300 name plate), or even a Cordoba 300. It must combine power and luxury, and with a repect to the past. An Italian design studio, while quite capable, doesn't understand the history of the 300 name plate and its magic.

FCA can make a lightweight, mid engine coupe, it just cannot be a 300. It ca be a Copperhead, or a Barracuda/'Cude, or any number of other nameplates. It can't be a 300.

 

[Northeast300]

I have tried to research how many of our '79 300s are actually on the road and being used on a regular basis. There is a registry online (which I can't seem to find now of course) but it hasn't been updated in a long long time. I wrote (and got a response) to the Chrysler Historical Society, they could only confirm that there were 3,811 built for the U.S. market.

 

[Northeast300]

I have also tried to find how many '79 300s have a 1/4 vinyl roof.....I have only seen a small handful online not including mine.

 

[soupguy]

I believe this is the link your looking for
http://www.rattlerig.com/1979Chrysler300.html
I have been trying to keep database of the 79 300's I see through ebay and craigslist including the ones already on the above site, I count about 175, some could be duplicates as not everyone lists in a VIN number in their ads