Workmanship matters, 67 R/T

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1967 Dodge Coronet R/T - 440 | eBay?

These things deserve high prices because it costs a fortune to restore one. This one has the price but not the restoration. I bet the tail panel is nothing but a nightmare of pits IRL
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Then there is this
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I often wonder if people paint Mopars black because it lets them sort of get away with painting everything under the hood black anyway.
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At least it doesn't have an aluminum radiator, but it does have a fancy chrome thermostat housing.

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It's got the required wonky console lid, and a gee-whiz CAUTION tag. Any passengers had better be careful!

At least Ma had the common sense to put things like that INSIDE the glovebox (and on cars that deserved them)

:unsure: $43k ask 🤔
 
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C'mon, guys... he's got at least $60 tied up in Asian aftermarket gauges more questionable than the 56-year-old originals. After that expenditure, I can see why he couldn't be bothered to mount the tach straight (although it's possible he mounted it so redline is straight up and doesn't trust the engine past 3,500RPM) or, I dunno, strip all the old paint off the data tag. The ugly-ass '73-up alternator bracketry is a nice touch, but he managed to keep the guaranteed-to-leak-but-correct Federal PS pump.

"Functioning Hood Scoop" = "I couldn't be bothered to throw down for an R/T hood." I'm sure a matching spare tire was similarly too much investment. It probably also explains the aftermarket gauges, speaking of which: What the hell is the fourth black one on the RH end? Getting back to the hood scoop, glad you got it working. Too bad it doesn't accomplish anything beyond venting heat.

As far as what's hanging, I'll bet one American dollar the wiper motor doesn't work. Without any way to defog the windshield (no heater hoses), why even bother getting the water off it? You can't see either way. Well, you wouldn't want to drive it in the rain anyhow. Hell, without vacuum advance, you likely wouldn't want to drive it at all. That's a poor-drivin', fuel-swillin', cylinder-washin' driveway ornament right there. Of course, the free-hanging plug could be something more serious since that's a clearly bulkhead connector. Maybe you have to start it with a screwdriver across the starter relay whilst a jumper wire is used to coil (+).

It's hard to tell if the passenger quarter is as wavy as the driver's side, since it appears to have been painted with a saddle brush. The dime-store red '68-GTX-wannabe stripe is surely there to distract the eye of the beholder.

Sadly, it sold... probably to some other mouth-breather who also thinks half of what's been pointed out is awesome.
 
Dr.Jass said:
C'mon, guys... he's got at least $60 tied up in Asian aftermarket gauges more questionable than the 56-year-old originals. After that expenditure, I can see why he couldn't be bothered to mount the tach straight (although it's possible he mounted it so redline is straight up and doesn't trust the engine past 3,500RPM) or, I dunno, strip all the old paint off the data tag. The ugly-ass '73-up alternator bracketry is a nice touch, but he managed to keep the guaranteed-to-leak-but-correct Federal PS pump.

"Functioning Hood Scoop" = "I couldn't be bothered to throw down for an R/T hood." I'm sure a matching spare tire was similarly too much investment. It probably also explains the aftermarket gauges, speaking of which: What the hell is the fourth black one on the RH end? Getting back to the hood scoop, glad you got it working. Too bad it doesn't accomplish anything beyond venting heat.

As far as what's hanging, I'll bet one American dollar the wiper motor doesn't work. Without any way to defog the windshield (no heater hoses), why even bother getting the water off it? You can't see either way. Well, you wouldn't want to drive it in the rain anyhow. Hell, without vacuum advance, you likely wouldn't want to drive it at all. That's a poor-drivin', fuel-swillin', cylinder-washin' driveway ornament right there. Of course, the free-hanging plug could be something more serious since that's a clearly bulkhead connector. Maybe you have to start it with a screwdriver across the starter relay whilst a jumper wire is used to coil (+).

It's hard to tell if the passenger quarter is as wavy as the driver's side, since it appears to have been painted with a saddle brush. The dime-store red '68-GTX-wannabe stripe is surely there to distract the eye of the beholder.

Sadly, it sold... probably to some other mouth-breather who also thinks half of what's been pointed out is awesome.
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Doc, your ability to pick up on things we all miss is astounding.
And funny as H*ll! :)
 
Upon closer inspection, the fourth gauge reads "FUEL". What that tells me is that not a single factory gauge works. If you look at the almost-side-view of the passenger's side, you can see what a catastrophe the driver's side of the grille is. It looks like they straightened it with a meat tenderizer.
 
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