Dodge Dart "Swinger"
Posted on 09/29/2018 6:57:49 AM PDT by ETL
Sometimes a bird in the hand will get you two in the bush. And by “bush” I mean garage.
An Ebay seller is currently auctioning a pair of 1970 Plymouth Superbirds that were stored for over 30 years until he purchased them after a chance meeting last month.
He’d just paid $187,000 for another one of the iconic muscle cars at a car auction in Maine when someone sidled up to him and told him about his secret stash.
Within days, he’d bought the pair for an undisclosed amount and dug them out of the cluttered, dusty garage they’d been sitting in.
The man who sold them was only the second owner, having picked them up in 1978. But he let their registrations expire in the mid-1980s and they’ve been parked ever since.
Aside from getting resprays, both are nearly all original and have numbers-matching 440 cubic-inch V8s with four-barrel carburetors. One is equipped with a manual transmission, the other an automatic, and they have just 27,000 and 42,000 miles on their odometers.
They haven’t run in all these years, but their mechanic owner filled them with pure anti-freeze and Marvel Mystery Oil before he put them away.
Their bodies remain straight, but the interior of one is in much better condition than the other. Apparently, that’s not much of an issue to collectors.
As of this writing, the bidding on each car has surpassed $125,000, and may go much higher before the auctions end in a week. According to the Hagerty Price Guide, the cars are worth over $250,000 if fully restored.
And don’t think the seller doesn’t know that. He’s set reserves on the cars that have not yet been met.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
1964 Polara
No. Dual quads.
Their bodies remain straight, but the interior of one is in much better condition than the other. Apparently, that’s not much of an issue to collectors.
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It seems they only care about the VIN plate. The car itself can be a pile of rust.
One of the guys I worked with at the grocery store had one of those back in 1973. I wonder if he hung onto it?
I thought these were 440's with the six-pack?
Sorry, I know next to nothing about that sort of thing. Only way I would know is to look it up.
That’s okay ETL, a fellow Gator helped me out.
Lol! Good one.
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Love the old Chargers! Mean looking cars....old friend of mine who I haven’t talked to ina while still has his 69, black with dual carbs. Awesome car.
Nice. I thought it was Saturday. Nope. Moparday.
M-ore
O-utstanding
P-ower
A-nd
R-aceability
Vroom!
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The Plymouth Barracuda was a two-door automobile manufactured by Plymouth from the 1964 to 1974 model years.
The first-generation Barracuda, a hardtop fastback, was based on the A-body platform (shared with the Valiant). The first generation car featured distinctive wraparound back glass and was marketed from 1964 to 1966.
The second-generation Barracuda, built from 1967 to 1969, though still Valiant-based, was heavily redesigned. Body designs were now available in fastback, hardtop coupé, and convertible versions.
The third generation, offered from 1970 to 1974, was no longer based on the A-body, but on the Chrysler E-body. The completely new design was similar to the Dodge Challenger and available in hardtop and convertible body styles. The Barracuda was discontinued after the 1974 model year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Barracuda
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