old dodge coronet
Thread Starter
|
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 893
Likes: 5
Originally Posted by thunderguns71
Does it still have the fender tag or maybe the broadcast sheet?
Thread Starter
|
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 893
Likes: 5
Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
You asked how rare? Not very; Dodge made quite a few.
Thread Starter
|
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 893
Likes: 5
so let me ask this.. i know the car industry changed how they rated their engines from SAE and gross and net and whatever, but if this car has 265hp and 380lb.ft. with a 2 barrel does that still make it more powerful than my truck's 460 was when it rolled off the line in '75? from what i can find online, it came with 215hp 365lb.ft. with a 4 barrel. and if it is, does that mean if i ever wanted to fix it up like i did my 460(427hp 510lb.ft.), could it possibly reach the same power numbers without needing things such as a bigger cam to make up for the cubic inches? my truck's 460 idles almost perfectly smooth and you'd never know it had that kind of power had it not been for the geardrive everyone thinks is a supercharger. if i can remember it's a comp cams 262X 4x4 cam with lifts of .514INT .524EXH and a durration of like.. 224 @ .050 i think. i'm just curious of what is possible out of a 361 considering it's the same block as a 383 and 400. i do however know that even though this car is a 4 door and weighs a LOT, it will spin the tires when asked.
Thread Starter
|
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 893
Likes: 5
well I pulled up the seat, thank god i used to work in a body shop or else i know i woulda been puzzeled on how to get it out. pull up on the left and the right a ... bingo, the seat is out, i was actually surprised how easy it was. unfortunately I didn't find anything that looked like a sheet. i noticed a tag attached to the seat that had some writing and some numbers. said 4drsedan which makes sense and it had w33 which matches a w33 on the fender tag which is part of one of the paint codes. if there was a sheet there before, then someone took it long before i got the car. there were some wires on the driver side going into the trunk which i'm guessing are for the lights and then one splits off to the passenger side and went to what looks to be about where the sending unit for the gas tank might be. and you can really tell how faded the interior is when you lift up that seat and see some carpet that hasn't had 40 years of light and wear. i really like that blue. it's like a blue two tone inside with white outside. i don't know if that's a place where any car would rust, but there was absolutely nothing under there other than some dust and dirt. only thing i hate about this car is that i bought it right before i found a really sweet car 
1965 Ford Galaxy 500 2 door hardtop with a 352 police interceptor with all sorts of spare parts to go with it and the whole body was straight with minimal rust, interior was nonexistant, but it ran and it was only... $500.
1965 Ford Galaxy 500 2 door hardtop with a 352 police interceptor with all sorts of spare parts to go with it and the whole body was straight with minimal rust, interior was nonexistant, but it ran and it was only... $500.
Junior User
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 98
Likes: 0
As far as power output I am not exactly sure when they changed from gross to SAE. Just remember after 71 motors were seriously choked up from the factory. Most motors lost 100hp just over that year due to insurance emissions etc (look at chevys ls6 went from 450hp to less than 300). So what I am saying is your 460 had a lot of unlocked potential. The 361 I am sure you could get 350hp give or take, but probably not without at least a mild cam swap (and headers, 4 barrel all the goodies). I think the HO version even had a slightly hotter cam from the factory. Hey wants wrong with a lumpy idle? 
Posting Guru
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,942
Likes: 3
From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
My first car was a 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 model two door coupe. It was a great car being a kid and having a 318 V8. The 500 models are rarer and even rarer are the convertibles and two door post(sedan) versions. I have only seen three convertibles (two were 500 models and one 440 model) and one two door post model that was a 500 model. I heard that most two door posts (sedan) were used as drag cars because they had a stiffer chasis. I met a guy that had a 65 Coronet 500 two door post sedan that he had converted into a dirt track racer before he found out what it was worth. None the less, it made him sick when he found out. It was a factory 4 speed with the 383.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
Junior User
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 87
Likes: 0
From: Northwest Georgia
75 , the build sheets are usally in either the seat or the seat back mostly I have them between the seat springs and that burlap pad between the foam and springs have also found them taped to the body under the rear package tray accessible from the trunk.
Thread Starter
|
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 893
Likes: 5
well i've looked in the trunk before when it had nothing in it and i never noticed anything like that attached to that cardboard. i pulled up the seat and there was nothing there between the springs and that ole potato sack on the foam, lol. and that tag with the w33 on it actually refers to the body style and not the paint. i'm assuming only that rear seat was used on 4dr coronets. unless someone wanted to be "cool" and could order a 4 door with 4 buckets *shrugs* beats me. btw.. does anyone know what year seatbelts became mandatory in cars? i heard it was 65, i can't imagine driving a car with some "muscle" without one on. i ALWAYS wear mine in everything and thank god i do in my truck with all the power that thing has. i once forgot how much power it had when i had a passenger and let's just say there was a loud clunk on my rear window from someone's noggin. 
i was just curious though because this car can EASILY seat 6 (3 front 3 rear) and was equiped with 4 seatbelts. I just wonder what SIZE of people dodge was expecting in this thing, lol.
i was just curious though because this car can EASILY seat 6 (3 front 3 rear) and was equiped with 4 seatbelts. I just wonder what SIZE of people dodge was expecting in this thing, lol.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,788
Likes: 20
From: Mansfield, TX USA
Originally Posted by 75BigBlock
it's a 4 door but it actually looks ok. most 4 doors i see look bad. what the hey, i better say what it is. it's a 1965 Dodge Coronet 440. most people around here don't know cars and think it actually has a 440 just because it says.. 440. from what i can tell the car has been painted at least once in it's lifetime because you can see where someone did a not so perfect job taping off the weatherstripping in the doorjams (i used to work at a bodyshop so my eyes kinda look at this stuff whether or not i want them to). the paint isn't all that great but it covers the car and there's very little rust and it's surface rust that's along the rockers. it has a few dings in it and the biggest "dent" is about a circle as big as a baseball and maybe a 1/4 inch deep that could be pushed out had i really felt like working on this thing. it's pretty much all there minus the right hand side mirror that has apparently been snapped off. it has a 361 big block in it. 3 speed auto. the interior is very nice considering it's 40 years old, it's all there and has only a couple tears that are maybe a few inches long. all the chrome molding is straight except for one piece that goes along the front of the hood, that one is smashed flat through most of it. it's got the original wheels and hub caps. it has a/c but it's unplugged under the hood and when i plugged it in i now know why it was unplugged. the belts started screaming and smoking when you turned on the a/c from inside the car. i think the compressor pulley is shot or something like that. so no a/c but the heater works great.. all the guages work and the radio works as well.. even though i'm not a huge fan of AM. i don't know. i'm just amazed at what i got for $700. . . any input would be appreciated, i'm curious to know what i have here. thanks.
It took me 2 tries to sell it. No one wants a 4 door. What they do want is the A/C (very unique A/C outlets) and the big block motor mounts to put on their 2 door. Also, the throttle linkage was unique on a '64 and '65, so anyone building a '64 or '65 has to find a '64 or '65 parts car.
I had the car sold to someone until he found out that the 426 used different motor mounts than the 361, 383 and 440.
You can probably part it out and get more money engine/tranny $1500-$2000, taillight buckets $100/each, front fenders $200 each, gas tank $200, etc.).
I had several people say that they were willing to put $3000 into the car, $3000 in their driveway and that was the problem. Most of these people were in the Rust Belt and transport costs were going to be around $1000, so all they would offer me is $2000.
So, you should not have much of a problem getting $2000. $2500 is doable, but more problematic. $3000 is probably the top end.
I was aking $2500 and got $2300. A guy in coastal NC bought it. He was building a 2 door. His 2 door had a 318, and he was going to swap engines. Also, my 4 door had better trim and the A/C. he was going to take the best parts off of both cars and put them on the 2 door. He was then going to put my 4 door back together and use it as a driver.
Sorry, but the ebay link no longer works.
Thread Starter
|
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 893
Likes: 5
yeah, i was thinking maybe 2500 at most if i do the little body work it needs and repaint it. i can get that done cheap because the guy i used to work for at a body shop will let me paint it for just the cost of the paint if i do all the work on it, but the way it sits right now i'd probably just ask 1500. AND i was thinking the same thing about getting more if i part it, because i was looking at ebay a while ago and saw how much all of the parts for this thing were going for. crazy. i would only sell it if i could get that much off of it though because i need something to drive unless i can fix my truck's tranny with the money i get off of this and still have enough dough left over to buy the premium gas it takes 
it sure is fun to drive though, the ricers here in SLC don't like me, lol. so it's either drive this until i get something else with some mileage like a small newer car, or sell this for some cash and either buy another car or fix my truck. decisions decisions. all i have to say.. is this things moves extremely well for a 4 door with a 361, i can only imagine what a 2 door 383hi-po would be like.. 4 speed or not.
it sure is fun to drive though, the ricers here in SLC don't like me, lol. so it's either drive this until i get something else with some mileage like a small newer car, or sell this for some cash and either buy another car or fix my truck. decisions decisions. all i have to say.. is this things moves extremely well for a 4 door with a 361, i can only imagine what a 2 door 383hi-po would be like.. 4 speed or not.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 4,788
Likes: 20
From: Mansfield, TX USA
Originally Posted by 75BigBlock
yeah, i was thinking maybe 2500 at most if i do the little body work it needs and repaint it. i can get that done cheap because the guy i used to work for at a body shop will let me paint it for just the cost of the paint if i do all the work on it, but the way it sits right now i'd probably just ask 1500. AND i was thinking the same thing about getting more if i part it, because i was looking at ebay a while ago and saw how much all of the parts for this thing were going for. crazy.
The taillight buckets, if good, are worth $100 each.
The front fenders are worth $150-$200 each.
I had 2 people offer me $2000 for mine. One offered me $2200. I sold it for $2300.
Don't do any bodywork. No one cares about the body on a 4 door. They want the engine/tranny, A/C and some of the trim. The rest is junk to them.
Last edited by jschira; Oct 5, 2005 at 02:43 PM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
50 Flathead f-2
1948 - 1956 F1, F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
14
Sep 2, 2014 10:59 AM
79 f-150 guy
1973 - 1979 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
27
Sep 18, 2009 05:35 PM
Nathane
General NON-Automotive Conversation
53
Apr 9, 2007 01:13 AM