Why o why would you have sold such a beautiful beast?
Interesting question, as I had to think about it some to reply. I guess in the end, I just like the 1970 SFGT better, even though mine has the usual standard 440 in it rather than the 440HP in the 71s. I prefer the cleaner styling of the 70 with its hidden headlight grille that is simple, elegant and beautiful whereas the 71 was a little more busy. Same for the tail lights. And I thought the turn signal indicators on the 70 were preferable too compared to the a bit over done ones on the 71 that consist of more pieces (3 on each side - two were ornaments on each side to mimic the actual indicators). Also, the rear bumper guards were also overdone to my eye too. They just tried too hard on the 71s, even though I still really do like them overall.
So I concluded I would rather keep my 1970 SFGT that needs a complete restoration, and is optioned just the way I want it and it too is B7 blue but without a vinyl roof, which for some reason on SFGTs I prefer to the vinyl roofs.
But my favorite Chrysler products, aside from my Forward Look cars, are the fuselage Chrysler 300s, with the 71 model being my clear favorite of all of them. I also have some 1970 models and one 1969 300. And I have a bunch of those cars. Tying for number one are the fuselage Imperials, and I am down to a meager 5 of those now.
My second favorites are the fuselage Dodge Monacos, including the Polaras too. And I have a bunch of those too.
Fuselage Plymouths come in third in my preferences. And I only have one left.
When I retired 6 years ago now, I decided I had way too many cars and tried to downsize some and decided to sell many of the cars I knew I would never get around to doing a restoration on. The 71 GT just didn't quite make it as a keeper, so I let it go.
My 70 SFGT needs a full restoration but I still decided to keep it because I liked it a little more, despite its current condition.
Except for surface rust, it has no other rust on the body - everything is solid. It is B7 blue. It has a/c, am/fm stereo, disc brakes, bucket seats and console, as the major options I wanted. It runs and drives now, and is a numbers matching car too. The 71 SFGT didn't really need a complete restoration, and I prefer doing a complete restoration rather than just partially restoring a very nice car to begin with. Yeah, I am a nut case, in short.