I am looking to buy a 1969-1971 Dodge Polara or Monaco 2 door hardtop. I’m hoping for a “drive while you work-on” kind of car but they don’t really seem to come up at all. I didn’t realize how rare they actually are these days!
They do come up for sale. In the past year alone, for example, several of each model-year cars in which you're interested went for sale not too far from you.
Just thinking about 1971s, there was a burgundy Monaco 440-4 in upstate NY
initially listed for $15k (which I snagged last February after the price was reduced to $8.5k, and which I have since
gone through mechanically with
@71Polara383's help), a 1971 Polara 440-4 in NJ (the second of two '71 Dodges with white buckets known to survive, and a superb example to boot -- "Blue" was sold privately by a member a few months ago). A running project also sold,
@71Polara383's Monacucamonga. If you wanted a slightly rougher project, I can think of three right off the top of my head: a burgundy Monaco 383-4 that
@amazinblue82 bought in Michigan a couple of months ago; a gold Polara (originally 383-2, now with a 440) in need of TLC in NY,
advertised last August for $3k; and a Canadian white K-code Monaco that was advertised last August for sale in Ontario -- I don't think that Canadian car popped up on FCBO, though, and I became aware too late that the car was for sale. Here are three (lousy) pictures for records.
Again, that's just off the top of my head.
I am located in Massachusetts. Thanks for any consideration if you have one to sell!
Right now, I know of a '69 Polara, a '70 Monaco, and a '71 Monaco that may be available to the right buyer. None of them is perfect, but all of them are good running cars that I would not hesitate to buy. What specifics are you looking for, and what is your budget?
For 1970, what do you think of a
white '70 Polara 318 in PA that listed for $7k last August? That car may or may not still be available -- the ad disappeared, but no one has since shown up on FCBO to claim the car.
EDIT: I just communicated with the Pomonos seller, the car sold to the first person who saw it. Here she is on its way out.