71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
If you have any luck finding someone to redo the steering wheel, please let us know... I have one I would like to redo as well.
Sweet car!
Sweet car!
MrMopar goes Topless
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MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Cool, depending on setup cost I my be looking to share the cost. One place said it would be “painfully expensive” me hasn’t got back with me on what that might be.
Alan
www.phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com/2020/03/on-block-1969-dodge-polara-500.html
Article with pictures. FWIW
CBODY67
Article with pictures. FWIW
CBODY67
Unibody platform since 1957??? Really well-researched - not.
Were sales as miserable as stated with the fuselage look? People must have been really high on drugs back then and not just the hippies!
I recall vividly when in 1969 the new Chrysler products were unveiled at the Pasadena, CA showroom of the Harger Haldeman Chrysler-Plymouth dealership - the window wrap came down and there the cars were! I was mesmerized by the glorious looks of those cars and have been sick ever since. I recall a 1969 Chrysler 300 coupe loaded with options right in the center of the showroom window - it was dark green all over and it was stunning I thought. Later that year I went to work for them in their engineering center in Highland Park, Michigan.
Those were the days!!
Were sales as miserable as stated with the fuselage look? People must have been really high on drugs back then and not just the hippies!
I recall vividly when in 1969 the new Chrysler products were unveiled at the Pasadena, CA showroom of the Harger Haldeman Chrysler-Plymouth dealership - the window wrap came down and there the cars were! I was mesmerized by the glorious looks of those cars and have been sick ever since. I recall a 1969 Chrysler 300 coupe loaded with options right in the center of the showroom window - it was dark green all over and it was stunning I thought. Later that year I went to work for them in their engineering center in Highland Park, Michigan.
Those were the days!!
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69_topless
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Hi Alan,
would you be so kind and make me a picture of this inner clip once you had a chance, holding the trunk molding? I lost it many years back when making new paint and would like to see the original to duplicate it. I had one brief try in past but I did not figure the shape correctly. Thanks in advance
would you be so kind and make me a picture of this inner clip once you had a chance, holding the trunk molding? I lost it many years back when making new paint and would like to see the original to duplicate it. I had one brief try in past but I did not figure the shape correctly. Thanks in advance
I see that the first comment was by the owner of a 1970 Polara ´vert. Does anybody know him (alias is shototanka72 Blogger: User Profile: shotokanka72)
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Well still not where I wanted to be at this time.
Replaced the gas tank, it looked like the fuel filter inside.
Will probably be replacing the fuel lines.
The floor pan was real clean, wasn't expecting to see shinny black.
Gutted the exhaust.
Got the correct exhaust manifold installed on the right and went to the left, one of the bolt kept spinning, first thought the stud cam out, upon further inspection it appears it is stripped in the head. Will be looking at a HeliCoil repair, will need to get the kit and a 90^ drill.
Prior to all this I went to Cloverdale with a friend to look at a 69 Polara 500 that they had, got a bunch of smalls, enough to make the trip worth it. The trip was tied to getting the exhaust manifolds that another friend had.
There was also a Newport that we got a few parts off of
There was also a 70 Polara 4-door hardtop, no pictures
Alan
Replaced the gas tank, it looked like the fuel filter inside.
Will probably be replacing the fuel lines.
The floor pan was real clean, wasn't expecting to see shinny black.
Gutted the exhaust.
Got the correct exhaust manifold installed on the right and went to the left, one of the bolt kept spinning, first thought the stud cam out, upon further inspection it appears it is stripped in the head. Will be looking at a HeliCoil repair, will need to get the kit and a 90^ drill.
Prior to all this I went to Cloverdale with a friend to look at a 69 Polara 500 that they had, got a bunch of smalls, enough to make the trip worth it. The trip was tied to getting the exhaust manifolds that another friend had.
There was also a Newport that we got a few parts off of
There was also a 70 Polara 4-door hardtop, no pictures
Alan
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Alan, was that the ‘70 Newport fender tag? If that’s a Newport with a 440, that’s a very rare C body.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
friend had one,
Alan
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
That Chrysler is a New Yorker that came standard with a 440. The H in the VIN means highline, New Yorker.
Samplingman
Old Man with a Hat
Of course, CE would be Newport, Thanks Steve! Seeing a possible 1970 Newport 440 in that condition would have been heart breaking.
From your trip, we have learned the fate of two more fusies for records: CH41T0C233521 (a 1970 New Yorker sedan) and DM23H9D167951 (a loaded 1969 Polara 500 that was born with a 383-4, fancy R35 radio, T3 Light Bronze paint, V1T tan top, and white buckets/console interior).
Thank you for those posts!
Thank you for those posts!
We have seen that polara before here on the forum!!
SOLD - Not Mine 1969 Dodge Polara 500 Parts Car - Cloverdale, Calif.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Accurate, this is a copy of an NOS pipe that was given to them by a friend of mine, it is an exact copy, flat spots and all.
2-1/4" tip to tip (factory stepped to 2" middle of the tailpipe)
Muffler (Hemi repo from Accurate) 21" body, don't think there is any extra pipe.
Alan
Thanks! As I recall from my old Walker Exhaust catalog, the '69 Polara/Monaco 440/375 exhaust was the only year to use the Street Hemi mufflers, rather than the larger C-body case from 1970 onward. '69 was the year a 440/375 Polara 2.76-geared, tall-tires police package set the top speed record that held until it was bested (by less than 5 mph!!!!) by the IROC-Z police-spec Camaro. So, your mention of the Street Hemi mufflers for that system is accurate.
Thanks again!
CBODY67
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Looking at that Polara in the yard I was trying to see which was more equipped.
I have cruise and cornering lights that it doesn't.
It has power locks that I don't (got all the parts that were there, missing the left lock/switch)
Alan
I have cruise and cornering lights that it doesn't.
It has power locks that I don't (got all the parts that were there, missing the left lock/switch)
Alan
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