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'70 Sport Fury GT with a Gator Grain vinyl top
While browsing, I stumbled upon this copy of a order for a new '70 Sport Fury GT. And in the options list : V1G - Gator Grain vinyl top. Never knew it was available on the Fury model, and never heard about a GT with one. I thought I'd share.
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Gator and Tortoise are two totally different options and look totally different.
Cuda's came with Gator grains as well as Challengers.
I've not seen an E body with Tortoise.
Cuda's came with Gator grains as well as Challengers.
I've not seen an E body with Tortoise.
Do I see Monaco 500 on the trunk lid? Yep, C-VON and DP tag! The car looks in great shape. Very, very nice catch, Tobias!
The code for the Monaco 500 trim was A75 in 1970, but that was for a US-market car as @CBODY67 reported here (A76 for the US-market Monaco Brougham). As @Bill Watson states here, the Monaco 500 was a different series in Canada, with its own VIN coding (DP):
"In the US the 500 was a bucket seat package available only on Monaco 2 dr hardtops, while the Brougham package was available on Monaco sedans and 4 dr hardtops.
Not to confuse with the US 500 with the Canadian 500 which had 'Monaco 500' on the front fenders, nothing on the lower trim ahead of the rear wheels, a "500" emblem on the rear just below the 'Monaco' nameplate (...) and the Dodge crest on the C pillar. The Canadian Monaco 500 was a separate series (FDP-) from the Monaco (FDH-), and came in sedan, 2dr hardtop and 4 dr hardtop. The Canadian Brougham package was available on the three Canadian Monaco 500 models and added a "Brougham" nameplate to the C pillar."
--> what explains the A77 coding? Does it stand for Monaco 500 in Canada, or Brougham in Canada? In that case, there should be a Brougham moniker on the C pillar -- but I don't see any on @Tobias74 's DP23L0R102446
@Bill Watson @kmccabe56 @Fratzog @My70monaco
The code for the Monaco 500 trim was A75 in 1970, but that was for a US-market car as @CBODY67 reported here (A76 for the US-market Monaco Brougham). As @Bill Watson states here, the Monaco 500 was a different series in Canada, with its own VIN coding (DP):
"In the US the 500 was a bucket seat package available only on Monaco 2 dr hardtops, while the Brougham package was available on Monaco sedans and 4 dr hardtops.
Not to confuse with the US 500 with the Canadian 500 which had 'Monaco 500' on the front fenders, nothing on the lower trim ahead of the rear wheels, a "500" emblem on the rear just below the 'Monaco' nameplate (...) and the Dodge crest on the C pillar. The Canadian Monaco 500 was a separate series (FDP-) from the Monaco (FDH-), and came in sedan, 2dr hardtop and 4 dr hardtop. The Canadian Brougham package was available on the three Canadian Monaco 500 models and added a "Brougham" nameplate to the C pillar."
--> what explains the A77 coding? Does it stand for Monaco 500 in Canada, or Brougham in Canada? In that case, there should be a Brougham moniker on the C pillar -- but I don't see any on @Tobias74 's DP23L0R102446
@Bill Watson @kmccabe56 @Fratzog @My70monaco
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Nice score. 
71Polara383
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Sweeeeet
I love it.
boostedvan
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What a wicked car! Nice score!
I can see the vanity plate..
RARE EH
Nice score on a rare Canuckian!!
RARE EH
Nice score on a rare Canuckian!!
That ride is awesome!!
I really like it!
I really like it!
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
Fratzog bumper. Early pad. SPD 731
102446...
WTF? Is this super early? Or super late?
102446...
WTF? Is this super early? Or super late?
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
Answered my own question.
That's a super early 70!
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
My old FK5 Promo car. Different assembly plant. Later SPD. Lower sequence number.
Safe to say Production on 70s started a week or so earlier at Windsor compared to Belvidere?
Anyone got a car on file that was built prior to Tobias's new one?
I was studying this yesterday. I've never seen one with the SPD prior to 8-1. This being a Windsor car there aren't many cars to compare it to.
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