Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Ok hope this doesn't disappoint because the story isn't nearly as good, and I had to "create" the photo. Basically turn the clock back to the late 90s and I'm going to the Standard Federal bank, located at Topher (8 1/2 mile) and Gratiot. In the parking lot I spot a very clean (not perfect, but clean) 1973 Polara. I walk over and start checking it out. Then I notice it's a sunroof car. Wow, that's not too common. Crazy 70s interior fabric.
What's with this weird badging? Sundancer? These are die-cast chrome with multicolor inserts, not some home made junk. The colors include a little purple and a lot of yellow/orange. It strikes me that they say SundanceR, not Sundance.... Which even back then I knew was a trim package on '74 Plymouth Satellites. An older black dude walks to the car and we start talking. He tells me he's a Chrysler retiree and that he bought the car "back in the day" from the same lot that disposed of the Mariner (which back then I knew nothing about) Of course he doesn't want to sell.
Back then, no cell phone cameras. All I could do was try to memorize the car. A few years later I saw the car at a gas station on 8 mile... Basically he was leaving as I approached (on foot). Never saw me. Last I ever heard/saw of the car.
Below is the best recreation I can come up with, correct colors and rims. I have a feeling Chrysler did 3 "theme" C-bodies for shows that year, the Mariner, the Aspen and the Sundancer. For whatever reason, I've never seen anything on the Dodge. It was the least-changed from stock, so perhaps not as photographed?
What's with this weird badging? Sundancer? These are die-cast chrome with multicolor inserts, not some home made junk. The colors include a little purple and a lot of yellow/orange. It strikes me that they say SundanceR, not Sundance.... Which even back then I knew was a trim package on '74 Plymouth Satellites. An older black dude walks to the car and we start talking. He tells me he's a Chrysler retiree and that he bought the car "back in the day" from the same lot that disposed of the Mariner (which back then I knew nothing about) Of course he doesn't want to sell.
Back then, no cell phone cameras. All I could do was try to memorize the car. A few years later I saw the car at a gas station on 8 mile... Basically he was leaving as I approached (on foot). Never saw me. Last I ever heard/saw of the car.
Below is the best recreation I can come up with, correct colors and rims. I have a feeling Chrysler did 3 "theme" C-bodies for shows that year, the Mariner, the Aspen and the Sundancer. For whatever reason, I've never seen anything on the Dodge. It was the least-changed from stock, so perhaps not as photographed?
