ONE good thing about those cars, as I observed at Mopar Nats one year, is that a "Cordoba 400" "k-frame" is all it takes to put a RB engine in that car. A few made-up lines from the a/c compressor, '73 Charger exhaust manifolds, and a driveshaft (as the owner told me what he used) is all it takes. I was surprised back then, but not after I thought about it and the heritage relationship to B-body cars. As the car had factory dual-cat dual exhausts, the rear pipe exits were in the stock location, too. Just as the Chrysler "Cordoba" 300s were, which is the car's powertrain sibling.
His particular car had been a Fire Chief's car and was for sale by a salvage yard friend of his, who was selling the car for the municipality. It hadn't seem much "action", but was a real car in very good condition.
He had a mild 440 built for it. He added a 360 4bbl pie pan to the factory air cleaner, which confounded the Chevy guys, especially after he'd defeated them. He also said that some area state police guys had approached him at the gas station, after they heard the exhaust note, wanting to know what he had in there. They didn't buy the "it's stock" line either, as they said "I had one of those and it didn't sound like that". After seeing what he'd done, they approved and wished they'd had one like that, back then.
Worst thing about the restoration would be the bumper fillers, front and rear. Just normal age-related deterioration. Possibly the padded dash pad, too? '79-'81 didn't have very many Chryslers or St. Regis Dodges produced.
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