I came across this post, and this “forum” while doing one of my many internet searches I do every now and then to try and find out more information about my 73 Polara that I call ‘Moonshine’. I was not aware of a VIP option but was told it was/might be call a Red-Line edition. I heard many different things about it over the years and from people at car shows would ‘argue’ over details about it. Some things I heard was about the reasons behind the vinyl roof was for more stability at higher speeds; it breaks up the air turbulence as it went up & over the roof. If this is fact I don’t know, but I do know that this car can handle 150mph speeds like an arrow. I’m an engineer and also know about arrow dynamics; the reason for the unusually long rear end and drop at the end of the truck is for better arrow dynamics. These C-bodies were known for their “fuselage” design also. Another argument with one Mopar fan was that my car did not come originally with such “shag carpeting” - this guy kept arguing that they did not sell them like that and that the original owner HAD TO OF changed it. I told this guy, this car is ORIGINAL, and only had 48,000 miles on it! The owner, an older man (who I was told by others who knew of him that he was a diamond cutter or collector), would have no reason in the world to have the seats removed and carpeting and have ‘shag’ installed and put back together’ there would be no sense in that. Other people would argue that I had to have restored it and bought “after-market” molding in order to get the ‘red’ rubber molding, arguing they never made such molding. Is there a way I can find out from the build sheet if this is in fact the “VIP” noted here? If anyone can help me to find out how many of these were made in black with the big block also would be greatly appreciated!!!
I have a long story about this car and how I came to buy it over 16 years ago; I will have to sit down and write the story so I can post it here; maybe it can be posted on the Polara section of this website? But for now I’ll just say I have a 73 Dodge Polara 2dr custom with a big block 400 now with 60606 miles in it. I have a long history with this car, and I would like to tell you about my love affair with it and how I use to see this car driving around when I was still a young kid riding my bike and would tell my buddy how I was going to own that car someday! For now, I see there was someone who would like to see some pictures of a black on black, and wanted to share some of mine. Needless to say, I get a LOT of attention with this car, from old ladies to young kids and nationalities of all kinds.
How do i post pictures? i'm new here (just registerd).
