Frankenstein-Cucamonga

[67-Fury]

If I half too I will lol. I prefer 70s but I Think my heart really yearns For 69 Polaras.

 

[commando1]

Hands done, bar none..
The Winnahhhh!

 

[Big_John]

Hands done, bar none..
The Winnahhhh!

OMG! A scene out of my rear view mirror in my younger days....

I just pulled my license out of my wallet.

 

[67-Fury]

Wrong.

 

[polara71]

I see where this is headed ... is someone starting a poll to prove 70s are the best LOL?

I'd prefer the 71 being the ugly duckling, problem is, when one is for sale it's gone, usually within hours.

 

[saforwardlook]

Hands done, bar none..
The Winnahhhh!

Can't agree on that one Stan, but you are darn close to the bullseye!

 

[Fratzog]

I'd prefer the 71 being the ugly duckling, problem is, when one is for sale it's gone, usually within hours.

I like them both but acknowledge in the minority in preferring the 69 and 70 dodge dash pad.

 

[69monaco]

Franky goes to moparshop.

 

[detmatt]

Son of a ***** I want to go to Moparshop!

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Franky drives around to many shows.
Here it is at an old coalmineing show in Duisburg.

Pic was done by a buddy

 

[commando1]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

 

[1978 NYB]

Nice car Carsten!

 

[mrmopar66]

Im with you on dashes. Mine was shot on the 300 and I love the looks of the Plymouth dash a lot more. Im going with a Fury dash in mine.

to ad a little more history:

I always loved the 70 Polaras. More than the Monacos as I don't like the wide side trim so much.
The 71 Polara looks similar to many but I do not like the sticking out front grill as well as the look of the rear.

But there is one thing that always disturbs me on 69/70 Dodge Fullsize: The dashboard. I do not like the tall dashface.
I always liked the Fury dash which was used in 1971 on Dodge, too.

So I always thought a 1970 Polara with a 1971 Dash would be great. Or a 1971 Polara with a 70 front grill and rear.
This thought isn't new. I am having those thoughts since more than 20 years.

 

[ayilar]

Late for the party... Thanks for this interesting story/pics.

I'm glad you were able to make your fantasy into reality, Carsten. Good to have friends like Steve!

I’m even later to the party. Agreed!

To me, the ‘69 looks like a sixties car, less substantial (if that makes sense) than the later cars. The ‘71 taillights are already well into the seventies (plainer to my eyes). This being said, while the ‘70 is the perfect car for me, IMHO they’re all VERY nice cars — which the quality of the pics in this thread makes clear!

 

[polara71]

You didnt need to resurrect this thread

 

[71Polara383]

What a shame. Send it back home I'll fix it

 

[polara71]

What a shame. Send it back home I'll fix it

Someone needs to

 

[71Polara383]

Someone needs to

Q5 Brougham with a 440.

 

[polara71]

I agree ... ruined

 

[ayilar]

The mods have been done tastefully and can be reversed by the next owner (or the current one, if he changes his mind). No one is losing anything, and Carsten is happy. What is there not to like?

To make both of you feel better, imagine the following hypothetical. Suppose that Chrysler Corp. had built a test mule 49 years ago blending the bumpers of the '70 with the other changes for '71. The end result would look like what Carsten has here. Except, perhaps, that the mothership's unicorn would be fawned over