I Picked Up This J-Body today

[AlleyOop2]

81 Cordoba LS 318

I guess this was supposed to be the "79 Chrysler 300" of 1981.

It's a little rough around the edges, needs some work, but it seems to run good. It made the 3 hour trip home.

Don't exactly know what I'm going to do with it yet? Don't know wether I'm going to keep it for a while or just try and sell it?

Anyways, just thought I would share.

 

[Catfish]

Is that the factory steering wheel in those cars? If so, I didn't know they used the Tuff style wheel then. Diggin the slotted mags!

 

[Ironwolf]

Nice looking ride, :3gears:

 

[commando1]

Love those cars without the vinyl roof. Nice score.

Don't exactly know what I'm going to do with it yet

Built 402 SB

 

[detmatt]

That's a nice ride Alley, congrats!

 

[Stormer]

Love it. I'd drive the piss out of it.

 

[1978 NYB]

Nice score......

 

[AlleyOop2]

Is that the factory steering wheel in those cars? If so, I didn't know they used the Tuff style wheel then. Diggin the slotted mags!

As far as I know it's factory. They did put some Tuff Wheels in some of these cars. The wrap on the steering wheel is the same color blue as the dash.

 

[1978 NYB]

I like that steering wheel! :eusa_think:

I got this leather wrapped steering wheel out of a 1977 Dodge Charger. A little machining mods to the rear hub and it bolted right on to my NYB.

 

[polara71]

Love the 80-83 Cordoba / Mirada.......

 

[Red63440]

Looks like a future Drag car to me, you can start something new!

 

[Stormer]

Looks like a future Drag car to me, you can start something new!

I like the way you think.

 

[AlleyOop2]

Yeah, I guess I could see that............................................................................................







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Yeah maybe...................................................................................

 

[Catfish]

^ those look pretty mean!

 

[70bigblockdodge]

You know a B.B. fits in those bent torsion bar cars pretty nice, just saying........................

 

[fury fan]

Looks like a future Drag car to me, you can start something new!

Amazingblue82 has had a couple of Mirada/Doba drag cars, saw them on ebay awhile back, he could give some tips if you head that route.

I think a cleaned-up JY 5.9, either a beefed A999 or A500, and a limited-slip 8-1/4" out of a newer Jeep would be my gameplan. Oh - and a radio.

 

[saforwardlook]

The body designations were confusing in these years, but I believe these were R bodies, not J bodies which preceded them (1975-79 Cordobas, Chargers, Magnums etc). But Stan will likely find a chart somewhere to clarify this. I also believe the R bodies used the longitudinal torsion bars of the B bodies and J bodies etc, not the transverse (or bent) torsion bar set up from the F bodies (Volare, Aspen) and the M bodies (Diplomat, LeBaron) that proved troublesome due to weak K frame structures. I personally loved the R bodies for the way they handled and drove down the road. Not always the best quality interior bits (plastics especially) and bumper plastic surrounds, but hey, they were just coming out of bankruptcy with Lee Iacocca leading the charge. Really poor management in the 70s led to increasingly poor vehicles that ended in bankruptcy circa 1980 and ushered in the next phase of Chrysler's history. I was there watching the ship sink, and the vehicles post 1973 were doing poorly in the market as a result. It was a sharp contrast to the earlier days in the 60s where managment had a clue. The unions didn't help either when they got too big for their britches.

 

[Carmine]

R-bodies R

Chrysler: 79-81 NYer, Newport
Plymouth: 80-81 Gran Fury
Dodge: 79-81 St. Regis

J-bodies B

Chrysler: 80-83 Cordoba
Dodge: 80-83 Mirada

 

[Dobalovr]

Great find! This is one of the cars I will have in my collection one day time money and space God willing. I had a white 82 with the Cabriolet roof but always wanted a white LS. Drive it and enjoy!

 

[70bigblockdodge]

This thread is almost 3years old!