Ultra-rare 1969 Polara 500 383 4-speed Convertible Left to Decay

[commando1]

I'm calling...


Diamonds in the Rough: Large and in Charge

 

[Big_John]

Without a fender tag or a broadcast sheet, no way would I believe that.

 

[polara71]

Magnante is an idiot. Show us the tag, then maybe I will be less skeptical. I still won't believe it.

He acts like a vacuum trunk release is something unusual...

 

[68 4spd Fury]

I don't see the shifter hump but that could have been scavenged long ago, and the brake clutch lack the chrome trim. Hard to say, fender tag would clear it up.

 

[commando1]

I say with 99.9% certainty the came with a 3-speed.
I posted the link only to show the stupidity that makes it to the internet.

 

[Big_John]

I say with 99.9% certainty the came with a 3-speed.
I posted the link only to show the stupidity that makes it to the internet.

I would be surprised if that was so. The car is too loaded otherwise. A/C, power windows etc.

You'd have to be really hard core to order a car like that with a 3 speed or someone would have checked the wrong box. I'm thinking a later conversion.

 

[Big_John]

Oh.. Mr Cotter!! Mr Cotter!!

The car has cruise control!! No stick cars were made back then with that.

 

[rags]

got to remember not to hit the clutch with the cruise on!

 

[57fury440]

Who knows what is original on a car that old. That's why build sheets are so important.

 

[300rag]

"Though a column-shifted 3-speed manual transmission was base Polara equipment, this Polara’s smooth collar steering column tells us it was born a 4-speed."


No, just that it was a console shift .

 

[3C's & a D?]

He lost me at "E body challengers of the late 60's"

 

[polara71]

Can someone use their wit and reach out to SteveO and demand a recant?

Pretty please

 

[69monaco]

It has the wrong ( A-body ) pedals for a 69 c-body and if it was a three on the tree it wasn,t a H code 4bbl but a 2bbl....!!!!

 

[69monaco]

69 C-body pedals…….

 

[Trace 300 Hurst]

But what's of key importance here is the article mentions the 300 Hurst and its "custom fiberglass trunk lid".

Just sayin'.

 

[Big_John]

But what's of key importance here is the article mentions the 300 Hurst and its "custom fiberglass trunk lid".

Just sayin'.

That was a reskin of a steel deck lid... Correct? Like the hood.

 

[Trace 300 Hurst]

Nope. Unlike the reskin of the hood, the deck lid is all fiberglass. Which is why the poor things warped like crazy by 1972. I'm happy that mine is only slightly warped at the right front corner. Rest of it is quite good.

As you can see, the innards of the decklid are 'glass.

It's kinda cool how the underside kinda "looks" like the steel ribbing.

 

[68 4spd Fury]

I had a 76 Dart, 4 speed and had an aftermarket cruise added, an extra cutoff was put on the clutch. Also had a 97 Dakota w/cruise & 5 speed from the factory.

 

[Trace 300 Hurst]

As for Steve M., at least he's generally a proponent of Mopars instead of Mustangs and Camaros. Granted, he's probably not a CBod expert....like us.

And he's a friendly sort, not a prick.

 

[polara71]

As for Steve M., at least he's generally a proponent of Mopars instead of Mustangs and Camaros.