One rare Canadian Hemi Coronet

[Wild one]

https://www.motortrend.com/features/1970-dodge-coronet-rt-hemi-convertible-restoration/?utm_campaign=true_anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_type=organic

 

[marine0311]

Thank you Wild one for sharing the link to one of my favorite builds from Graveyard Cars!

 

[Treburkulosis]

That is a cool find! Im going to assume they couldn't find a period correct 426 as why they went to a 72.

 

[turkeybird56]

That is a cool find! Im going to assume they couldn't find a period correct 426 as why they went to a 72.

Dang, almost made me drool on the keyboard.

 

[Treburkulosis]

Dang, almost made me drool on the keyboard.

Agreed. I like the Coronets.

 

[mikeru]

Agreed. I like the Coronets.

I mean, they're okay. If you like old man cars.

I was always more partial to Plymouth

 

[Wild one]

That is a cool find! Im going to assume they couldn't find a period correct 426 as why they went to a 72.

The car came out of a wrecking yard in the 70's,and it's original drivetrain had already been stripped out it.If i remember the story on the car,it was originally sold in Alberta,and was street raced up till the original motor blew up,then it went to a wrecking yard.

 

[Treburkulosis]

I mean, they're okay. If you like old man cars.

I was always more partial to Plymouth
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Well duh Cuda's were probably the best looking muscle car.

 

[Treburkulosis]

The car came out of a wrecking yard in the 70's,and it's original drivetrain had already been stripped out it.If i remember the story on the car,it was originally sold in Alberta,and was street raced up till the original motor blew up,then it went to a wrecking yard.

Shocking that they junked it. Glad someone saved it tho.

 

[Wild one]

I mean, they're okay. If you like old man cars.

I was always more partial to Plymouth
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I grew up with this 71 Hemi Charger,lol. Car was butt ugly in my opinion as a kid,the only redeeming feature it had was when the air grabber was flipped up,lol. I used to get picked up at high school fairly often in it,and also had the pleasure of replacing it's water pump when i was 16,it was also the only time i got to drive the car,as i told my Uncle Andy the only way i was gonna replace the water pump was if i got to drive it,he and my Dad drank beer while i changed the water pump,and they'd drank enough beer by the time i was done,my uncle threw me the keys,and my buddy and i took it for a drive,at well over a 100 mph on gravel roads no less,lol.I still remember my buddy grabbing the dash when i got it up past a 100 on a gravel road,lol

 

[Green_Manalishi]

Well duh Cuda's were probably the best looking muscle car.

Probably? PROBABLY?!

'73 'Cuda definitively.

 

[turkeybird56]

I mean, they're okay. If you like old man cars.

I was always more partial to Plymouth
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Cuda or Charger work for me. But alas think them days long gone. No way now I could afford buy restored p

 

[Wild one]

Well duh Cuda's were probably the best looking muscle car.

I still think 72 and 73 Cuda's were the best looking cars built. There were a few of them at my high school in the mid to late 70's. Growing up in a fairly well to do farming community in the 70's meant every kid had either a muscle car,or a brand new truck,lol. We wrecked alot of beautiful cars as kids,aarrgghh,makes me sad to think of the cars that my generation wrecked as kids.

 

[turkeybird56]

For all the Northern guys. Watching ballgame and see advertised 20% off MSRP Ram Canada. Just now Toronto game ad Rodger’s.

 

[Treburkulosis]

I still think 72 and 73 Cuda's were the best looking cars built. There were a few of them at my high school in the mid to late 70's. Growing up in a fairly well to do farming community in the 70's meant every kid had either a muscle car,or a brand new truck,lol. We wrecked alot of beautiful cars as kids,aarrgghh,makes me sad to think of the cars that my generation wrecked as kids.

No one new back then. I mean its the same way with the Foxbodies and F bodies. Wrecked or left for dead. No one knew jack squat.

 

[Wild one]

We could still get 340 Dart Swingers in Western Canada in 71 and 72. CrossTown in Edmonton reportedly sold more Hemi cars per capita of any dealership in North America,they even out sold Mr Norms/ Spaulding Dodge in the late 60's early 70's. Both the oil patch and farming communities were booming,and there was lots of money floating around in Western Canada in those days,and Chrysler wasn't stupid,they sent their hi-po cars to areas where they could be sold

Canada's Well Kept Secret: The 1971 & 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 Special - Mopar Connection Magazine | A comprehensive daily resource for Mopar enthusiast news, features and the latest Mopar tech

When you think of the 340 powered Dodge Dart Swinger, your mind usually goes to the ’69 and ’70 examples but what many don’t know is Dodge actually built a factory 340 powered Dart Swinger in 1971 and 1972. In 1971, the fastback Demon 340 had replaced the popular Swinger 340 in the Dodge...

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1972 Canadian Swinger 340 Specials

1972 Swinger 340 Specials from Crosstown Motor City, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada & 1972 Dart Swinger 340 Specials from Pembina Dodge, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

www.swinger340specials.ca

 

[CanuckRam1313]

Dang, almost made me drool on the keyboard.

RIGHT!!!
Where's the "drooling" emoji.

 

[mikeru]

I still think 72 and 73 Cuda's were the best looking cars built. There were a few of them at my high school in the mid to late 70's. Growing up in a fairly well to do farming community in the 70's meant every kid had either a muscle car,or a brand new truck,lol. We wrecked alot of beautiful cars as kids,aarrgghh,makes me sad to think of the cars that my generation wrecked as kids.

Fair enough. The '71 grill looks best to me, especially in anthracite. But I'd love to have any early 70's 'Cuda.

I grew up in a less well to do farming community in the 70's. We all drove beat up old hand me down cars and pickups LOL. I mean, my first car was a '66 malibu 4-door (283 2-speed powerglide) I bought from my parents for $100. My sisters nick-named it Humble.

 

[Wild one]

Fair enough. The '71 grill looks best to me, especially in anthracite. But I'd love to have any early 70's 'Cuda.

I grew up in a less well to do farming community in the 70's. We all drove beat up old hand me down cars and pickups LOL. I mean, my first car was a '66 malibu 4-door (283 2-speed powerglide) I bought from my parents for $100. My sisters nick-named it Humble.

I bought a 74 Valient with the mighty leaning tower of power to use as a winter beater in the early 80's,couldn't kill that old slant 6,and i tried,but the car got the nickname "slug" from my buddies,as it wouldn't get out of it's own way,even downhill with a tailwind,lol

 

[turkeybird56]

I bought a 74 Valient with the mighty leaning tower of power to use as a winter beater in the early 80's,couldn't kill that old slant 6,and i tried,but the car got the nickname "slug" from my buddies,as it wouldn't get out of it's own way,even downhill with a tailwind,lol

When I got together with wife #2 in 1984, she had a 74 Dart, slant 6. Clanked and moaned, groaned, etc, BUT U could not kill it. If it is not a rust heap somewhere, bet it still running. Kinda miss the sound of those old slant 6 starters turning over, a well known, familiar and pronounced sound.