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| 1966 Dodge Coronet |
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Price: $29,000 |
Last Updated 2 hours ago
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| Year: |
1966 |
| Make: |
Dodge |
| Model: |
Coronet |
| Trim: |
N\A |
| Engine: |
361 V8 |
| Fuel: |
N\A |
| Color: |
Yellow |
| Miles: |
15763 |
| Stock #: |
7123 |
| Body Style: |
Limousine |
| Condition: |
Used |
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Vehicle Description
1966 Dodge Coronet 440 If you're asking yourself what a Coronet is, then you wouldn't be alone. The Coronet is a car that we always forget has been around since the late '40s. As a 4 door sedan, it started life as a mid sized post war car that was somewhat up scale in relative to its Dodge brothers and sisters As the years went by, its core competency didn't change much as it was still a 4 door sedan in standard form but once Chrysler started building their muscle car era-defining V8s, things changed for the Coronet. For consignment, a White Hat Boys Company version of the 1966 Coronet 440 2 door hardtop. This 15,763 title verified former California car has a powerful 361ci V8 wedge under the hood, several recent new parts put on, and steel panels that were formed by machinery, that left us fab gaps and bathed with a respray of screaming zonker yellow paint. Exterior This car presents nowhere near the grocery getter looks it was born with and it all starts at the dual headlight front grille which is flat and has an electric shaver styled grille in shiny chrome. This panel is halved in the center by a vertical strut, and surrounding the outside is a wraparound trimming which maintains good alignment at the hood/fender panel seam. A bumper below is tucked neatly into the bottom, and on either side of the headlights is an angled inward signal light. A smooth long hood bathed in satin black and topped with a screaming yellow Max-Wedge style hood scoop is flanked by the front quarters which are trimmed with an aluminum spear running the mid-beltline from stem to stern. The doors are hung very straight, having shiny handles on them, and a clean driver's door mirror. For the rear quarters it starts getting more exciting as there is a flare which frames the rear tires and wheels, and this thins at the back of the rear quarters. Above an ever thinning B pillar eventually lands on the top of the rear quarters and is trimmed in chrome for the drip edges and windows. A long trunk deck wraps around the back of the car and a horizontal trim with DODGE badging is on the center of flared outward tail lights and another clean bumper hangs below. 15-inch American Racing Torque Thrust wheels are on all 4 corners with nearly new staggered width rubber. Interior A swing of the door reveals the black interior, appearing original and it is all in very good preserved condition but not without some wrinkles and loose material. Black horizontal stitched panels are reserved for the center of the doors where the actuator and armrest and the window crank are located. The bottom panel is black steel, and the top sill is painted black metal as well. Long horizontal trimmings delineate these door panels. Inside the tuck and roll continues in earnest with bomber styles buckets that have many rows of tuck and rolling and smooth bolsters. A bit of chrome trimming to the edges adds bling. Riding the hump is a B&M ratchet style shifter that is labeled for a reverse valve body pattern. Seen is a LeCarra 4 spoke rally style steering wheel with silver faced AutoMeter gauges strapped to the column. This is fronting an original dash which is very clean and covered in black with lots of trimmings surrounding the instruments. We note the heater push buttons, factory AM radio and a trio of AutoMeter supporting gauges all occupying dash central. The rear bench, with more tuck and roll, is in very nicely preserved condition and stretches from black covered side panel to side panel. Black carpeting floods the floors, and above is a nice tight headliner. Drivetrain A flip of the hood, and in a gleaming engine bay, now resides a super looking and performing 361ci V8 bathed in blue. This is dressed with natural finish and blue ribbed Mopar Performance valve covers and a pleated topper style air cleaner over a 4-barrel carburetor. Our consignor states that a wild camshaft has been installed to up the performance as well as the engine |
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