Vehicle Sighting - 1966 Dodge Coronet 440 wagon

[Number_35]

Fun sighting! Great to see an old family car like this still on the road, and with regular (rather than collector) plates.

I'd guess there's a 273 under the hood.

 

[Chris142]

more likely a 383

 

[daves87rs]

Very cool!

 

[Owen Lucas]

Looks like Al Bundy is on the loose.

 

[Warstud]

 

[AZjeff]

Great survivor and with the Radial T/As someone is having fun with it. Here it would be lowered with fat rubber and something big under the hood with the patina untouched.

If you're going to blank out the plate on it maybe do the visible plate on the Fusion in the first pic too? What's the point anyway?

 

[JHZR2]

Neat car! Thanks for sharing pics!

Is it me, or when the double round lights get mounted too close together, does it look funny? Reminds me of this…

 

[fantastic]

Did they put 318 Cu In V8 in these? I know my 68' Fury did. It is interesting to see such an excellent example of this vintage with what appears to be not restored condition. It shows 440 on the fender & I'm not sure what that may stand for other than the engine?

 

[drtyler]

Did they put 318 Cu In V8 in these? I know my 68' Fury did. It is interesting to see such an excellent example of this vintage with what appears to be not restored condition. It shows 440 on the fender & I'm not sure what that may stand for other than the engine?

440 on the fender next to Coronet indicated the trim level. For 66, there was base, 440, & 500.

 

[PontiacHO]

Did they put 318 Cu In V8 in these? I know my 68' Fury did. It is interesting to see such an excellent example of this vintage with what appears to be not restored condition. It shows 440 on the fender & I'm not sure what that may stand for other than the engine?

Yes. Last year for 318 Poly.

 

[wag123]

Fun sighting! Great to see an old family car like this still on the road, and with regular (rather than collector) plates.

I'd guess there's a 273 under the hood.

In 1966 the LA-series 273 V/8 was only used in the A-body cars. The smallest V/8 available in the B-body cars in 1966 was the A-series 318 (313 in Canada). The V8 callout on the front fenders indicates that it had the 318, larger engines spelled-out the engine displacement.

 

[DriveHard]

Great survivor and with the Radial T/As someone is having fun with it. Here it would be lowered with fat rubber and something big under the hood with the patina untouched.

If you're going to blank out the plate on it maybe do the visible plate on the Fusion in the first pic too? What's the point anyway?

Agree on the plate thing...and at least do a good enough job so you can't read that it is DNW 529.

 

[Number_35]

Agree on the plate thing...and at least do a good enough job so you can't read that it is DNW 529.

Arg, that'll teach me to post from my phone. Desktop next time! Much better photo-editing capability.

 

[Number_35]

In 1966 the LA-series 273 V/8 was only used in the A-body cars. The smallest V/8 available in the B-body cars in 1966 was the A-series 318 (313 in Canada). The V8 callout on the front fenders indicates that it had the 318, larger engines spelled-out the engine displacement.

The 318 was a 313 in Canada?
Interesting!

My wife's parents moved here in the late 1960s. The told me that one of their early cars here was a large 9-passenger Plymouth wagon with the 273. I can't verify this though, but do remember a friend in the late '70s owning a '67 Plymouth Fury I with a 225 slant six!

 

[wag123]

The 318 was a 313 in Canada?
Interesting!

My wife's parents moved here in the late 1960s. The told me that one of their early cars here was a large 9-passenger Plymouth wagon with the 273. I can't verify this though, but do remember a friend in the late '70s owning a '67 Plymouth Fury I with a 225 slant six!

The 170 slant 6, 273 V/8, and 413 V/8 were all listed as being available in the 1966 Coronet, but there is no evidence that any cars were produced for sale to the general public with any of these engine sizes (although they may have been sold to fleet customers).

 

[JeffKeryk]

I'm a sucker for dog dish hubcaps...

 

[Number_35]

440 on the fender next to Coronet indicated the trim level. For 66, there was base, 440, & 500.

This makes me think of the Ramblers back in the day - 330, 440, etc. Convair's passenger aircraft were named similarly.

 

[pvs2487]

Great to see this one is such good shape. My first car was a 1965 Dodge Custom 880 wagon, black with fake wood paneling, and a 383 V-8.
I made a lot of mistakes learning how to fix it, but it was always forgiving. My parents were, too!

It was the last new car we got from my grandfather's Dodge/Plymouth dealership, the first one in New Jersey opened in 1914. It closed in 1969.

 

[tcp71]

I grew up in a 1971 Wagon like this one. 318 in it. tailgate flipped down or opened like a door. Spent many trips in the back rumble seat sitting backwards making faces at the cars behind us.

 

[Kira]

Your grandpa's dealership was in Jersey City or Ridgefield Park, yes?