Its crazy how ‘uncool’ wagons were when we were kids, but man o man do I love wagons as a mid 50’s adult. Its a secure truck, that drives like a car. Best of all worlds. Beautiful Monaco, Sir.
In 1970, my dad bought a brand new Chevrolet Kingswood station wagon. And I don't think it had a whole lot of options but it had air conditioning, it was a cool car. We took it across the United States of America over and back. Without a flaw. I still have the 400 4 bolt main engine out of that car.
Back in the day, we had the 1969 10-passenger version with a 383 2-barrel. Great exhaust note, gobs of torque and an honest 18mpg highway. I remember leaving from Salt Lake city, pointing west, and heading for the mountains in Wendover at 100mph with A/C blasting. Took five of us across the entire country twice plus Mexico, hope this one does the same for its new owner.
man I love this wagon. Jealous. Great colors too...green and timber, very foresty and appropriate for the PNW. Wagons are great...so much metal and glass...the most expensive cars in the lineup...and this one specially so. Wow
Found 2 broadcast sheets in my 70 Monaco wagon. Still has its original spotlight and siren too. Original dealer decal in glove box and 58k on clock. Parked in 1979 and now alive again. Gone through whole car and upgraded a few things. Even did a hounds tooth headliner. 😂 Ew1 and F8 interior. 6 pass 383 hd727 and upgraded rear 83/4 center section with Yukon case fordge yoke for 440 and helical Eaton unit. Super quiet smooth. Hooks and books. Almost done with it but runs and drives great. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I was in the market for one when we were going to have our 3rd child. Almost bought a 67 Caprice wagon, with EVERY available option- red with the wood grain, all the racks and guards, black interior, and a factory 427. It was ‘too expensive’ at the time. I wish I would have eaten the extra $. We all have things we wish we would have done.
Ours was a 1969 Custom Suburban 6 seater, blue with blue interior, 383 2bbl my Dad bought new. It was the daily driver for Mom, and our faction-mobile! I would give a lot to have that car back and would still love to someday find a nice 1969 - 72 C-body wagon to use as a weekend cruiser. Next to a similar year Imperial, Sport Fury GT, Hurst Edition Chrysler, and others. C-body wagons were and are awesome.
Super cool car! Learned how to drive on my dad’s ‘69 Polara so that dash is very familiar to me. Fun fact: that round dash mounted courtesy light is the same lens and bezel as the rear passenger courtesy lights in my ‘57 New Yorker convert (and the plastic lenses were used on ‘66 - up consoles, which is why they were reproduced - and I stocked up on them!)
I heard you mention that this vehicle was built at the Belvedere, Illinois plant. My grandfather was an electrician and I remember him talking about working on the plant when it was under construction.
Such a neat wagon. I have a special place in my heart for wagons as my first drive and family car was a Chevy caprice wagon. Beautiful job on this one Tom.
I've only had one wagon.. 78 Olds with a 402? Or 403.. can't remember.. but I love my 73 monaco sedan.. if I could find one I'll rock it lol.. 6500 sedans in 73, only around 3000 wagons.. I love the cbodies.. most have been clobbered in a ring by now. Nice to see them popular again
I had a Polaris wagon when i was 18 in 1980, it was x military MP car ,it had a police 440 interceptor that was worn out , it ran ok but it loved gas, really loved gas. Lol i sold it and bought a used MG Midget, my gas budget got a lot better.the wagon, still had the hole in the roof from the radio. What a beast !!!!
I think the exhaust description in the book means: single exhaust with 440 on the wagons. Probably to keep folks from sucking too much exhaust in through the back glass. Love this wagon! My parents purchased a 69 Coronet from Pauley in Shelton, 4 door, teal w/black alligator top. It replaced the 64 Dart.
Oh yeah 👍🏾 the C or Fuselage bodies for the Chrysler rides always did it for me as a kid 👦🏾 growing up to now including Ford and GM. And again back then i would have every single option installed i could think 🤔💭🧐 of back then and big power plant options under the hood as well. Sincerely Yours Truly Ivan I J
I think that’s the wagon my aunt and uncle had when I was little, it had these trap door seats in the very back you could open up and sit so you could look out the back while driving it was so cool. Wagons are so cool, my friend had a 6 door Chevy, think it was a vista wagon, never seen a 6 door wagon before……
Thank you for such an in-depth look at this car! The road wheel option with H 70 white letter tires is interesting. The 1970 Monaco brochure, dated 8/69 is different. I am guessing that the brochure that I have is either a revision, or the brochures were not finalized until after the change was made, based on what you said about a production change after a few weeks. The brochure has a picture of the road wheel with a double striped white wall, which means the tire was a 78, not a 70 aspect ratio. The brochure lists a J 78 tire size as standard on wagons, and there are not any optional sizes listed, so Dodge must have dropped the H 70 size altogether. The wheel size is listed as having 6.5 width, verses the all other Monacos as having 5.5 width rims with H 78s.
Willy must have a warehouse to park all his huge 70s mopar cars. Having spent time in Germany that won't be easy to drive there not to mention the cost of gas there.
My dad bought new 71 Plymouth Custom Suburban 9 passenger wagon with a 383 Magnum and trailer tow pkg. it wasn’t as optioned out as this Dodge was, but it had a sticker of about $5500 on it. I have the window sticker yet. The mileage on your car is not correct or actual. Looking at the odometer, the tenths digit is red. That indicates the Speedo was replaced. Otherwise if it was original the number in that position would be black like every other car from that era is. There was supposed to be a sticker placed on the door jamb by the dealer indicating at what mileage the original Speedo was replaced. A dealer told me that back in the 70s when I use to detail used cars for new car dealers. Great car
The Valiant still has the "Anderson's Lynnwood" on the trailer hitch. It'll be kind of sad when I cut it off, but I'd rather have a class II receiver hitch
Especially such a big car. Back in the 90s, I was stationed in Germany. Another soldier had his 76 Cadillac shipped over. He said it was fun watching his rear bumper extend past the rear bumper of the second car (!) in the next lane over at a stop light. Their cars are tiny!
It could be a good little bit of comedy at the dealership! You say to the Service Advisor: "My Dodge has a set of failed shocks that this dealership installed and are lifetime warranty" The Advisor would likely say "when did we do the installation?..." You say: "According to my receipt, a little over 40 years ago"
@@kirkneprud8336had a 73 Fury wagon years ago and loaded up 8 of my friends to go to the local horse track. Get in the entrance and ask the guy taking money if the races have started yet, he goes dunno what time is it? I look at the clock and go dunno - clock hasn’t worked in 30 years!
It makes me sick that so many foreigners are buying our vintage cars, driving them around like they are toys to show off and then taking them back to a country that NEVER had these cars for sale in the first place. These millionaires think they can just buy up everything that is American for themselves. And it seems your business does alot to support these actions.
