SOLD - 1977 Monaco CHP (West Virginia)

[sigmfsk]

This sold for $5,500. I wanted to save the info on this 1977 CA 440 CHP-spec b-body Monaco.

1977 Dodge
1977 DODGE MONACO CHP SPEC CA HIGHWAY PATROL

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-DODGE-MONACO-CHP-SPEC-CA-HIGHWAY-PATROL-/150668958606?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item231491db8e

UP FOR AUCTION IS A 1977 DODGE MONACO, CHP SPEC 440 POLICE PACKAGE.I'AM LISTING THIS CAR FOR A FRIEND. THIS CAR IS A MATCHING NUMBER CAR, AND IS VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND. THEY ONLY MADE 1,426 IN THAT YEAR FOR THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AT A PRICE OF $4,948 PER VEHICLE. THE CAR SERVED IN THE FRESNO CALIFORNIA AREA. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN SERVICE ON 6/22/1977. THE PLATE NUMBER WAS E849143. THE PAINT WAS ORIGINALLY BLACK AND WHITE AND AT ABOUT 63,000 MILES, IT WAS PAINTED A METALLIC BROWN BY THE PATROL AND USED FOR UNDERCOVER WORK. ON 7/10/1979 WITH 75,460 MILES ON IT IT WAS SOLD AT A AUCTION. AND IT WAS BOUGHT BY A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROLMAN AND THEN LATER HE SOLD THE CAR TO A COLLECTOR. THEN IN 1987 THE CAR WAS SOLD AGAIN. HE HAD KEPT THE CAR UNTIL MY FRIEND BOUGHT THE CAR IN DECEMBER,2010 HE HAD PLANS TO MAKE A ROSCO COP CAR TO GO WITH HIS GENERAL LEE. THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND HE HAS LOST INTEREST IN IT. I WENT AND PICKED THE CAR UP AND DROVE IT TO MY HOUSE, THIS CAR STILL RUNS STRONG AND HANDLES VERY NICE. THE ONLY THING THAT I SEEN IS IT HAS A LITTLE EXHAUST LEAK AROUND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I HAVE BEEN UNDERNEATH THIS CAR FROM BUMPER TO BUMPER IT IT VERY SOLID AND CAN NOT FIND NO RUST.I WOULD CONSIDER IT TO BE ABOUT 98% RUST FREE. THE 2% MAY BE SOMETHING I OVER LOOKED, OR JUST COULD NOT SEE. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT 100% . BECAUSE IT IS 34 YEARS OLD. IT ALSO HAS NEW TIRES AND I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH DRIVING IT HOME. THE STORY BEHIND THE INTERIOR BEING BLUE AND THE ORIGINAL TAN , ONE OF THE PREVIOUS OWNERS HAD DECIDED TO PUT THE BLUE INTERIOR IN THE CAR AND NEVER FINISHED. BUT THE SEATS ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES THEY JUST HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. NOTICE THE RED REFLECTOR ON THE DRIVERS DOOR, THAT IS ORIGINAL FOR OPENING THE DOOR IN TRAFFIC. IT ALSO HAS 3 FENDER TAGS 1 TAG SAYS SPECIAL HANDLING CAR, THE OTHER 2 IS IDENTIFICATION TAGS. THE CAR ALSO HAS A CRACKED WINDSHIELD, IT STARTS AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND COMES DOWN.

HERE IS A BREAK DOWN OF THE CODES I DO KNOW.

W-MONACO
K-POLICE
41-4 DOOR SEDAN
U-440HP (CALIFORNIA 240 HP@4000RPM 330LB/FT@3200)
7-1977
A-LYNCH ROAD, MICHIGAN ASSEMBLY PLANT
236488-SEQUENTIAL BUILD#

G-CODES DEAL WITH WINDOWS/GLASS (NOT SURE OF THESE SPECIFIC ONES)
H51-SINGLE AIR CONDITIONING WITH HEATER
J-CODES DEAL WITH MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
C-CODES DEALS WITH TRIM
F33-6'' LEFT SPOTLIGHT
F35-6'' RIGHT SPOTLIGHT
F58-REAR CROSS MEMBER REINFORCEMENT/WELDS
F88-ENGINE OIL COOLER ( THIS WAS AN OPTION; P/S AND TRANSMISSION OIL COOLERS WERE STANDARD)
G11-TINTED GLASS ALL WINDOWS
Y39-SPECIAL ORDER
E86-440 HP
D36-HD 727 TRANSMISSION
N95-CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT
M-CODES DEAL WITH MOULDINGS
N51- MAXIMUM ENGINE COOLING
VO2-TWO-TONE PAINT
411(ABOVE BOTTOM LINE ON FIRST TAG) INDICATES THIS MONACO WAS BUILT APRIL 11,1977
*U28-I BELIEVE THIS DEALS WITH TIRES (HR70-15-OPTION {235 70R} GR70-15 STANDARD {225 70R-15}





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From chatting with Lurker,
N95:
N95-CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT
is California emissions, withOUT lean burn.

N94
is California emissions, with lean burn.

[Steam McQueen]

What a beauty. I missed this one when my computing box was down.

[lurker]

N94 - Federal Emissions with Electronic Lean Burn

N95 - California Emissions/Test No Lean Burn

I have never seen a California Lean Burn police car and the corresponding codes.

[sigmfsk]

Oct 25, 2011 9:29:37 GMT -5 lurker said:

N94 - Federal Emissions with Electronic Lean Burn

N95 - California Emissions/Test No Lean Burn

I have never seen a California Lean Burn police car and the corresponding codes.

Thanks L, that's a lot better way to put it.

Does the following sound correct?

74-77 California cop cars with HP motors, all have N95.
In 1974-75, lean burn didn't exist, but cars had N95 (like Marin County)
In 1976-77, lean burn existed, but not on HP cop cars in California. California cars still used N95.

49-state cars in 74-75, had neither N95 or N94, because they didn't have California emissions, and lean burn didn't exist.

For 1976, it looks like 49-state cop cars didn't have lean-burn. Here one:
bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=cops&thread=410

For 1977, it looks like 49-state cop cars DID have lean burn. Here's one:
bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=cops&thread=34&post=268


So the only time a 74-77 c-body cop car with a high performance motor came with lean-burn was for a 1977 49-state 440 (the 440 being the only high performance motor available for c-bodies, and it being available only on cop cars).

thanks,
arthur

[sigmfsk]

Oct 25, 2011 9:29:37 GMT -5 lurker said:

N94 - Federal Emissions with Electronic Lean Burn

N95 - California Emissions/Test No Lean Burn

I have never seen a California Lean Burn police car and the corresponding codes.

I was just thinking about these codes.

If N94 means "lean burn", for it to equate to "Federal Emissions with Electronic Lean Burn",
we'd need to expand
"I have never seen a California Lean Burn police car"
to
"No California car, civilian or police, ever had lean burn"

and for the 74-77 years we're interested in, it looks on what hints I see, that this is the case.

The 72-74 book:
N94 (not listed)
N95 Emission Control System : ECS

The 75-80 book:
N94 ESA with catalyst
N95 Emission test and label

Here are some interesting blurbs:
> Lean Burn was also set for a late 1977 launch on the 318 (except
> in California).
www.allpar.com/mopar/318.html

> Starting in 1978, the 318 had Lean Burn and, in California, a
> four-barrel carburetor; the 400 got Lean Burn in 1977.
www.allpar.com/model/cordoba.html

> With the 340 and 360 around, the 318 kept its "economy carb"
> from 1968 through 1978, when it got a four-barrel option to
> make performance acceptable with California emissions systems.
www.valiant.org/valiant/V8.html

Remember California had all its other ways of meeting emission requirements; it looks like lean burn wasn't used.

I don't have the 77 dodge police brochures, but Lurker sent me the engine pages of the 76 and 77 plymouth police brochures (which are identical to the dodge police brochures), they show that lean burn wasn't a part of any of the California options. This list seems to be a superset of the list available to civilians.



above, 1976




above, 1977

Notice that for both years, there are Federal and California sections, and in neither year does CA have any lean-burn options.

your friend in research while walking on the treadmill,
arthur