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Post by sigmfsk on Jun 4, 2013 18:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by spanks79 on Jun 4, 2013 19:12:55 GMT -5
That thing is sweet! As is!  I bet it is a train wreck mechanically and structurally, but it would be fun just to drive around. |
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Post by countrybunker on Jun 4, 2013 20:57:17 GMT -5
I love it, but you can tell its butchered to all hell. Check out whats holding the trunk lid open. Really? haha But as spanks said it would be fun!
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Post by tk826 on Jun 4, 2013 21:42:21 GMT -5
Isn't that a '73 Monaco?
* (Or possibly a 1972 due to the long bumper guards)
I'm also 99% positive Steam posted about that one a while back.
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Post by tk826 on Jun 4, 2013 22:17:10 GMT -5
Now I'm all confused.
I'm thinkin' it might be a Frankenstein put together from a '72 Monaco and a '73 Polara.
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jun 5, 2013 9:28:47 GMT -5
The front end is definitely NOT a '73 Polara. It looks to be a '72 Monaco, based off of the bumperettes, with a '73 Polara rear end. For reference: 1972 Dodge Monaco from powerful-cars.com:   1972 Polara from moparmusclemagazine.com:   1973 Polara from dodge-club.net:   1973 Monaco brochure picture from dodge-club.net:  1973 Monaco from Photobucket:  1973 Monaco; formerly on eBay, photo courtesy of Steam:  It's apparent after some investigative work that the front end of the car is 100% 1972 Monaco, whereas the rear bumper and tail lights are 1973 Polara. Why was this done? I have no idea. Maybe an accident in the car's past, who knows? Everything about this car just screams "stay away" to me. |
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jun 5, 2013 13:02:49 GMT -5
Even more suspicious; I ran the VIN they provided and it decoded as follows:
VIN DM41K3D303822 decodes as follows:
Description_____Interpretation___________Code
Model:________Dodge Monaco or Polara___D
Price Class:____Medium________________M
Body Type:_____4 door sedan___________41
Engine:__360ci V8 2bbl (LA motor)________K
Year:_________1973__________________3
Assembly Plant:_Belvedere, IL ___________D
Sequence Number: 303822_____________303822
So, by VIN, it's a 1973 Polara/Monaco 4-door that came with a 360. Now it's a 1973 Polara 2-door with a 440. Something is very fishy.
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Post by Ghostbluesman (Ghostsoldier) on Jun 5, 2013 13:17:13 GMT -5
Yeah...but it's cool lookin'!
Rob
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jun 5, 2013 18:13:50 GMT -5
Yeah...but it's cool lookin'! Rob Cool or not, falsifying a VIN is a felony. Ironic on a cop car. |
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Post by sigmfsk on Jun 5, 2013 18:26:46 GMT -5
Cool or not, falsifying a VIN is a felony. Ironic on a cop car. Isn't it possible that the VIN matches the rear of the car? Meaning, there was a car that was a 1973 Polara 4-door that came with a 360 with VIN DM41K3D303822 and then it got in an accident, and someone grafted on the front end of a 1972 or 1973 2-door Monaco, creating this machine. I think different states have different laws on whether this combination should have the VIN of the 2-door, or the VIN of the 4-door, or if it needs to get checked by the government, or get a new VIN. This car has all sorts of bad secrets, but it's not obvious to me that the VIN is illegal. It's the wrong number of doors. It's a bad paint job. It's a bad franken-combo. It's a bad VIN. And it'll take you down to beatdown town. It's the dirty harry of cop cars. |
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Post by Lord Vadus on Jun 6, 2013 1:48:33 GMT -5
Not quite. The body has to be the two-door '72 Monaco that they grafted the rear end of the Polara to; there are no indicators that it was ever a 4-door car in the pictures. That's what makes the VIN illegal; the fact that it was transferred to this car from another.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jun 6, 2013 14:30:10 GMT -5
I'm also 99% positive Steam posted about that one a while back. Maybe I did but at the moment I can't recall ever posting this one. What a beast!! lol. Them's some fat tires ...  * 16 bids - $3,850 - Reserve not met ** "Jun 21,2013 - 14:01:56 PDT This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available." *** Marked as sold |
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