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Re: Coronet 440 drug out of woods...scrap or get running?
[Re: 6bblgt]
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03/01/13 09:22 AM
03/01/13 09:22 AM
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Niles , Ohio
therocks
oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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Niles , Ohio
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In Ohio that would almost be a new show room car.Here if its not a Flintsone mobile you are lucky.Rocky
Chrysler Firepower
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Re: Coronet 440 drug out of woods...scrap or get running?
[Re: Jeremiah]
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03/01/13 11:34 AM
03/01/13 11:34 AM
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ChryCoGuy
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I'll clean it up and get it running. We have more than enough spare parts to get it on the road. Thank you all for the motivation. The floors are looking a little thin from the top side but so far no holes. The spare tire well surprised me too. The masses have spoken.
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Re: Coronet 440 drug out of woods...scrap or get running?
[Re: RUNCHARGER]
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03/01/13 11:44 AM
03/01/13 11:44 AM
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ChryCoGuy
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As a 66 owner I have been told on this forum that it has basically no value. You know what you're doing, that car is not worth restoring unfortunately. Get what you can from parts for it.
Sheldon
Keep in mind that, in the moparts WIW section, typically any E-body, '68-'70 B-body, Hemi or multicarb car is considered uber-valuable and everything else is considered worthless. The real-world answer lies somewhere between the two extremes.
The internet has allowed us to be exposed to vehicles that we never would have seen or heard of otherwise, and therefore gives the impression that good deals are more plentiful and easier to get than they really are. This gives some people the impression that, since they saw a cherry original paint non-popular model go for dirt money, all vehicles of that model and in lesser condition are worth less-than-dirt. This is really prevalent here.
If somebody has told you that your car has no value I think that should be taken with a grain of salt. Your car looks pretty darn good to me. 
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Re: Coronet 440 drug out of woods...scrap or get running?
[Re: ChryCoGuy]
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03/01/13 12:53 PM
03/01/13 12:53 PM
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Rogue River, OR
Jeremiah
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any E-body, '68-'70 B-body,
Ahh the woodgrain years...and you are right on the pricing of things.
I gave some thought to the post above calling me out (on what I'm not really sure) and it is important that all of you realize the following things:
1) The inside of the floors of this car were COVERED in rust scale. Big, ugly chunks of it too. The pine needles filled up the cowl vent and this car got it's fair share of rain/snow sitting on the Eastern edge of the Cascade Mtn. range.
2) The car was sitting on four completely flat tires sunk into the earth when it was found.
All of that said when we talked of parting the car out we had not jacked it up and looked at it very close at all. I was leaning towards getting it running but figured I'd ask the opinions of other car folk before I started another giant project. I filled up my 5 gallon shop vac with rust scale from just the floors...all rust scale. I figured the floor pan would be totally gone but it's not. Same with the frame rails. I figured I'd find a spot somewhere on the cars and never did (  )which is very out of the ordinary in my experience.
On the subject of people's opinions of WIW on these sites I think generally the guys trying to "dictate" market value of cars a) use examples that are not comparable because they have never seen either car and b) wear their emotions on their shirt sleeve. The WIW section is largely a popularity contest these days. Say something another member doesn't like or agree with and your car just lost half of it's value in the WIW section. 
To all of you guys that are telling me about rusty cars in Ohio, etc I understand. When my new boss in Oregon asked me why I wanted to transfer from WI I told him it was because Oregon doesn't use road salt. I got a funny look on that one...
Anyway, I did some google image searching and came up with a silver Coronet with a black top. Neat looking car don't you think?
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Re: Coronet 440 drug out of woods...scrap or get running?
[Re: therocks]
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03/01/13 05:58 PM
03/01/13 05:58 PM
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Posts: 21,508
N.E. OHIO, USA
A12
Too Many Posts
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In Ohio that would almost be a new show room car.Here if its not a Flintsone mobile you are lucky.Rocky
So true, so very true
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Re: Coronet 440 drug out of woods...scrap or get running?
[Re: A12]
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03/01/13 06:36 PM
03/01/13 06:36 PM
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The Grand State of Confusion-O...
SKR8PN
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Good GAWD do not part that car out! If you did, I'd be about half tempted to drive out to Oregon and slap some sense in you! LOL! That car is WAY to solid to even think about parting out. Clean it up, make it run and drive and advertise it. If you don't get stupid or greedy on the price,it will find a home pretty quick.
Karma has no menu. You get served what you deserve.
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