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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
[Re: mickm]
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01/06/10 01:19 PM
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1_WILD_RT
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jeez... i missed all this, when in the thread did this happen???
On page two Scott posted
"The car that's on the rotiserie in primer in my earlier posts on this thread is another one of the 19 you mentioned, it was light blue metallic with a blue interior, it's from Concord California, I've known the car since about 1985."
My friend sold his Blue/Blue 66 Hemi Coronet around that time frame to a guy out of the Concord area... The guy telling a story about how he's always wanted one & would never sell it.. A week later my friend calls him to tell him he found the build sheet & gets told "Oh I already sold it..."
Anyway I PMed Scott & got the VIN of the car he knew of & it matched... 
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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
[Re: mickm]
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01/06/10 01:23 PM
01/06/10 01:23 PM
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ScottSmith_Harms
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The first pics I posted of the SO number stampings are of a car I once (almost owned) 20 plus years ago that was located down in Clayton, California, by total fluke the current owner of the car (whom is having it restored now and lives in Fairfield, CA) contacted me looking for parts, some restoration advice, and to have his car verified. After we chatted a while I realized he now owned the same car I had missed out on buying way back in the 80's. He never had a Broadcast Sheet, only the fender tag.
Flash forward:
Wild_RT (who lives in the same vacinity as the car is from) recognized the VIN on the car I posted as being one was once owned by one of his current friends, he owned it even before I knew of it back in the 80's, he still had the Broadcast Sheet! So, Wild_RT and myself hooked up our friends and now the sheet will be reunited with the car again. Small world eh?
Here's the car in question back in the day when Wild's friend owned it.
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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
[Re: GTX MATT]
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01/09/10 02:40 AM
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ScottSmith_Harms
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but the longer I own it the more I appreciate it's purity. No phony scoops, no phony stripes, no phony exhaust tips, no fancy chrome wheels, just pure unadultered racercar performance in a car you bought out of a showroom 44 years ago.
And to take that thought one step further and order the Hemi in a Plain Jane 2 Door Sedan is why I prefer them over hard tops, as simple and basic a package as you could get a Hemi in.
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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
[Re: Rtron]
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01/09/10 03:09 PM
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are those round turn signal markers on the bottom of front fenders and quarters?(on the white '66)
AWESOME find by the way!
As mentioned earlier those are 68 marker lights that were added...
And yes it is a very awesome find...
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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
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01/15/10 08:45 PM
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I know tastes are individual of course. But for my money the neatest 67 Hemi car is a 67 GTX and the neatest 66 Hemicar is the 66 Coronet 500. The 66 Hemicars are currently very undervalued especially when you look at their value versus say a common garden variety Mustang or 396 Chevelle. I think this will change in the future.
I had wanted to get rid of my 66 Hemicar to get something more mainstream but the longer I own it the more I appreciate it's purity. No phony scoops, no phony stripes, no phony exhaust tips, no fancy chrome wheels, just pure unadultered racercar performance in a car you bought out of a showroom 44 years ago. The 66's just appeal to a different crowd than Cuda's and dukey Chargers do.
Sheldon
Could you please not type that sort of thing on a public forum. If everybody starts thinking this way,I'll never get a 66-67 hemicar.By the way im partial to non 500 model 66 coronets.Plain,unassuming little cars.
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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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01/16/10 10:20 AM
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Commando1
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Commando,
Sure, but in this case all of the cars mentioned so far are originals and the known production numbers on them are pretty darn accurate.
I wasn't casting aspersions on any of the cars in this thread. I KNOW they are all bonafide. I was just reflecting on all those Hemi cars that are for sale by the auction houses and the flippers that buy from them.
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Re: 1966 hemi coronet decoder
[Re: Commando1]
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01/16/10 10:58 AM
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Commando,
Sure, but in this case all of the cars mentioned so far are originals and the known production numbers on them are pretty darn accurate.
I wasn't casting aspersions on any of the cars in this thread. I KNOW they are all bonafide. I was just reflecting on all those Hemi cars that are for sale by the auction houses and the flippers that buy from them.
They are not flippers,they are entrepreneurs. 
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Thats what draws me to a '66. Although im a Plymouth guy, my dreamcar is a '66 Hemi Belvedere or Satellite, I'll take either. I love the fact that you really have no idea what is under the hood if you take the badges off. No B.S. its all about GO.
