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What is the history of the Queen of Drexel Hill? #2844761
11/11/20 09:01 AM
11/11/20 09:01 AM
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I am trying to find the history of this 1967 Coronet 500 273 904 I bought from Herb´s Towing in Drexel Hill PA 5 years ago. Drexel Hill is in the Philadelphia metro area. Herb´s had bought the car at an auction. The only thing he knew was that the car had been owned by an old gentleman close by Philadelphia, in Springfield PA, who had collected several Coronets and stored them together. His widow put the car(s) up for auction. So, I´d appreciate any information about the past of this car. The only clue I have about it´s past was that I found a connection with a railroad company in the car, so possibly some previous owner worked there. Also of interest were two small red lights mounted in front of the radiator wall. I have been told that these were popular way back to impress the girls. I have nicknamed her "The Queen of Drexel Hill" and she gets treated accordingly.

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coronet small.JPGcoronet ljos.JPG

66 Charger, 451, .582" lift, 11" conv. 4.10:1. 4118 lbs 11.75@117 mph on regular Firestone Firehawk radials.
Icelandic Champion in MC 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2022.
Re: What is the history of the Queen of Drexel Hill? [Re: BadMoonRacer] #2845263
11/12/20 11:56 AM
11/12/20 11:56 AM
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I cannot help with the history but I would like to say that is a sweet looking ride up
Any pics with the red lights on when you face the nose of the car? Curious on how that effect looks.


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Re: What is the history of the Queen of Drexel Hill? [Re: Ron_M] #2845658
11/13/20 10:29 AM
11/13/20 10:29 AM
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Thanks for your appreciation Ron. I disconnected the lights because the wiring was pretty frail, so I don´t know how they looked in action.
At first I thought the car had been used in some kind of a security detail, but laughed when my friends in the U.S. referred to them as "sex lights."

Ragnar in Iceland.


66 Charger, 451, .582" lift, 11" conv. 4.10:1. 4118 lbs 11.75@117 mph on regular Firestone Firehawk radials.
Icelandic Champion in MC 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2022.






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