1970 Dodge Polara CVs for sale in Pittsburgh

[fc7_plumcrazy]

Dave, do you know about them?

Wake up before the ad and pics are gone.
Both are red, one 318, one 383 car

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3894256898.html

looks like a lot of them are on the market

 

[1978 NYB]

For only 842 made.......they are popping up all over the place! LOL!

 

[Stormer]

Found them at the bottom of a lake?

 

[detmatt]

As long as the numbers are good for Dave's registry.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

while Dave seems to be gone (hope he is ok) someone should contact the seller and ask for the VINs if possible and maybe fender tags

 

[Stormer]

while Dave seems to be gone (hope he is ok) someone should contact the seller and ask for the VINs if possible and maybe fender tags

http://www.polaraconvertiblesforsale.com/

 

[Zymurgy]

Found them at the bottom of a lake?

If the interior is that corroded I'd hate to see the frame. On the link with the Sprite what is the point of dangling dice from and rear view mirror mounted to the dash?

 

[mdh157]

dave knows about them.........and for the record, only 695 polara rags were made for US distribution in 1970

 

[Fratzog]

dave knows about them.........and for the record, only 695 polara rags were made for US distribution in 1970

Where did you get that number? I've been following these cars for over 10 years and I've never seen such a huge variation from the generally accepted number of 842.

 

[mdh157]

Kevin McCabe.........695 for U.S. There were abt 139 made for canada and 3 for other export. that brings us to 837 so these numbers are obviously off a bit.

 

[Fratzog]

Dooh! Had a brain cramp. I knew that just didn`t read your post carefully. Actually have the breakdown for both groups.

 

[mdh157]

is your breakdown any more accurate than mine? can you forward via pm or email if you don't mind? i only have the u.s. one that kevin posted on the yahoo group

 

[Fratzog]

First this from Kevin....
I thought in the interests of getting off my butt andchecking the production records, I should forward the following. It'staken from the 1970 "F" model official vehicle production programnumber 75, dated June 30,1970

842 built in total, all at Belvidere.

703 shown as U.S. Domestic built-up units
139 shown as U.S. plants built-up units for Canada,
3 Export-Import division built upunits. A note at the bottom of the page listing the 703 U.S. Domesticunits indicates these cars were included in that total, which means the U.S.actually got 700 of them.

KEVINMCCABE
Then this from Kevin re Canadian cars...
January 29, 2007
OK, I've finally made the long trek downstairsand grabbed just the CANADIAN option & accessory report for 1970.
This report is dated "August 70" (noday of the month) and indicates that 144 Polara convertibles were sold in Canada. So with Bill's report being from September, there's every possiblity thatit could be correct.
Here's some of the breakdowns from the report.

318 3spd on the column: 1
318auto 96
383-2vauto 41
440-4v auto 6
HDsuspension 30
Lightpackage 85
MaxCooling 1
Autopilot 3
DiscBrakes 50
Console 16
Super Lite 10
CorneringLights 9
Fender mtdt/signals 1
Power benchseat 2
Power bucketseat 3
Powerwindows 54
Power doorlocks 1
A.M.radio 123
AM/FMradio 1
AM/taperadio 16
Single rrspeaker 20
Dual rrspeakers 4
Tintedwindshield 40
All tintedglass 2
Rim blowwheel 16
Deluxew/covers 120
Deep dishw/covers 8

Finally you already have this for US cars....
1970 U.S. Polara Convertible Production& Options: Kevin McCabe
1970 U.S. Polara Convertible OptionInstallation Rates on Sold Cars as of August
1970

U.S. sold 695
318 3spd on the column:Engine/Transmission breakdown is illegible.
318 177
383-2v 425
383-4V 19
440-4v 73
HD suspension 32
Light package 189
Max Cooling No listing
Auto pilot 68
Disc Brakes 152power 8manual
Console 84
Super Lite 29
Cornering Lights 94
Fender mtd t/signals No listing
Power bench seat 30
Power bucket seat 164
Power windows 140
Power door locks 35
A.M. radio 262
AM/FM radio 84
AM/tape radio 14
Single rr speaker 147
Dual rr speakers 52
Tinted windshield 189
All tinted glass 343
Rim blow wheel 78
Deluxe w/covers 544
Deep dish w/covers 31
Road wheels 91
Airconditioning 304
Power steering 689
Power brakes dum 447

Zone sales No U.S. breakdown


Colours
Light green metallic 85
Dark green metallic 61
Dark burnt orange 45
Beige 9
Light turquoise 25
Red 100
Burgundy 26
Tan metallic 8
Dark tan metallic 12
White 57
Black 9
Hemi orange 1
Top Banana 2
Cream 30
Light gold metallic 23
Gold metallic 34

Black conv. Top 353
White conv top 342

Bench seats
Blue 129
Green 183
Black 219
No other colours recorded

 

[1978 NYB]

Those are very interesting statistics. It would be nice if all that and any other break down info was published on the Hamtramck Registry for all to enjoy.

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Do you guys Figure Kevin McCabe would have any information pertaining to '69 Fury Convertibles?

He seems to really know his stuff.

Nick

Is there a way to contact him?

 

[tbm3fan]

Wow, bad shape there. If one does the work themselves they will easily have $30,000+ in a 12,000 car assuming the frame isn't toast. To take them to grade 1 show condition would need professional work $40,000+. Why? I'm probably low on the cost to restore.

 

[detmatt]

Yes but they dont grow on trees, none of these cars are getting restored for investment, haven't we talked about this?

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

First this from Kevin....
I thought in the interests of getting off my butt andchecking the production records, I should forward the following. It'staken from the 1970 "F" model official vehicle production programnumber 75, dated June 30,1970

842 built in total, all at Belvidere.

703 shown as U.S. Domestic built-up units
139 shown as U.S. plants built-up units for Canada,
3 Export-Import division built upunits. A note at the bottom of the page listing the 703 U.S. Domesticunits indicates these cars were included in that total, which means the U.S.actually got 700 of them.

KEVINMCCABE
Then this from Kevin re Canadian cars...
January 29, 2007
OK, I've finally made the long trek downstairsand grabbed just the CANADIAN option & accessory report for 1970.
This report is dated "August 70" (noday of the month) and indicates that 144 Polara convertibles were sold in Canada. So with Bill's report being from September, there's every possiblity thatit could be correct.
Here's some of the breakdowns from the report.

318 3spd on the column: 1
318auto 96
383-2vauto 41
440-4v auto 6
HDsuspension 30
Lightpackage 85
MaxCooling 1
Autopilot 3
DiscBrakes 50
Console 16
Super Lite 10
CorneringLights 9
Fender mtdt/signals 1
Power benchseat 2
Power bucketseat 3
Powerwindows 54
Power doorlocks 1
A.M.radio 123
AM/FMradio 1
AM/taperadio 16
Single rrspeaker 20
Dual rrspeakers 4
Tintedwindshield 40
All tintedglass 2
Rim blowwheel 16
Deluxew/covers 120
Deep dishw/covers 8

Finally you already have this for US cars....
1970 U.S. Polara Convertible Production& Options: Kevin McCabe
1970 U.S. Polara Convertible OptionInstallation Rates on Sold Cars as of August
1970

U.S. sold 695
318 3spd on the column:Engine/Transmission breakdown is illegible.
318 177
383-2v 425
383-4V 19
440-4v 73
HD suspension 32
Light package 189
Max Cooling No listing
Auto pilot 68
Disc Brakes 152power 8manual
Console 84
Super Lite 29
Cornering Lights 94
Fender mtd t/signals No listing
Power bench seat 30
Power bucket seat 164
Power windows 140
Power door locks 35
A.M. radio 262
AM/FM radio 84
AM/tape radio 14
Single rr speaker 147
Dual rr speakers 52
Tinted windshield 189
All tinted glass 343
Rim blow wheel 78
Deluxe w/covers 544
Deep dish w/covers 31
Road wheels 91
Airconditioning 304
Power steering 689
Power brakes dum 447

Zone sales No U.S. breakdown


Colours
Light green metallic 85
Dark green metallic 61
Dark burnt orange 45
Beige 9
Light turquoise 25
Red 100
Burgundy 26
Tan metallic 8
Dark tan metallic 12
White 57
Black 9
Hemi orange 1
Top Banana 2
Cream 30
Light gold metallic 23
Gold metallic 34

Black conv. Top 353
White conv top 342

Bench seats
Blue 129
Green 183
Black 219
No other colours recorded

great. If I could choose I would take a turquoise one with a t-code 440 )
But an EV2 hemi orange one would be fine, too if it is not total junk (Dave kept me away from the one which floating around for years)

 

[detmatt]

Turquoise would be great but would need white interior.

 

[Samplingman]

That's a fascinating breakdown of production numbers. Do stats like this exist for other models (the 300 perhaps?) or was this done through private research?