68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Auction ends today folks. (even with BaT extension, kinda like the overtime in a NA$CAR race)
Current Bid: USD $8,750 Ends in 4:34:10
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Current Bid: USD $8,750 Ends in 4:34:10
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NOT MINE 52-Mile 1977 Newport Sedan on BaT (No Reserve)
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So far at that price, I would say a good purchase.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Auction hammer:
Sold for USD $10,300 on 10/27/25
I'm just reading through the comments now but it seems they all believe the 52 mile car.
One fellow is a little spicy at the end that missed out and said he looked at the car last year(?) Summer(?) and offered more but seller went with BaT.
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Sold for USD $10,300 on 10/27/25
I'm just reading through the comments now but it seems they all believe the 52 mile car.
One fellow is a little spicy at the end that missed out and said he looked at the car last year(?) Summer(?) and offered more but seller went with BaT.
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68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Final thoughts on this one. While watching the weather channel the other day during a commercial break I switched over to the MT channel for some Iron Insurrection(?) then saw a very professional commercial for BaT so I'll be careful and throw out a 'This is my opinion' disclaimer.
Seems this car was a original 31 mile car back about a decade ago.
This is a 2014 spectator video screenshot of a half walk around with a little cleaner look of the engine bay but being 2014 and crap camera quality of that day at 360p the engine looks a little cleaner but you can't really see much detail at the low resolution.
Seller says they were the owner at this Syracuse National showing in 2014 and they trailered it to that show, but in a recent Syracuse show they drove it thus the added 20+ miles.
Seller was questioned about original tires and replied with a lame response, 'my tire guy says they are original as you can't buy that size anymore' or something like that. No mention of sidewall date code or picture of such.
Car was originally listed as having A/C and some finger pointing as to who didn't catch that in the proof.
Seller didn't divulge much of the 'story' of the car but appears to have bought from original owner, more on that later.
Many questioned the mileage in the comments and the grime'ee engine bay, I'm surprised those post weren't removed.
Little bit of a pissing match between the winner/buyer and another seasoned member about the car as the seasoned member had looked at the car and previously tried to buy at a offer higher than hammer but was put off a little (I guess) as didn't get a 'story' as to why low mileage. Said he offered 'low teens' and rebuffed the seller going to BaT.
Odd that the winner/buyer has a decade old BaT account with pretty much quite a bit of 1 bid history going back to 2017 with this car as the only win/buy.
Seasoned member in the pissing match has sold about 1/2 dozen cars on BaT and has a fair healthy bidding history. I didn't go over other members bidding history with this car but maybe he smelled a little bit of shill bidding <JMO> Also it sounds like he's on the game in this biz with comments about 'Detailing the car properly' presenting... and 'The Story'.
One poster complained about BaT's "hidden comments" and why they weren't shown.
A few people nit-picked about the paint and chrome flaws, I passed over that but noticed the clean & pristine un-rashed trunk cardboard cover, you don't see that to often in the supposed low mile Chrysler finds.
But one poster commented on picture #37 and I had look and enlargement. Odd indeed.
Also the odd headliner holes were passed off as 'rodent eating' which to me is strange as to how they crawled all the way up there, inside or outside, strange explanation.
Dee Dee'aa that's all folks!
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Seems this car was a original 31 mile car back about a decade ago.
This is a 2014 spectator video screenshot of a half walk around with a little cleaner look of the engine bay but being 2014 and crap camera quality of that day at 360p the engine looks a little cleaner but you can't really see much detail at the low resolution.
Seller says they were the owner at this Syracuse National showing in 2014 and they trailered it to that show, but in a recent Syracuse show they drove it thus the added 20+ miles.
Seller was questioned about original tires and replied with a lame response, 'my tire guy says they are original as you can't buy that size anymore' or something like that. No mention of sidewall date code or picture of such.
Car was originally listed as having A/C and some finger pointing as to who didn't catch that in the proof.
Seller didn't divulge much of the 'story' of the car but appears to have bought from original owner, more on that later.
Many questioned the mileage in the comments and the grime'ee engine bay, I'm surprised those post weren't removed.
Little bit of a pissing match between the winner/buyer and another seasoned member about the car as the seasoned member had looked at the car and previously tried to buy at a offer higher than hammer but was put off a little (I guess) as didn't get a 'story' as to why low mileage. Said he offered 'low teens' and rebuffed the seller going to BaT.
Odd that the winner/buyer has a decade old BaT account with pretty much quite a bit of 1 bid history going back to 2017 with this car as the only win/buy.
Seasoned member in the pissing match has sold about 1/2 dozen cars on BaT and has a fair healthy bidding history. I didn't go over other members bidding history with this car but maybe he smelled a little bit of shill bidding <JMO> Also it sounds like he's on the game in this biz with comments about 'Detailing the car properly' presenting... and 'The Story'.
One poster complained about BaT's "hidden comments" and why they weren't shown.
A few people nit-picked about the paint and chrome flaws, I passed over that but noticed the clean & pristine un-rashed trunk cardboard cover, you don't see that to often in the supposed low mile Chrysler finds.
But one poster commented on picture #37 and I had look and enlargement. Odd indeed.
Also the odd headliner holes were passed off as 'rodent eating' which to me is strange as to how they crawled all the way up there, inside or outside, strange explanation.
Dee Dee'aa that's all folks!
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Yeah, and nobody disconnected the speedo cable back in the day.
I call B.S. on most of these super low mile cars. Saw too many guys back in the day that would buy a new car every 2-3 years. Oh look I traded my 8,000 mile car in and got xxx $. This is why there used to be low mileage cars. Now every POS on marketplace has 200k on the clock, because not so easy to disconnect.
I call B.S. on most of these super low mile cars. Saw too many guys back in the day that would buy a new car every 2-3 years. Oh look I traded my 8,000 mile car in and got xxx $. This is why there used to be low mileage cars. Now every POS on marketplace has 200k on the clock, because not so easy to disconnect.
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
I find it extremely hard to believe that someone bought an ordinary Newport, or Catalina, or Monterey, and then decided to put it away right after buying it. Makes zero sense. The money earns more in the S&P 500.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Yeah there was some comments in the chat that the original owner may have bought it for the end of the big car era storage/investment but that has most likely been gone over the many years, if there was a Super 8 film of a testimony of the original owner and his intentions would be a bonus otherwise we might as well ask the Magical 8-ball.
Justin Plant
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Nearly thirty years ago, I worked for a tobacco farmer back in KY who rented some acreage off a gentleman. In the landowners three car garage behind his house was a mundane 1971 Camaro. 307, powerglide car. Green with a green vinyl top and black interior. He bought it for his wife new. A year later something caused her to go blind. I don't remember the details, but she took her own life. The car never left that garage again. Never moved, just sat and collected dust. I saw it and heard the story from the owner himself. It had just shy of 3000 miles on it. I don't recall the exact number but it was like 2900 and change. I have no idea what ever happened to it or the land. The house is no longer there nor the garage. One more car lost to history.
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OK so this is not a C Body car but it had low miles, smelled like a new car when you got in it and had the original tires. This one had the 16 valve 2.2 Liter turbo intercooled engine that came only with a 5 speed manual transmission. It was used from 1992-93. Getting that engine option cost an extra $8,000.00 a rather steep price to pay! The head and valve train was made by Lotus. This was the 1st Mopar that did not have a distributor as it had a coil pack.
Mine had every option available except leather seats. It had the CD player option too. 224 horsepower. I took my wife for a very short ride on my dead end street. Nailed it and the tires smoked. By the time I hit the brakes she was screaming, and I'm surprised she didn't barf.
1992 Daytona IROC R/T 5-2006 18,000 original miles · Monday, Jan 15, 2007
Mine had every option available except leather seats. It had the CD player option too. 224 horsepower. I took my wife for a very short ride on my dead end street. Nailed it and the tires smoked. By the time I hit the brakes she was screaming, and I'm surprised she didn't barf.
1992 Daytona IROC R/T 5-2006 18,000 original miles · Monday, Jan 15, 2007
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