For Sale Sweet Looking '78 Doba

[78Brougham]

Found this by accident looking for an ad for that '78 NYB coupe in Poughkeepsie.
Looks like a very nice car. With a 440 to boot!
Talk about a sleeper!
Chrysler Cordoba

 

[cantflip]

Not too bad if this was your "must have"...

I'm struggling to accept "low original 49k mi. 440/727 auto."

 

[commando1]

The F%@$#& asshat trashed the A/C

 

[polara71]

Good, no need for A/C ..certainly not up there

49000 miles on a rebuilt engine...ok, the body looks it. Is it the original engine?

 

[Dobalovr]

Ok as my handle states I love Dobas....I have even toyed with dropping a 440 into a 400 car BUT....it would have to be a console shift car without the Landau roof. What spoils this otherwise good looking original Doba for me is what C body gave up its heart to make it?

I would still drive it.....I wouldn't like it but I'd still drive it...

 

[polara71]

Why do you think it came from a C?

 

[barnfind]

Available in pick ups and motorhomes too, as well as crate engines.

 

[polara71]

And a whole bunch of other stuff... The likelihood is there but still

 

[Dobalovr]

Why do you think it came from a C?

Because most Doba guys I've met are closet E Body or B Body worshippers and would perish the thought of desecrating one of those...me on the other hand well I just swim against the current ....that and it was just a guess really no evidence to support my statement lol

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

Note; appears to have HIPO exhaust manifold visible on drivers side. Looks interesting if I was not dealing on the '79 Magnum GT E58 T-top car.

 

[1978 NYB]

Good, no need for A/C ..certainly not up there

49000 miles on a rebuilt engine...ok, the body looks it. Is it the original engine?

440's not available in Cordoba's.

IF....it is the original engine....it's a 400.

 

[polara71]

440's not available in Cordoba's.

IF....it is the original engine....it's a 400.

That was my doubt and a question in the back of my head I knew the answer to . One of those answers you forgot long long ago. So then I guess I need a refresher without googling because its a crap shoot, when was the last year for a 440 Cordoba? Could it be had?

 

[1978 NYB]

That was my doubt and a question in the back of my head I knew the answer to . One of those answers you forgot long long ago. So then I guess I need a refresher without googling because its a crap shoot, when was the last year for a 440 Cordoba? Could it be had?

No 440 available in Cordoba in any year. Could get a 400 in all years up to 1978.

 

[1978 NYB]

The F%@$#& asshat trashed the A/C

Manual A/C will be easy to put back together. The only hard part is to find a donor with all the correct mounting brackets. If it is a 440 you will need the brackets from a 440 Formal to make it work. My suspicion is that this engine is probably a 400. 400 and 440 A/C brackets are different and won't interchange. So either way...once you figure which engine you have you'll know whether you need 400 or 440 Formal brackets.

 

[polara71]

I seem to recall someone here having one

 

[1978 NYB]

If they did it's not an original engine. And if they dropped a 440 in it I don't have a problem with that at all.