WIW--OPINIONS WANTED

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I like the color myself, I would be tempted to clean up some of the easy stuff, IE shifter, distributor, wires and coil, radiator cap, decals, and the such, good luck with the dash pad, A friend of mine has bean trying to sell a 66 belvedere convert 4 speed, that has had a high detail restoration, he can't seem to pull the 2005 money out of this car as nice as it is, I see nothing wrong with painting the exterior of the car, paint match shouldn't be that big an issue, unless the car has a race history that can be documented, I would make it look as original as possable, "COOL CAR" either way

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I too like the color. I am not a fan of green but the turquoise is really more of a blue-green, and I LOVE blue.

Those are personal taste and race specific item. In fact, I bought and installed the pistol grip shifter for the car for myself as it is the most race/shift friendly shifter I have ever used.

I rebuilt this car with the intentions of racing it in a stock NHRA class thinking I could get away without having to install a roll bar. That has turned out not to be the case, and street racing is just to expensive if you get caught today. So with this in mind I just can't bring myself to put a roll bar in this car, so it is for sale.

I have one of the original crappy Inland shifters for the car that goes with it if someone wants to re-install it. The distributor and wires are not that big of a deal regarding cost. I truely believe that anyone that wants to buy this car will want to race it and will be satisfied with it as is with regards to these things. Maybe I am wrong. However when I look at a car that has something I would want changed I simply factor the cost of it into my offer. I also have the original hub caps, an extra hood, and a fiberglass Hemi hood scoop that will go with the car as well.

This car would make a great F.A.S.T. car with factory exhaust manifolds rather than the headers.

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I think the color is great, personally I would not reshoot it and let it stand on it's own. (let the buyer factor the refinish (or not) into his offer)

[BUIZILLA]

I think the correct color name is >

medium aqua metallic

we (my parents) had a Polara wagon the same color in '65 and i'm 99% positive of the color description...

[galveston]

A friend of mine has one of the 11 made in dark blue with dark blue int. 4spd. located in east Mesa. nice car as well.

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A friend of mine has one of the 11 made in dark blue with dark blue int. 4spd. located in east Mesa. nice car as well.

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I have sent you a PM.

If it is, I would certainly like to speak with the owner. There is a possibility of this as when I bought my vanity plates for the car I had requested 1 OF 11 and it was not available. They would not give me the complete V.I.N. of the car that had the plate but did tell me that it was a 1966 Dodge beginning WE21. So I got ONE OF 11 for my car.
I have never been able to track down this car through my Mopar contacts here in Arizona.

Typically when I hear this it turns out to be a Coronet Deluxe and NOT the BASE model. I here this often and seldom does it turn out to be a BASE model.

I have been collecting info for these 11 cars since I bought mine and so far have V.I.N. verification on the following:

1. My car

2. A matching color combo to my car

3. A dark Blue car that sold on Ebay approximately 4 years ago. Possibly this is the car in Mesa? Was it restored in Texas (I think) by Bob West?

4. a Silver car that was stolen in 1969 that the owner still has the V.I.N. and continues to look for the car and has never been discovered.

I have other info on SUPPOSED cars that I do NOT have V.I.N.s for. One is a dark Blue car and the other is a Black car with Gold interior.

[Smokey]

Wasn't there someone in Prescott that had one? He has a stash of great cars that hide back in his machine shop.

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Wasn't there someone in Prescott that had one? He has a stash of great cars that hide back in his machine shop.

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Not that I am aware of.

I live fairly close to Prescott and know some car guys there as well as a guy that has a LOT of old hipo stuff and used to work for Mickie Thompson back in the day. He has a Thunderbolt amoung many others.

[MultiMopars]

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I think the correct color name is >

medium aqua metallic

we (my parents) had a Polara wagon the same color in '65 and i'm 99% positive of the color description...

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According to the original 1966 Dodge PPG color sheet I have the color name is PALE, MED. TURQUOISE POLT code 12898, although everyone that i have ever spoken to always refers to it as Medium Turquoise.

Even with Chrysler they had different marketing names for the same color depending if it was a Dodge or a Plymouth as example.

Also, your parents car was a "C" body which often times had colors that were exclusively available to those models. Often they were shade differences of colors available on other models in the same year.

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I think the color is great, personally I would not reshoot it and let it stand on it's own. (let the buyer factor the refinish (or not) into his offer)

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Those are my intentions at this time.

I have sold MANY cars over the years long distance and sight unseen for the buyer. More often than not the buyers after receiving the car have called and thanked me stating that the car was better than they were expecting. This is why I prefer to point out what I feel are negatives up front on a car like this.

This car is not for EVERY buyer. It looks like a grandma grocery getter. No evidence of it being a performance car other than the small engine emblem. Basically a drag car although it is perfectly street drivable as a fair weather car.

It is a car that the people that appreciate a stripped down, all business, sleeper, factory build, low mileage, original type car will find attractive for what it is.