Wagon Week EP10 - Corroded Coronet
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
- This 1966 Coronet exhibits the first year for the Gen-2 B-Body platform and demonstrates how buyers could get an extra 50 horsepower for just $30. A good deal, right? Rudolph Dieselhead thinks so.
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I could listen to him talk about cars all day. Glad you are feeling better.
Absofreakingloutly 😊
So happy for you regaining your heath, Steve!! Continue your healing and Happy Easter my brother!!
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you back in the Junkyard soon
a '66 Coronet wagon with the 318 Poly and Torqueflite, in tan, was my first car. Had fun, learned how to get stuck in mud, snow, beach sand, flat tires, hauling drumset to gigs. Had fun in that car!
I was ta!king with an old friend and we agreed the older we get we appreciate wagons more. Hope for good health for our friend.
That rusted out hulk was a family's pride and joy at one time. Hard to believe.
Happy Easter Steve 😎
Hope you’re having a good day, Steve!
I love this wagon series! Wagons were great bracket racers back in the day!
I remember seeing a lot of them! Be well my friend!
Another awesome wagon episode Steve!👍
I'm waiting for the Vista Cruiser!
Enjoying the wagons... but would like to hear a update on how you are doing, getting antsy for a new episode.
Happy Easter buddy, I hope you get well very soon!
take a shot everytime steve mentions osteer in his videos lol loves that word..get well steve
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My folks bought a ‘67 Coronet wagon new. It was the basic model with a slant 6. Was one of my favorite cars they had.
My dad read Consumer Reports in early 1967, then went down to a car dealership and told them he wanted a Coronet sedan with a 318, and told them how much he wanted to pay, and that he had a 1960 Ford sedan for a trade. That's how we ended up with the dark turquoise 67 Coronet 440 that became my first cat in 1980 when I turned 16.
Other than the floorboards, this thing looks pretty solid 😅😂😊
Nearly pristine 🤣
Happy Easter Steve! Praise the Lord for your recovery! I’m looking forward to all your new videos!
Thank you Steve!👍
I love seeing the Mopar long roofs.
Still working the algorithm Steve 👍
Happy Easter and wagons ho❤🤓
I am in cloud 9 !!! Welcome back Mr. Magnante !
Meeeeee tooooooooooo!!!
I ran one of them in a demolition derby five times that's how good them cars were
Good to see you back, Steve!
On Adam 12 they used a wagon like this as a command car. Pretty cool. I’d like to have one now for a daily driver.
Extra value is what you get......LOL. Another day closer to your return to the yard. I just had a birthday this past week. Hoping you return soon. As stated last time:
Yup, with the VIN, you'll always win, but with the codes in sight, you can make it right: W for Coronet, L for Low price class (Coronet Deluxe), 45 for six passenger wagon, F for 361 V8 with two barrel, approximately 265 gross HP (not 318 V8), 6 for 1966 model year, 1 for Lynch Road, Detroit, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. A 318 V8 in 1966 should be a VIN code "E", so with an "F", this should be a 361 V8 and a "G" would be a 383 V8. The Lynch Road facility as noted previously closed in April 1981 after the last of the "R" body Chrysler products were assembled there. A powder coating business occupies that property now.
Upon further freezing the VIN and blowing up the screen, it's an "E", not an "F". "E" is 318 V8 in 1966, "F" would be 361 V8, so Mr. Magnante misspoke on that VIN digit.
No tag, can't brag, but we can figure it out, no doubt: WL45 for Coronet (W), low price class/Coronet Deluxe (L), six seat wagon (45), L1Q for Turquoise interior trim, W for White exterior paint, among other codes. 1966 was a bit of "switcheroo" with some VIN codes, so you have to go year by year and take it slow to get it decoded correctly.
The "E" and "F" mix-up is easy to do. I've come across a VIN for a Gremlin, A4E465A422063, not sure about the third digit, maybe it was actually an "F." I remember this Gremlin having bucket seats with a floor mounted manual.
@@tomwesley7884 It was fairly faintly stamped in this video, and that does happen. I was just having a conversation about this with a colleague of mine who is putting a 1964 GTO back together that he's had since the early 1970s. Some GM VINs were stamped oddly/crooked because they stamped different digits at different times. So if they knew it was going to be a Norwood made 10th Anniversary, the "2" (Pontiac) and "X87" (10th Anniversary two door coupe) and "N" (Norwood) would be pre-stamped and the engine code "(Z for 400 V8 or K for 403 V8) and the production sequence were stamped at a later time after it was known what it was going to be from the production schedule.
The 1974 "Almost a Car/All Makes Combined" (AMC) VIN you provided goes like this with the VIN for the win: A for American Motors, 4 for 1974 model year, E for three speed floor shifted manual transmission (there is no "F" in 1974 for this position), 4 for Gremlin, 6 for two door sedan coupe, 5 for Gremlin again, A for 258 CID six-cylinder, and the rest is the production sequence with the "4" denoting that it was made in Kenosha, WI. That plant operated as a car assembly plant through December 1988.
@@googleusergp I appreciate your reply with the Gremlin VIN. Seemed like the engine and trans were reliable with minimal maintenance, it had other issues, like busted window regulators and severe rust on the top of the front fenders- adjacent to the hood. Also, I think somebody in our area still has a '64 GTO, it has an American flag painted on its roof. Haven't seen that GTO "out" in decades, but I've heard the owner has it storage.
@@tomwesley7884 There's a 1966 GTO rotting up the block from me. I know a relative of the owner. I almost bought a car from him about two years ago.
Happy Easter Mr Magnante. One of these wagons with a 383 and a 4 speed would be cool, but an R/T would be fantastic. Thank you as always, keep feeling better sir ~ Chuck
So glad to have you back Steve !
I saw one of them 383 wagons in California the guy was very happy to own it and said his father bought it new. I was pretty cool
Love seeing you back steve, keep up the great work. I recently bought a 1964 dodge 880 4 door, great original condition. Can't wait for a car show. Lol Love it. Have a great day.
Welcome back & happy Easter.
first car I remember, dark blue '66 coronet 440 wagon
mom would drag us four boys around to get groceries
dad would do burn-outs and take to us to Irwindale
for the open run nights,
It’s amazing that the ID tag is 10 times better than the floor and I’m glad to see you’re getting better Steve automotive community definitely misses you
Mr. B. Here ! Happy Easter Professor Steve , classes even on 🐰🐰🐰 day! LOL , 🍎✏️📓🎓. Good Easter to all !🍸🍸
My brother had a 68 with a 318, 3 on the tree. Tan, woodgrain sides, tan interior.
Steve.... Happy Easter to you and yours!🐇🐣 Take care bud!
Nicely done especially showing the 66 VW Squareback in the comparison magazine test!
My dad bought a 1965 Coronet at the end of the model year. Once the 1966 models came out, I remember him saying that he wished that he had waited and got a '66.
Family got a 62 Ford wagon with 390 police interceptr package. Ran with the new 68 road runner stoplight to stoplight. Fun trip to the milk store ❤
I very rarely saw MoPar wagons compared to Fords and Chevys for some reason when I was a kid, always loved the looks of them though!
looks like you having a great time. well you gotta order the rt wagon.😂
Great to have you back Steve!
Had the '66 Plymouth 318 when the brakes go out it's a wild ride ...We rolled thru a stop light ...lucky no accident! Take care friend...hope you are having a good Easter!
Good to see you back in action Steve....hope your getting better every day!
Makes me think of my old friend Lee Smith’s Whackee Wagon
And let's not forget the Preparation H Hemi wagon of the mid sixties!
Thanks for the memories Steve! Bought my first winter beater in '79. A 1969 Coronet light tan woody wagon. Got it from my uncle who bought it new! Lots of fun in that car! Praying for your good health.
I owned a '66 Coronet 440 model back in the early '80s, a 225ci slant six automatic, 4 door. Pretty rusty but trusty, ran like a top.
It looks like mother nature really wanted those floorboards back! Happy Easter everyone!
You absolutely must know how loved you are.
That could of been mine except I had the option of loving a slant six! I did not love the 6, but I love seeing Steve talking about a R/T wagon.
I saw a magazine article on a Coronet four door sedan factory equipped with a 426 Hemi. It's been so long that I forget the details, however I remember it was one of a kind.
Hey Steve, my father had a 1969 Coronet 500 wagon with vinyl woodgrainside panels, a roof rack and a 318 LA motor with a 727 torqueflite transmission and it had the 3rd row rear seat that faced out the tailgate window. We lived in Maine and it had crank up windows and no A/C
Classic video... hope to see ya out in the yard soon
That was the best size of wagon!
Happy Easter Steve!
Ex brother-in-law was a K9 officer for Peoria police department back in the day and had one of those 66 or 67's for a K9 car. I believe it had the 318 poly since it wasn't a pursuit vehicle.
LOL the deer head took me until the 2nd replay of the video to notice in the passenger side broken out quarter glass.
I wonder. If there is one person out there drooling over the possibility of restoring that….uh……thing!😆
Thanks for your knowledge and videos. Be well.😎
Happy Easter 🐣 Steve! Hope you’re feeling better.🙏
I think your viewers are going to need a monthly "State of the Steve" address. Keep healing and pushing!!
If only the optional floor had been made from the same material as the vin tag 😂
I had a Dodge custom 880 station wagon,it had a 383 two barrel, I paid 200 dollars for it in1994 it was a lot of fun
Imagine finding one of these with the Slant Six. I'd sooo build a Hyper Pak Wagon :)
Just keep them coming
Hope to see you back in action soon Steve
Wagons rule!!!
Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks Steve!
Thank you Steve
Happy Easter Steve
Good stuff!
My 66 Coronet 440 has the very odd sway bar that was seen on earlier C bodies, there are no tabs on the LC arms, it clamps to the strut rods. I’ve seen it on a few other Dodges, but not Plymouth’s. The K member isn’t drilled for the common sway bar, the holes are there on either the upper or lower part of the K member, but missing on the other part, I forget which part has the holes
my first car with the 6..bough it off my older bro for 75 bucks ..back in 1978
❤️ is the best. Year
Never realized that they never made a 500-trimmed wagon.
Cool!!!
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I thought you were going to have to climb a tree if there were any more Coronets 😅
Steve , You are the Easter Egg in this Video . Miss You .
Steve how are you doing I hope you are getting better I notice by your hair color that this is older or you died your hair?
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Steve is so out of it he hasn't noticed 1 third is missing
I'd listen to this man read a manual on repairing transmissions.
Mopar 👍
Hey i see a awesome old GMC 70 ish behind the coronet can we seee please?
Ready for the crusher
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That was an E, not an F....
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That model has the retractable headlights? Or the 67? I have a Mexican dealership ad from 1967 and show only the 4 door Dodge Coronet as “the most luxurious and only car in Mexico with retractable headlights”, no station wagon, no 2 door or convertible models…..by the way, is almost impossible to find one in any condition…..bad engines? Poor quality metal?
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Steve You have to stop removing the covers off the Carburetors ,They had that there for a reason,Its Probably a good motor, Everyone knows a 2 bbl Carb, 66 Is a good year for that Motor.You already told us it was a 318, I just don't think you should keep uncovering the Motors Like you do.And Steve You do it a lot, and never recover them, Sorry Don't mean it in a bad way, Its the junk yards.. Please don't take it the wrong way.
Its got the hood for a cover, can't imagine the old insulation doing much of anything