Posted on 11/14/2010 10:37:47 AM PST by llevrok
Good info, thanks.
I understand that you know this stuff.
MoPar wasn’t making it it easy.
Gran Fury wise 1974- 1977 they used the C body.
Turns out that 1980-81, after a three year hiatus without any production, MoPar used the R body, (the old B body).
Then, till 1989 they used the M body.
This idiot should lose his badge for it, too.
“MoPar wasn’t making it it easy.”
Yes, nonstop badge-shifting was supposed to improve sales but rarely did.
“Gran Fury wise 1974- 1977 they used the C body.”
This generation had the unfortunate luck to arrive in showrooms during the autumn of 1973 when the oil embargo hit. The Newport/New Yorker sold decently, but the Dodge and Plymouth versions found few takers except police and taxi services.
“Turns out that 1980-81, after a three year hiatus without any production, MoPar used the R body, (the old B body).”
The 1971-vintage B-bodies (Coronet and Satellite) lasted through 1978. Satellite became Fury in 1975 and the Coronet Monaco in ‘77 (while the big C-bodies became Royal Monaco and Gran Fury). Like their full-sized cousins, they found few non-fleet buyers by the end.
Since as I said, Chrysler could not afford a total redesign, they just took the old B platform (which dated back to 1962) and put new bodies on it, creating the R-body Newport/New Yorker/St. Regis of 1979-81. They also had an R-body Gran Fury in ‘80-81.
“Then, till 1989 they used the M body.”
Which was an upscale Aspen with slightly different styling. The M-bodies were originally compacts, but by the ‘80s were considered midsized as cars got smaller everywhere. So in 1982, they simply brought the Plymouth M-body down from Canada and sold it as the Gran Fury.
I’ve always been a fan of the 1974 Dodge Monaco equipped with the Police Package - It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas.
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