RE: Car Prices

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure that rear-end will fit and maybe even better. Go ahead and 
measure it anyway but I am almost positive it will work. I have a '70 
GTX 489 rear in mine. On the other hand, I don't believe the springs 
will work as is. I tried some '68 Roadrunner springs on mine that I have 
and they did not work. (Anybody want them?)

You can get new drums if you want. If you're in my neck of the woods, 
Omaha area, I still have my tapered 2.76 open rear end complete with all 
new drum brakes. I mean everything! I don't think there is any miles on 
the shoes.

I saw my car alongside the highway in rural Nebraska and I didn't 
remember the last time I had seen a '64 Dodge. It was a 4 dr, poly, so I 
suppose that made it cheaper. I got it for $1100 and a used Winchester 
1100 shotgun. It has no internal rust but is rusty in the exterior 
wheelwell areas. It too was in a wreck once and the frame in front of 
the K-member on the pass side is wrinkled plus the inner fender. It 
drives good though so I don't care. It only has about 84K on it now.

Yeah, I do think prices are higher but most things are.

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies

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Dave Cornelius wrote:
> 
> When I started looking for a car last winter, I was surprised at how 
> many c=
> ars were in my price range that I considered decent foundations to start 
> wi=
> th.  My criteria was to find a car that was drive-able or could be 
> drive-ab=
> le without a lot of work - then I could do more extensive 
> work/modification=
> s down the road.  I didn't want a basket case or something that needed a 
> to=
> tal resto before it could be driven.
> 
> When we decided to go to Florida for my daughter's spring break, I 
> expanded=
>  my search to the southern states.  I found a '65 Satellite, 361, 4-speed 
>  -=
>  decent looking, but with a little front end damage in a southern Midwest 
>  s=
> tate.  I could have driven it home for $9500.  But after crawling 
> underneat=
> h I found rotted frame rails (covered with undercoating) and crudely 
> patche=
> d floors.
> 
> We ended up buying our '64 Belvedere in Florida for $3500.  It didn't 
> look =
> as good as the Satellite on the surface, but it was a much better 
> foundatio=
> n to start with and it left me with more money to put into it.  It was 
> runn=
> ing (318 Poly) and drive-able (supposedly).  The frame is really clean, 
> alt=
> hough it had taken a hit on the front left at some point.  No 
> significant r=
> ust that I can see.  It needs front floors (they're crudely patched), 
> but t=
> he rear floors are great.  The trunk has some pin holes, but is solid.  
> It =
> was painted somewhere along the line with horrendous body work.  It's 
> about=
>  a 50 foot car. :-)  We towed it home on a trailer (that we drove it onto 
>  u=
> nder it's own power).  After much tinkering with the transmission to try 
> to=
>  get it to stop plugging filters, I finally eliminated all possibilities 
>  ot=
> her than the bands and clutches are deteriorating.  So it's in for a 
> rebuil=
> d as I type. =20
> 
> Bottom line is I feel like it was a decent deal, and I'm having a blast 
> wor=
> king on it.  My next project will be to try to get a later model rearend 
> in=
>  it.  I don't mind the tapered axles, but my drums are trashed from all 
>  the=
>  abuse they've taken over the years of being pried off, and I suspect 
>  most =
> used ones are in similar condition.  I have a line on a rearend from a 
> '68 =
> GTX for $350. complete.  I just need to measure it to make sure it'll 
> fit w=
> ith my wheel combo (I only have about an inch of clearance on each side 
> now=
> ).  I also want to see if the heavy duty springs from the GTX would be a 
> di=
> rect swap into my '64.
> 
> So I do think there are buys still out there.  I found mine on Craig's 
> List=
> .
> 
> Dave
> '64 Belvedere 2D, HT
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Dodger7998@xxxxxxx <Dodger7998@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dodger7998@xxxxxxx <Dodger7998@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Car Prices
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 10:53 AM
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> > Is it just me or are the prices of our cars going higher
> > all the=A0=20
> > time,,,,,,or is it just when I am buying, and not
> > selling,,,,,,,,,,,,,,gone seem=A0 to=20
> > be the days of picking up a relatively rust free project
> > for a couple=A0=20
> > thousand are no longer here,,,,,,,,,,
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Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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