[FWDLK] Dodge : Lancer LANCER in Dodge

Brent,

The factory called these "Golden Lancer" in it's advertising literature. There is little available info on these, except a couple of brochures. In these, the facts are:

1. Gold & white paint, code X77 on the body tag. Ditzler has a color chart.

2. All are 2 door hard tops, a.k.a. "Lancer". No convertibles.

3. They were available in all 3 models: Coronet, Royal, Custom Royal.

4. Interiors had special gold colors on the trim & paint.

5. These were introduced in the middle of the model year.

They were advertised for their "power", but that was not defined. All of the ads show D500 flags, but the ad text makes no mention of D500. Of the ones I have seen up close or advertised for sale, a high percentage has been D500s: about 50%. While the base engine in a Royal or Custom Royal was a 315 Poly, the Coronets I have seen have all been at least a 315 Poly upgrade instead of the 270 base engine. From this I infer that the minimum engine was a 315 Poly, probably a 4 bbl, in keeping with the "performance" image.

Popular opinion was the GL was created to compete with or take advantage of the 56 Plymouth Fury's image. All of the other Mopar brands had a special model (300, Fury, Adventurer) that was their performance car, except Dodge. Dodge put the D500 engine in anything the customer wanted.

Dave Homstad

56 Dodge D500

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Brent Burger wrote:

I am asking this question because I really don't know and have heard all sorts of contradictory intel ...

What exactly is a "Golden Lancer" in terms of equipment ? As Dave mentioned, I would assume they

got the gold and white paint as a matter of due course per the name, but I have never seen ANYTHING

from the factory stating what these cars were, or if they were even a factory "package".

It seems odd that for how well known the name is, they never got badges or any special designator.

It seems to me to be little more than some bullshxt term dreamed up to hype up what was otherwise

just another car that happened to have that paint scheme.

Back when fins were more commonly seen as drivers, people often popped off with the term "Golden

Adventurer" too. This is a car I know plenty about, and there was no GOLDEN Adventurer, and some

weren't even painted gold ! It was just some lingering term from back in the day that people had associated

with some high performance model, and I suspect this was REAL or IMAGINED !

What do you guys know about this ?

Burger

"Duty above all else except Honor"

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On May 29, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Dave Homstad wrote:

A REAL Golden Lancer would have the correct paint code on the body tag. Otherwise, it may be just painted to look like the one that went through Barrett Jackson a few years ago at $215K. After that one, they started coming out of the woodwork at high prices. Also, I am not positive, but a GL being a "performance" image like a Plymouth Fury, should at least have a 4 bbl carb. This one is a 2 bbl.

Dave

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Brent Burger wrote:

What is a REAL Golden Lancer ? Did they have a special ID code on the tag ?

Burger

"Duty above all else except Honor"

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On May 28, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Dave Homstad wrote:

It would be worth more if was a real Golden Lancer. I requested a photo of the body plate from the seller, but never received it.

Dave Homstad

56 Dodge D500

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Dave Warnick wrote:

It would be worth more with a Hemi.