Anyone else dream of E-Body ownership?

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I like them, but I don't really see me shelling out the bucks for a decent/good one. A lot of money...
 
MRGTX said:
On the other hand, put a kid next to a '70-'71 'Cuda or Challenger and it would knock their socks off. There is just something inherently cool about E-Body cars that makes them irresistable. Having sold my Dart and replacing it with a Challenger I can attest to this statement. I love the look of the abodies but they don't have the cool factor of an ebody.
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Old cars are about ego.

Whether you admit it or not, everyone loves when someone says "nice car" "cool car" or whatever to them.

E body owners just need their egos stroked more than other people.

For the most part any E body I have ridden in and driven has felt like any other old 60s Chrysler product...but get many more oohs and aahs at a car show.


Paul
 
battery just in front of the filler neck...hummmmm..could lead to an interesting or explosive situation...can you say PINTO ??? Crumbs...yes, I do like my A body..
 
Well Paul egos aside i wont deny your point on that note, but lets look at the raw data , Us E body owners dont need to buy $ 900.00 headers to put a big block in our cars , we dont need to deal with werdo small bolt wheels , and most E bodys came with 8 3/4 rears and sway bars . Most A bodys do not come with any of these items and need to be added if you wonna put any kind of power under the hood . All mopars are cool in lots of ways , but E bodys are end of the muscle car era and mopar pulled all the stops with these cars . I think you need to find a better argument then E bodys having plastic door panels that make them bad cars .
 
mopar jimmie said:
My love with E bodys started when i was 10 years old at Garden state Chrysler Plymouth , my brother took me there in september the day new models came out . I sat in a rally red 1970 Cuda convertible and told my brother i was gonna own one like this someday . As it turned out the car was sold new to a guy i delivered news papers to just a 2 blocks from home . I walked past this car everyday and as time when by the car sat more and more till in 1977 i was able to buy it from the guy for a $ 290.00 , it burned oil and needed a new conv top and the clutch was burned out . I was in heaven . I drove this car to school and raced it , and drove in into the ground . the car became a casulty of family life and sat next to my garage exposed to the weather as my 2 children grew up . In 1990 I did a complete restoration on the 70 Cuda conv i call Rosalitta , I rebuilt the original 340 ( added a 6 pack ) the original 3 spped manual trans got replaced with a 4 speed pistol grip . I also added a shaker hood and elastromeric bumpers and had it painted my favorite Mopar color of Viper red . I have enjoyed this car to it fullist extent over the years , I just recently bought a 528 hemi from Gosselin automotive and will be putting that in soon . To me its the untimate car , i have owned over 50 mopars of all types and loved them all , but my Cuda always be my avitar
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garden state chrysler in camden??? my parents bought a new 92 lebaron convert there.
 
I had and loved a 73 Challenger 340 4 speed car when I was younger. It was a great car which I would LOVE to have back- just don't tell my Dart as it would get very mad!!! LOL
 
From Allpar...

The E-body was created by merging A and B body components to fashion a sporty, attractive car that could handle any engine Chrysler had.

Inherently cool about E-Body cars that makes them irresistable.

When we got our car, I was looking and poking second gen chebby and pontiacs. I was into British cars. He can home and told me that he wanted a Duster. God knows where he saw one..he and his friends thought it was pretty cool.. He also likes the pre '71 Mopar metal.. he doesn't like the jelly bean look..
 
i must be the strange one around here had E bodys for years had my gran coupe since 88 my t/a challenger since 95 didnt get into A bodies till 2008 now im hooked since then i got my 76 sport and my valiant
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My first Mopar was an E body (70 Challenger) and I really loved the look of that car.

I am just as happy with my A body Duster though, as it is lighter, faster and louder than the Challenger was, and it seems to turn more heads too.:D
 

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my 2 cents: i started out with e bodies back in mid 80's. loved their look. most i had rattled, sounded like bass drum when you shut the 10 ft l ong 800 pound door! hude dash, expensive hard to find, parts were high. yep, it would take big motor, came with 8 3/4 at least, etc..... BUTttt.... after taking apart everything from 62 to 75 mopars,, , i found the early A and B body cars, seems to come apart without bolts and screws snapping off, the trunks generally wern't rusted completely out, came to love the light weight of the A's and the goofy looks of the early ones, LOL! even learned to love the /6! but thats just me. i also like spinach!?????
 
I 'm all for liking the E body cars, I even owned a 70R/T at one time. Are they the best cars designed at the time? Not really. In1970 believe it or not one of the lowest in demand cars for Chrysler was a 1970 Barracuda. Dealers had trouble selling them, as the challenger eclipsed The Barracuda. 1971 was worse, where Women again bought the Challenger, with the larger back seat. If there had been 90k Barracudas made then, the Plymouth wouldn't be fetching the prices they are today. In 1971 you couldn't give a Superbird away either. I know it sounds funny, but 1970 Roadrunners also weren't popular. The Charger was by far more popular, and the coronet was dead in the water. . Hemi's were a hard sell, as they were finicky. Now, Today it's all about production numbers. The A and B bodies are great, in that enough were made so today we can still afford them, they were great cars! being around then, my memory is clear!
 
About a month after we got married I bought a 70 'cuda that I had been watching for months. I had a 69 RR project car which I had traded my 68 Charger R/T for. Anyway, my wife learned to drive in that 'cuda 340. When it came time to revisit a classic she knew exactly what she wanted. 1970 'cuda 340, automatic, bucket seats, slap stik, console, twin bulge hood, just like her old one. I think everyone has a soft spot for their first car no matter what it is.
 
Love the duster, weld rims just make these cars.
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Captain Canuck said:
My first Mopar was an E body (70 Challenger) and I really loved the look of that car.

I am just as happy with my A body Duster though, as it is lighter, faster and louder than the Challenger was, and it seems to turn more heads too.:D
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mopar jimmie said:
Its kinda funny how you all talk about the plastic door panels looking cheesy , come on shitty vinyl stretched over masonite with arm rests that have not ever changed , come guys ... A & B are cool cars but really are utility vehicles , the E body was built as a 2 dr hard top or conv thats it , no 4 dr or station wagons . I have owned many GTX , Road Runners , Dusters , Darts , i even had a 68 383 GTS that wouldnt turn till you let off the gas , I have never had that with my Cuda , E bodys were mopars finest hour , its just how it is . You can pick on door panels & seating position , but how many a or b bodys had shaker hoods, pistol grips, rubber bumpers , or 426 hemis , from front to back there just cool cars .
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Don't want any of that...I'll take a flat hood, regular shifter, regular bumpers...and a nice 408ci Magnum motor under the hood of a 2-door post Dart or Valiant. :)
 
mopar jimmie said:
Well Paul egos aside i wont deny your point on that note, but lets look at the raw data , Us E body owners dont need to buy $ 900.00 headers to put a big block in our cars , we dont need to deal with wierdo small bolt wheels , and most E bodys came with 8 3/4 rears and sway bars.
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You don't need a big-block to go fast in an A-body, because unlike an E, it's not a porker! I don't want or need an 8.75" axle...honestly, I'd rather have an 8.25" (or 9.25") at this point. (Bonus: parts--like a 3.55 limited-slip--for it are as close as a Jeep Cherokee in the junkyard.)

Most A bodys do not come with any of these items and need to be added if you wonna put any kind of power under the hood . All mopars are cool in lots of ways , but E bodys are end of the muscle car era and mopar pulled all the stops with these cars . I think you need to find a better argument then E bodys having plastic door panels that make them bad cars .
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E-body: close to 4000lbs. A-body: gotta to work to get one over 3500lbs, not at all hard to get under 3000. Much as I love my 4500+lb Cadillac, I do understand that weight is the enemy! (Which is why I searched high and low for a pre-1997 318 Dakota...)

It's a snowball effect: the lighter A-body can get away with manual steering, manual brakes, a smallblock engine, an 8.25" axle, a 904 transmission. An E-body is heavier...you get a big-block...which adds weight. Then you use a Dana axle...more weight. Well, now you need power steering, power brakes, and a built 727. That big-block makes lots of heat...better grab that 4-core 26" radiator and 7-bladed clutch fan so it won't boil over with the A/C on! By the time you're done, you have managed to put together a 2-ton 'Cuda!
 
But at the end of the day 3000 pounds or less you still have a car that is worth under 10 k no matter how much you have spent on your beloved 2700 pound a body , BTW my 70 Cuda conv weighs 3175 on Englishtown dragways NHRA certified scale , you can argue this all you want , the E body definately has an occult following and no matter what you say most mopar owners openly or secretly wonna own one , personally i like them all and i also own a 72 340 4 spd Duster , but most likly the shaker hood on my Cuda is worth more then my Duster . The E body is the combination of all the 1960s mopar b,a&c bodys , it had no other choice then be the coolest mopar ever built .
 
Okay let's look at some raw data...

Mr. A Body and Mr. E Body are hard working guys and at the end of the day both dudes have the same amount of money to spend on their new/old rides that they are buying this weekend.

Mr. A Body goes for a 1972 Duster with a 318 (no need for a 340 car, since he is planning on a Big Block/$900 headers/8.75 rear/sway bars) and according to the Hagerty – Classic Car Price Guide (I randomly picked that website) setting Mr. A Body back...$8,371

Mr. E Body (just to make it easy) goes for a 1972 Plymouth Barracuda with a 318 (again since he craves a big block) and that set him back...$25,970 (again Hagerty's numbers to make it fair)

So now Mr. A Body still has $17,599 left in his bank account (the difference between the cost of the two vehicles) while Mr. E Body is now having a Mopar Garage Sale to fund his big block/Hemi obsession.

So I am thinking Mr. A Body can get started on his upgrades right away, while his friend Mr. E Body is going to be rolling around with a 318 Barracuda for a while.

Don't get me wrong I love E Body Cudas and I love their plastic panel interiors but the title of this post was..."Anyone else dream of E-Body ownership?"

I would take a Cuda if someone wanted to give me one, but I can think of a number of other Mopars I would probably pick first. A 1967 GTX, 1966/1967 Chargers and 1967-1969 Barracudas would be higher on my list, probably not high on yours.

Also I love Corvettes and Porsches, they are nice to look at, but I really don't care if I ever own one.

So I will leave the convertible tops, shaker hoods, pistol grips, rubber bumpers and 426 Hemi to you. If I lived close to you I would love to come by and check out your ride. I bet it's really an awesome car, and I would tell you that, there are not too many Barracudas I don't like...I just don't need to own them.

Paul



mopar jimmie said:
Well Paul egos aside i wont deny your point on that note, but lets look at the raw data , Us E body owners dont need to buy $ 900.00 headers to put a big block in our cars , we dont need to deal with werdo small bolt wheels , and most E bodys came with 8 3/4 rears and sway bars . Most A bodys do not come with any of these items and need to be added if you wonna put any kind of power under the hood . All mopars are cool in lots of ways , but E bodys are end of the muscle car era and mopar pulled all the stops with these cars . I think you need to find a better argument then E bodys having plastic door panels that make them bad cars .
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Nope just the A-BODY for me,had all the others before,like them all,my 2nd chioce would b a B-body..[65 belvedere-70 bird] they should've made a 70 dart bird wing car,seen a clone of one in a magazine someone built...may have been a bastard child but I would've adopted it...to each his own I guess...and it's not about money or prestiege for A-body owners as it seems to be with alot of E-body guys...I can remember when you couldnt give them away and not many people wanted them...yep in the 70's and early 80's they were a dime a dozen...dont get me wrong they are cool and legendary but even back then I prefered the Darts and Dusters and you had to pay someone to haul them off....just my opinion..they do seem to command the most coin but it aint gonna be mine
 
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