Photos from the Cohort by nifticus392.
We all have come across a vehicle like this at some point or another. The worn-out bad-ass-looking ride, with so many years and enough scars on its body to make you wonder much. Like; what’s up with that hood scoop? Is it a Super Bee or cosplaying one? A later add-on?
I don’t know, that hood scoop doesn’t look fully factory-spec to me. A bit hard to tell from this distance. But such questions are no surprise in a car that has pushed its luck longer than most would have expected.
Still, that rubber looks pretty mean. If pushed, can the old body still take it? Looks pretty rusty in some areas. That rear bumper looks just about to fall next time those tires go screeching…
Whatever the case, someone is trying their best to make this old ride go out with a bang. Or a clang.
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Front bumper doesn’t look that tightly buttoned up, either. Maybe both just loose enough when the car was sprayed with gray primer. which obviously shows that primer does not secure metal against rust. Could be a slow restoration in progress. And yes,, the scoop should be tossed.
That’s pretty weird that both the front and rear bumpers seem to be hanging by a thread. Maybe there’s a whole lot more rust covered with bondo than meets the eye.
That’s a time capsule all right! Would have looked right at home in my high school parking lot 40 years ago..
Yes, plenty of these things were still on the road in this condition in the late 70s and early 80s.
This car shows that it’s all about the attitude and the look. Nothing like a Mopar intermediate two door hardtop with a mean rake, and big tires in the back. The big hood scoop is the crowning touch, it’s pure muscle car. This is how they looked when they were ten to twenty years old, before they were worth any money, and they became garage queens.
I doubt it’s a factory A12 (440-6v) car. For starters, the OEM hood was completely lift-off with four hold-down pins in the corners. This one looks like a repop that uses hinges, springs, and the stock front latch. Hell, it could even be just a scoop attached to the stock, flat hood.
With that said, the grey primer patina, dark tinted windows, and cheap aftermarket rims with big-and-littles definitely give it the typical Mopar attitude for, say, the mid-seventies.