I know, this car has four doors, the humanity! Despite that horrific, almost-world-ending fact, you may not find a nicer example for the money. Please check out this 1967 Dodge Coronet 440 sedan, it looks great to me and it even has air-conditioning. The seller has it posted here on craigslist in The Air-Conditioned City: Duluth, Minnesota, and they’re asking $5,000. Here is the original listing.
Dodge made the fifth-generation Coronet from 1965 to 1970 and they were based on their mid-sized B-body cars. I like to think of them as right-sized, not too big, not too small. The 1968 through 1970 Coronets were restyled to what the majority of people think of when they hear Dodge Coronet. I’m weird – as if I had to say that – but I prefer the earlier fifth-gen cars such as this mid-trim-level 440 sedan.
We never had a two-door car when I was a kid, other than a series of VW Beetles and a Karmann-Ghia. Otherwise, they were all four-door sedans. Maybe that’s why I don’t cringe when I see one, unlike a lot of “Two doors too many!” people. This is what most families had in this era, and Dodge sold almost 84,000 Coronet 440 four-door sedans in 1967. The 440 trim level came between the base “Deluxe” and the upper 500. They came in two-door, two-door convertible, four-door, and station wagon body styles.
The front seat covering appears to have been changed, but the back seat looks almost new. I’m sure that any good upholstery shop would be able to replicate the original pattern for the most part. SMS Auto Fabrics has the correct vinyl available. As expected, this car has a three-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission and column shifter. This was, after all, a family car. The seller mentions that this is a restoration project but I didn’t see anything too alarming until they recently uploaded more photos showing some bubbling bodywork on the lower rear quarter panels. Still, that should be fixable if a person wanted to have a perfect car.
The engine is an LA-series 318-cu.in. OHV V8, which would have had 230 horsepower and 340 lb-ft of torque. The seller says that it has power steering and air-conditioning, but I don’t see a power brake booster. They say that it’s a solid-running and driving car and it’s originally from Nevada so it has to be in better shape than if it would have been a Duluth car for the last 5.5 decades. I really like this one and truth be told, I thought I’d be taking this one home and I still may take a peek at it if I can. Any thoughts on this 440 sedan?
Nice car, at a decent price. Terrific colors, and that 318 is a safe bet. A/C? Yes, please. I would find some Mopar rallys, and turn the whitewalls in, but that’s me.
Take three other adults to dinner, or the grandkids for ice cream and don’t worry about a drip here or there. You’re driving a classic… having a great time…other people are jealous you have it and they have a boring ride.
It’s about the memories you make with it, not how many doors it has…
“The Luth”[sic], nice place, on the end of Lake Gitche Gummie, Lake Superior, and by golly, they don’t call it “Superior” for nothing. If you hurry, you may experience summer, July 1-15,,,SG knows what I mean.
My neighbors as a kid, the Prochnows were Dodge folks, and had a ’67 Coronet similar to this, only bronze. It was one of those cars you wouldn’t be caught dead in on a cruise night. There was nothing cool about a 4 door Dodge. The site is littered lately, it seems, with these 60s-70s cars that the elderly owners bought new, and just never drove unearthed at the estate sale. I see it all the time in my small town, like, “holy crap, there’s one I haven’t seen”, and cars just like this, they just haven’t died yet. Sorry to be so graphic, but that’s the way it is. Great find from a time when this was good enough.
Howard, cut us elderly some slack. You sound like the buyer was elderly when the car was bought new. That retired schoolteacher was running aroud in a tube top and skin tight jeans, and had a baggie of weed under the driver’s seat. Who knows, it still may be there.
That 318ci produces some nice numbers. Great mill. 👍
Nothing great going on here, but if it starts the fire in someone to enjoy what should be a hobby great! Howard is correct that these were bought by practical buyers. At least they opted for the V8 and A/C. Would I own one nope, but that’s what makes the whole thing great. Today cars are all the same shapes and colors. Then the flavors were so much more diverse! Enjoy the drive!
Mom and Dad never owned a four door, until the mid-2000’s. When a Mustang didn’t fit the lifestyle anymore. As kids, we always rode in 2 door hardtops. Dad always said only old people drove 4 doors!
When I was 13 two friends and I bought one of these cars. The owner wanted $50, we came in at $46, some change, and pocket lint. The owner sold it because the bolt on the master cylinder was broken off and the shop wanted $300 to replace the master – in 1978! A pair of vice grips solved that problem and with a bolt borrowed from the grill we were on our way to three years of very careful driving, with colored paper for an inspection sticker and borrowed license plates (we returned them at then end of the week). From this experience I bought my 67 Charger a few years later, which I still have.
The car shown has drum brakes and dealer/aftermarket A/C. While the 318 had some punch, bogged down with a compressor and hard to stop makes this car less interesting 45 years later unless I can get it for today’s equivalent of $50, or about $233.
I wonder if anyone was overcharged insurance by some companies maybe thinking this car had the big v8 in it – from the 440 name of the car.
All I can say is great price for a classic car with A/C ! Would make a Sweet Sleeper think 440 not a trim but a motor!
Wow – those horsepower and torque figures were incredible for a 318ci V-8! Later big blocks “struggled to attain those numbers “. I really think this is a very good looking car EVEN with 4 doors and the performance from this 318 must really give it some decent performance! The price is right. ( good tv show too) and this car is definitely a keeper to have some fun with it and go to cars and coffee type shows. I’ll bet you don’t see very many of these! Great color choices for the whole thing. Perfect engine and a great car! Nice article too.
Just remember those horse power and torque figures were gross not net. Look at 72? Models for net horsepower to see what it actually was at the wheels.
My 72 Satelite Sebring plus had a 318 2 barrel and did fine. A 4 barrel and duals with headers was even better. Then I found a yellow over gray Sebring plus with a 400 4v Hurst pistol grip 4 speed, ac/pb and ps. What a car!
The car is amazing, but those hubcaps are from a 1973 to 1976 Coronet, 1973 to 1975 Dart, and a 1973 to 1974 Charger.
If that was my car, I’d change the hubcaps for more modern ones. Better yet. Add custom tires and rims and then the car will make for an amazing family car that’ll get lots of compliments.
My first car was a ‘67 440, but a hardtop. I put road wheels (Magnum 500’s) on it, and sold the ‘67 wheel covers to a friend who put them on his new ‘74 Charger in the winter- he wanted to keep the wheel covers this car is wearing in good shape!
Nice car for grandpap he just sold his Edsel
Beautiful looking car. My favourite years for the Dodge Coronet are 1965-67. My favourite body styles for the car are 4 door sedan and the Station Wagon. I hope whoever buys this enjoys it. Given its condition, I’d pay between $4000 and $8000.
Never saw an aftermarket ac with a Ford compressor?? Nice car though.
I was a cop in Modesto and we drove the Coronet with a 4-barrel 383. It came from the California Highway Patrol and it was, for that time, a hell of a police car. I remember a number of high speed chases that didn’t end well for the dude trying to get away. We replaced them with Polara’s and that car sucked. My buddies and I get together occasionally and fondly remember those Coronets. It was considered the best car for at least 20 years after I left the force. Thanks for the memories!
I had one, a 2 door hardtop the same color only with black dash,carpets and the rest of the interior was white. Mine was a 318 4bbl with ps,pb, and ac. I put the 15″ rallies from my Challenger on it and it was a really nice driving and looking car. One night it left my driveway without me and was never seen or heard from again.
1965-67 are my favourite years for the Dodge Coronet, 4 door sedan and wagon, Coronet 500. I’d buy one if one were for sale in Tacoma Washington.
Is it possible to get a less interesting car than this one.
Can this be a future category in car shows?
With prices for desirable two door cars reaching the stratosphere and out of budget for those us who have to be careful with our money, this is the alternative. Some nice wheels and tires and you’ll barely notice those extra doors. It looks the same when you’re behind the wheel anyway. You could always turn it into a cop car replica (Vanishing Point)if that was your cup of tea.