Newly Restored Six-Pack: 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T

In the late 1960s, Dodge offered three mid-sized muscle cars. The Charger R/T, which was a premium model with a “tunnelback” roof, the Super Bee, which was budget-minded like the Plymouth Road Runner, and the Coronet R/T, a derivative of the Dodge family car. The latter was offered between 1967 and 1970, after which there were no longer any hardtop or convertible Coronets. The seller has a freshly restored 1969 Coronet R/T, which has been upgraded to “Six-Pack” status. Located with a dealer in Worcester, Massachusetts, this hot Mopar is available here on eBay, where the current bid is $5,100 (reserve unmet).

Dodge built 6,518 R/T hardtops in 1969, plus another 437 droptops. So, it was the rarest of the company’s mid-size performance cars. This one decodes as having had the standard 440 cubic inch V8 with a single carburetor, but it now sports triple 2-barrels. This is a well-documented car supported by both its fender tag and broadcast sheet. The transmission has also been upgraded to a new TCI “Street Fighter” 727 automatic.

Freshly built, the 440 (non-matching) produces 450 horsepower compared to 375 from the factory in 1969. Power front disc brakes from Wildwood are now onboard, the power steering has been converted to Borgeson, an exhaust system with header cutouts has been added, and digital gauges for the driver are at his/her disposal. A couple of in-process restoration photos are provided, and the seller says the car runs “better than new.”

The black paint is correct, as is the white interior, white vinyl top, and the white stripe across the rear deck. This looks like one sharp combination that may have been rare when the Mopar left the assembly line 57 years ago. Considering the amount of work that has clearly been done, how far do you think the bidding will go before the reverse comes off? Thanks for the cool tip, “Curvette”!