When the urge strikes to invest a lot of time, energy, and especially funds into a project, it often makes sense to choose the most desirable style of that vehicle as a base for the recipient of such a commitment. That’s in no way suggesting that a late-sixties Dodge Coronet sedan isn’t a worthy candidate for such an endeavour, but when it comes time to sell, a 2-door example may have more potential to grab the attention of a pool of interested buyers. However, the owner says he never thought he’d consider letting go of this one, but the recent acquisition of a Super Bee has caused him to reconsider. This 1969 Dodge Coronet 440 here on eBay is a beauty, and comes with a $25,000 price tag or the chance to submit a lower offer. It’s located in Green Valley, Arizona, and we’d like to thank reader Curvette for the great tip here!
The fine array of photos provided and notebook of receipts is good evidence that no corners were cut here, but the real icing on the cake is the 24 videos available for viewing that show the stages of everything that was done here, and it’s a lot! Outside, the body has been taken down to bare metal, with one NOS passenger-side quarter panel and a replacement tail section sourced and installed. The rest of the exterior was found to be in overall excellent condition, and with a new coat of Light Blue Metallic paint sprayed on, this Mopar looks about as fresh as it would have when it rolled off the assembly line well over half a century ago.
A confusing issue that Dodge presented Coronet buyers with was how they designated the trim levels back in ’69. One was called the Coronet 440, but it’s important to note that this model has nothing to do with the engine size. Although a photo of the fender tag isn’t included in the listing, the seller shows it in one of his videos, and code E44 indicates that this one left the St. Louis plant with a 318 under the hood. It’s been rebuilt and slightly bored, plus the standard 2-barrel carb and manifold have been swapped to 4-barrel components. While the engine was out, the automatic transmission was also removed and rebuilt, so this one’s probably for some long-term, trouble-free operation.
Although fairly basic, the interior appears good all around, with the seller noting that the seats have been professionally redone. The headliner, door panels, and dash are all looking spiffy, and it’s a positive to see that the correct AM radio is present. I’m thinking this 1969 Dodge Coronet 440 is likely one of the nicest 4-doors around, and speculating it would probably have already sold if it had just half as many entrances. Considering all the work that’s been done here, is around $25k a reasonable amount to spend on this beautiful sedan?
Well, since the dual exhaust has already been done, I’d swap the steelies and dog dish caps for a set of Magnums (and maybe some OEM exhaust tips) and cruise this beauty!! Simply fabulous!! GLWTA!! :-)
I’d just throw on some deluxe wheelcovers, the rest of this car looks like it would’ve had them from new.
Not take away from the restoration on this vehicle, as it’s a beautiful example and shows well but, it’s a 4dr grandma’s car with a 318, albeit with a 4bbl. The price is affordable for most people but when I think of old muscle cars, I think fondly of the cars I had as a young man, namely 2dr cars. As I’ve gotten older, I have learned to appreciate different cars, even this one. If I had the room and $25k burning a hole in my pocket and this was down the road from my house, would I buy it? Maybe and that’s a big maybe.
The number of potential buyers for a car like this, at that price ($25,000) is infinitesimally small. Cars like this get a lot of love on this site, but it would diminish rapidly if that expression of love needed to be backed up by their wallet. This car was a labor of love, which is nice, but once the decision to move on is made it will likely turn into the type of loss you see at clearance sales or liquidations.
Steve R
Yeah, this was a labor of love and the seller is going to take a shellacking on this.
Never too many doors in my book. Especially one as nice as this. It looks like they really put a lot of work into this one. I’d be very happy to own it.
My first car was a blue 69 coronet 440. 318 auto and even had an am radio. I got it in 1973 for 690.00!with 115k miles on it. It ran great and I loved that car.
I think the headine is a safe statement. My grandparents bought one of these new (a 2-door 500 version) back in the day, and the trunk floor looked like Swiss cheese after something like four Chicago winters. They were really bad with resisting rust. And few thought to preserve the non-performance models, especially the four doors, so the ones which didn’t succumb to the tin worm got beaten into the ground decades ago.
So it is certainly interesting to see this. I can’t see anyone paying this much for one, but it’s good it got preserved
Nice looking old Dodge. Nothing wrong with the door count or the 318. All the stories I heard are that they can be very fuel efficient. I would say that this is a well equipped car for the era. Middle trim with air, automatic and AM radio was a pretty full sticker. I also agree that you could lose the cop hub caps for a nice wheel cover or road wheel.
My high school driver ed car!
I’m a Mopar person and this car is a beautiful car and yep here’s the but , but the price is 6000 a door to much. On the other hand this car hopefully will find a new home and hopefully leave it alone and drive it! Please don’t try to make it into something it’s not. Very nice the way it is! Glwts . Peace!
nice but 25k for a crew cab dodge. i will pass. i guess the award justifies the price.
It may very well be the nicest one left, but does anybody care enough to buy it?
I’ve seen this listed before and it’s truly a beautiful Coronet. I bought a 69′ Satellite just like this back in 88′ for about $1500. Certainly not up to this level but was still in really great shape. Was my daily driver for several years. Really loved that car. This is truly a beauty with a lot of work put into it, but $25k for a 318ci, 4dr sedan I think is being really optimistic.
Maybe when the economy was better, but right now, not too many folks have that kinda cash for a 4 door. I really do like the car and if I had the room/space and the coin, I’d pick it up. Four doors does make taking the boyz to the Rush concert that much easier.
Let’s start with the bad. Four doors, bench seat, auto on the column. The good. It’s a Mopar.
If it had a beautiful paint job that glistened, a 727 trans (I bet a 904) Magnums, and a guarantee that the after market air actually worked, would be a quicker sale, but never close to 25 large. Maybe at half that, but even then, who under 60 would even consider it? This car is going to be a cruiser for someone who has memmories riding in one. Young people coming into money (are there any?) are wanting Japanese drift cars, not something like this. Being an old codger, I like it, but I am far too old to be buying collector cars. My next big purchase with a plush interior will be a box.
This is the kind of car that I use to buy cheaply,
as a temporary driver when I in-between cars.
Gorgeous car, but not $25k gorgeous.
The listing would be down by now for four figures.
Looks like a detective car ready for a stake out from any old TV show rerun.
those in between cars were known as do fors
I think of what I could buy for $25K and a 4 dr. with a snoozer 318 isn’t what comes to mind – GLWA.
Twenty five grand??😂
My dad had one just like this when me & my brother were just tadpoles. Same drivetrain & options. Only difference is the color. His was a dark navy blue. Don’t know the official Dodge moniker for it. His also had wheel covers. Just the lead picture brings back some funny memories. Agree that $25k is too much ask. Good luck to the seller.