One interesting thing that I learned, a while back, about Dodge’s mid-sized intermediate Coronet, is that there was no two-door body style available after ’70 which puts this R/T performance variation at the end of the run, sorta’. The new for ’71 fuselage design B-body carried the two-door line-up under the Charger banner, including both the R/T and Super Bee performance variants. This ’70 R/T is actually a low production volume car and that always makes further investigation worthwhile. Located in Logan, Utah, this “Go Mango” Dodge is available, here on eBay for an opening bid of $12,000.

Back to that two-door issue, the Coronet two-door actually returned in ’75 with the B-body’s notable redesign. The reason for the Coronet’s two-door disappearance in ’71 isn’t clear. According to Concept Carz, there were 46K assembled in ’70 and that’s out of a total Coronet count of 145K copies (32%). The R/T, however, is another matter, with only 2,600 finding new owners that year.

The loop bumper of this ’70 R/T is an acquired taste, some favor it while others avoid them. What really mattered though was what was behind that loop set-up and in this case, it was a 375 gross HP, 440 CI V8 engine, unfortunately, it took flight some time ago and is yet to return. This one did its hot footin’ courtesy of a TorqueFlite automatic transmission but that’s been given the bum’s rush too.

The seller tells us, “It has a fairly decent body with few rust issues“. Well, there’s no indication of rust-through but there is plenty of surface rust, bubbling paint, dents, misalignments, absent trim, missing headlights/grille-half, and a shredded vinyl top. All of that said, I imagine that R/T hood has some value. As stated earlier, the finish is a Mopar high-impact color known as “Go Mango” and the seller claims, “This is a very rare car and was noted by Govier years ago as being a 1 of 1 with these color combos and options“. I imagine the missing engine puts a dent in the “rare” value equation.

Interior? What interior, it’s gone! It was an A/C equipped environment, complete with power windows but it would seem that the window motors are all that’s left. There are no images of the dash/instrument panel and that’s a red flag.

So, a worthwhile project or just more Mopar madness? It could be neat, when complete but it’s going to take a lot of time, effort, and investment to get this Dodge in anywhere near reasonable condition. Then again, I’ve seen TV’s Mark Worman start off with a lot less and turn out a silk purse, right?