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Title: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: Matt13 on April 07, 2021, 07:56:53 PM
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ultra-original-dodge-aspen-r-t-is-a-downsized-29500-love-letter-to-the-1970s-158871.html
  I sadly admit I owned one with the slant 6. Traded it for a 1966 Fairlane!
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: BIGSHCLUNK on April 07, 2021, 08:21:16 PM
Crushed several over the years (back then) Always more rust than metal. Some of those slants did run well tho
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: anlauto on April 08, 2021, 04:27:37 AM
I owned a few of them too, loved those cars :twothumbsup:
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: torredcuda on April 08, 2021, 04:33:34 AM
Looks like a dealer so of course priced too high but they have come up a lot in value recently.
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: anlauto on April 08, 2021, 05:44:15 AM
You don't see nice ones around that often... :dunno:
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: HP2 on April 08, 2021, 07:42:40 AM
That is a very clean unit, especially for a '76, which came with factory rust. By '78 they had fixed those issues and the' 78-'80 version  are usually pretty solid, comparatively speaking.  $30k is typically Kit Car or Super Coupe territory.  R/T and Road Runners are usually low, maybe even mid $20s, in this condition.

I like the F bodies and have had several that I've raced. Surprisingly, I've never had one as a street car. They are as long as an A body and as wide as a B body. The small blocks respond well to modifications and they are certainly a less expensive way to get a classic RWD Mopar. My Aspens usually ran low 12s @115 in Denver. I put many a big block B or E body Mopar on the trailer with my lowly F body cars. 
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: anlauto on April 08, 2021, 10:15:20 AM
I had a black on black 77 with T-Tops, always wanted to clone it into an R/T, but never got around to it... :no:
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: gzig5 on April 08, 2021, 01:36:42 PM
I had a black '77 RT 318/4 spd with the the sun roof.  It didn't have the louvers or spoiler though.  That was a fun car and unlike a lot of Mopars in the mid-west, it was very solid, at least it was 30 years ago.  Probably rusted to dust by now.  Another one I wish I been able to hang on to.
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: jimynick on April 10, 2021, 08:03:53 PM
Quote from: Matt13 on April 07, 2021, 07:56:53 PM
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/ultra-original-dodge-aspen-r-t-is-a-downsized-29500-love-letter-to-the-1970s-158871.html
  I sadly admit I owned one with the slant 6. Traded it for a 1966 Fairlane!
You got the best of the deal! I like '66 Fairlanes. My buddy had one that we converted from a beige in and out, 2 dr ht 289 column shift bench seat slug, to a gold exterior, black GTA bucket seat, console shifted interior with a 428 Super Cobra Jet/C6/9" Detroit Locker, Camaro killer.  :bigthumb:
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: jordan on April 11, 2021, 10:21:38 AM
66 Fairlane 500XL 390 top loader 4sp was my first "muscle car" I bought in 1994.  I wanted a E-body, but decided a larger trunk and back seat would be better for towing my race bike and equipment to the surrounding states to race.  I restored it back to stock but kept the 427 hood for fun.  I had lots of fun in that car when I was a young man.  But I dont miss it.  It was a boat with bad brakes and steering.  It wasn't fast either.  It did what I asked of it and that was it.  I will take my E-bodies any day.  Maybe even a F-body.  Did the Fairlanes appreciate in value over the past 25 years?
Title: Re: $30,000...for an “F” body?
Post by: gygeneral on April 11, 2021, 12:30:10 PM
Yep like those, here is mine 77 model