But, I am still haunted by the specter of that old LeBaron and have this nagging fear that things will start going wrong at any moment. The featured car is in better shape cosmetically than mine and if I had room for it would be all over it, but since my car has been in the family for 30 years will put in the sweat equity it would take to get it back to where we had it looking years ago. Popular Cars for Sale. In contrast to both the Monaco and the Diplomat, the St. Regis was offered solely as a four-door sedan. Its hard to say. The horn, ipers, auges and all the lights work properly. It's been off the road 25 years or so, I bought it never hearing it run turn over or anything, I just got . I was about to take issue with your comment then remembered the low idle vibration my 1975, Custom 500 had. It was probably easier to do this in my car because it was originally a single speaker AM radio and I ran the speaker wiring from the back and put in some front speakers in the factory holes and hooked everything up to the later harness. Like a lot of old Chrysler products they were driven for years and then simply became scrap. About the headlight doors: either the motor needs lubricating or the brushes are toast. Ram 1500. V8 (360 CI) Automatic. By many accounts, the Diplomat that Moms LeBaron matured into became a very sturdy ride. Surprisingly, a similar glut of inventory occurred approximately 10 years ago, near the end of Daimler-Benz ownership of Chrysler: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2006/12/chrysler-bank-on-it/. I bought my first Chrysler product, a 2014 Durango, about a year ago and it has been a delightful and flawless vehicle for 25,000 miles. That would kick in around 28-30 mph, causing a massive ping/detonation/lugging event alarming enough to make you let off the throttle. Only 34,434 St. Regis sedans were produced in 1979. 1979. It was a very traditional full-size model based on the Panther platform built until 1991 when it morphed into the iconic aero-styled Crown Victoria. For 1979, Dodge dumped he Monaco line altogether and unveiled this mid-size sedan called St. Regis. After the departure of my St. Regis, I made the mistake of purchasing a 95 VW Jetta GLI (my first new car) which spent more time at my VW dealer for repairs than it did in my driveway. I think their sales would have been much greater. Didnt know they retracted, since they were clear to begin with. The box he put on the car in 1985 finally failed about two weeks ago. Pickup trucks are used for truck enforcment. Brand New. Good Gravy: Ride On This GSXR600 Hill Climb Bike Running 100% Nitromethane! with no issues. Outside of California, a 195-hp 360 V8 engine was available as part of the A38 Police Package; the option package was popular by law enforcement of the time. Either someone needs to use the antenna trimmer or the plug on the end of the cable is messed up and its not making a good connection. When you added in the income taxes he paid on the value of the Horizon (at the time, I recollect he was in the 70% marginal bracket) he said later he wished we had just declined the prize. Air Resources Board) to modify the exhaust for patrol duty. I bought it in Pa. and drove back to Mi. its not close to stock and would make a cool ride if your OK with 4 doors. Mileage: 33,430 . Id do it myself, its simple. [1] In total, 64,502 examples were produced. The Car have 3 Different Lightbars, all working Gamefeatures and other small working Parts. However the 2nd space in my garage is zealously guarded by Mrs JPC. Even the grille pattern looks more Buick than Dodge. I have been showing the car for a few years and it has won some awards at car shows. What's in the box: 1-43 1979-81 Dodge St Regis. The "St. Regis" name first saw use as an uplevel trim package on the 1956 New Yorker hardtop coupe and again on the 197478 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham coupe. Bought from the original owner, an old veteran, who purchased it right out of the showroom in the local Chrysler/AMC dealership. Sure is, just looked at the brochure and vinyl was optional, no mention of leather at all. Coinciding with the 1979 fuel crisis, high interest rates and the uncertain future of the company forced Chrysler into a high proportion of fleet sales for its full-size sedans. It always seemed to me that most full sized Chrysler products from the 70s besides the Imperials and New Yorkers were not usually heavily optioned, yet many of the GM full sized cars were. 1979 Dodge Magnum XE ORIGINAL (Cordoba, St. Regis, 1978 Dodge Magnum GT) NO RESV, 1979 Dodge Magnum XE ALL ORIGINAL (Cordoba, St. Regis, 1978 Dodge Magnum GT) 52K, 1979 Dodge Magnum XE ALL ORIGINAL (Cordoba, St. Regis, 1978 Dodge Magnum GT), 1963 DODGE POLICE CAR, ORIGINAL AMARILLO TEXAS POLICE UNIT. Base . It has buckets from a 1985 Omni that were a direct bolt on to the original seat tracks. Im surprised that any St. Regis survived. The Plymouth Gran Fury was initially built using Chryslers larger R-body platform until its switch to the mid-size M-body in 1982, something a lot of ongoing larger Chrysler nameplates did. In this case, it's a 360-powered St. Regis worked up to represent a Michigan State Police car. Although I was then and am still a total car nut, I dont recall these big Chryslers making any kind of a splash at the time. The Dodge St. Regis was based on the rear wheel drive Chrysler R-body platform. Although it is not a police package car, have cloned it to represent the police department from the 1980s TV show "TJ Hooker"that starred William Shatner and Heather Locklear. The Diplomat . If you were feeling spacey, you could have sprung for this. If they had been rolling in cash, the R-bodies would have turned out much differently. All Rights Reserved. 1977 Dodge Royal Monaco Chicago IL Police photographed Aug 2007: 1973 Plymouth Fury I Delaware State Police . Cool there a Fury that model near me for sale ex Florida police 318 (can come with 440) swaybars the size of your arm handles ok according to the vendor some battle scars but hes had it there for sale for several years so its obviously priced ambitiously. & AFIR the headlight covers were in place and working. It wasn't an MSP car originally, but it is a real police spec machine, originally hailing from Virginia. HP exhaust manifolds from 1968-70. Rwcar4 Police Car Photos Classic Police Cars. I have since occasionally wondered how these models would have done if they had been kept in production and the bugs worked out. Model WC WC-12 1979 Dodge St. Regis For Sale. One of the more rare Chrysler cars to this day, as they were mostly used for cop cars back in the early 80s and most all of them were crushed. In this case, its a 360-powered St. Regis worked up to represent a Michigan State Police car. #hellcat #superchargedv8 #ram1500trx #700hp, New Subaru Outback XT turbo has arrived in Austral, Gee these can take a beating. 1970-1979 Dodge car pdf sales brochures, catalogs and electronic media. New Land Rover Defen, New 911 GTS, with 7spd manual 79 Dodge St Regis with 340 engine Hey, its time to sell my ride. 360 L-code, was white with blue interior. "TJ Hooker" (1979 Dodge St. Regis): The post-"'Star Trek' the TV series" and pre-"'Star Trek' the Motion Picture" years saw William Shatner in a relatively forgettable cop show that starred perhaps the least believable cop of all time, Heather Locklear. My mechanical skills at the time were far from what they are now so the issue was never solved and the car remained in my possession for a couple more years. I can see dumping the lean burn but convert to points? Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. The St. Regis is a motor car from Dodge, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style. 1979 dodge st regis very nice car see pictures there is slight damage on left rear side of bumper again see pictures it is a 318 motor automatic transmission missing the 2 hubcaps 136k+ miles motor is quiet and smooth as well as transmission shifts smooth this car can be driven home interior again see pictures is very nice including dash the Dad bought a 1985 Audi 5000 demonstrator in late 1985 to replace the beloved Buick and that thing made the LeBaron look good. 1978 Dodge Pickups. 1979 Dodge St. Regis Michigan State Police Find this Pin and more on police by dan gordon. on average and handled pretty well. 5.12 x 1.82 x 1.34 inches. I had front end problems that no one could fix, the transmission slipped, and the car used a quart of oil every 500 miles. Its been kept up mechanically and give me enough gas money, Id drive it coast to coast without worry. I bought a lean burn 81 imperial as a gag for beer runs at the cottage 20 plus years ago . Sharing its platform with the successful Fox-based Mustang, the Fairmont was the last of the compact rear-wheel drive sedans from Ford during this time. I bought from him and have owned it 20 years and drove it as recently as yesterday. Replacing the Monaco, the St. Regis was the largest Dodge sedan, positioned above the mid-size Diplomat and Aspen. Alternators (Leece-Neville) that were well out of alignment to the crank pulley. This just looks like the car company ran out of good ideas and let the car get junky. The CHP also maintains a SWAT team on 24hour standby to respond to any terrorist activity. . They could have expanded the line and made several available models, having a base, mid and Brougham. As 70s interiors go, thats not too bad. It was in a church parking lot and I took the picture through the fence from the next door Sports Authority. I have a line on 5 other cars. Check with your state to see how replica police cars can be operated on roadways. So they always occupied a small space in my automotive memory banks. Following its introduction, the Dodge St. Regis saw heavy use as a police car in the United States. The Impala was phased out in 1986 when the Caprice 9C1 police pack replaced it, but would come back in the future. 1979 Dodge St. Regis Pricing Original MSRP N/a Price range N/a Average price on CG $0 YoY price change N/a Date Sep 22 Oct 22 Nov 22 Dec 22 Jan 23 Feb 23 Price (US $) $28,500 $29,000 $29,500 $30,000 $30,500 $31,000 1981 Dodge St. Regis 1980 Dodge St. Regis 1979 Dodge St. Regis Index Price See more price trends Trims & specs The wipers need a near impossible to find nylon bushing, a c compressor clutch is bad. The leather interior door handles need to be re-attached. Video: YouTuber thrashes Ferrari F8, to provoke lawsuit? Naming was equally odd: the Plymouth Gran Fury name was taken from that brands largest car, while the Chrysler Newport was based on that brands (former) smallest car and the Dodge St. Regis name was new. Ottawa :[Le droit],1913-jeudi 15 octobre 1981, Journaux, Ottawa :[Le droit],1913- The name Ford Fairmont was a long-running nameplate in Australia, but in North America it was produced only from 1977 to 1983. 1980 Dodge St Regis police car. $9,495. The St. Regis was created during some desperate times for Chrysler. That is me. From 1989 it received throttle body fuel injection and came with a 5.0-litre or 5.7-litre V8. Menu. The risks you take when buying a used fleet vehicle. 1979 Dodge Magnum XE ORIGINAL (Cordoba, St. Regis, 1978 Dodge Magnum GT) NO RESV. And the 318 is not my favorite Mopar engine. Primed us for Iacoccas rescue package. 1979 Dodge LRT Express. Shorter than the 1977 Royal Monaco by five inches, narrower by three inches, and lighter by almost half a ton, the Dodge St. Regis (and its platform mates Chrysler Newport and Plymouth Gran Fury) shouldve worked in the market. So perhaps I might point out that there is no St. Sedona, but there is a St Regis, and she can drive the car named after him. Im sure its simpler than I think. He pulled the engine to put in a 53 Willys and sold the car before he finished it. Of course we cant forget visual proof of why the St. Regis population dwindled rapidly in the Eighties.. Dude could of at least, got rid of the laundry basket in the front Hopefully, it wasnt the ad to sell the car. You really wanted the intersection to be very, very clear before you started to make a left turn. Just bought my 1980 dodge st.regis with a 360 v8 engine. The more basic S model was produced for fleets which had no vinyl roof, no chrome roof band, no hood ornament and bench seats. because the CHP had to petition the CARB (Ca. Got 340 engine with MP heads with the big valves, steel crank, KB 10.25 hyper pistons. I purchased the car in 2004, ith 58,194 original miles, rom the son of the elderly woman who originally purchased the car in Northern California. It would be the last rear-wheel drive model made by Chrysler until the Plymouth Prowler from 1997. I got a replacement motor last year and Im happy to see those doors working again. [citation needed] For 1979, Chrysler withdrew Plymouth entirely from the full-size segment (making the Volare the largest Plymouth that year); for 1980, a R-body Gran Fury was reinstated, nearly exclusively for fleet sales. The way the seat has the tear in the photo looks like vinyl to me. The Ford LTD Crown Victoria was the main entry from the Blue Oval brand during the 1980s. Edit options. It was maintained meticulously throughout the years, and everything from changing the oil to simply replacing a spark plug has been professionally done and documented by the local Midas. For 1980, the 360 was replaced by a 155 hp 318 V8 4-bbl with California emissions to comply with state emissions regulations. 1979 brought the CHP multiple vehicle test. Learn how your comment data is processed. The domes on the Federal Signal Aerodynic lightbar are in excellent condition. The Dodge St. Regis was assembled alongside the Chrysler Newport, Chrysler New Yorker, and Plymouth Gran Fury by Chrysler at Lynch Road Assembly (Detroit, Michigan), becoming the final production vehicles produced at the facility. . It was only produced from 1979 to 1981 and most of the 58,000+ cars produced went to fleet use. The higher rate springs and high effort power steering made for a pleasant driver. I experienced all three years of the R bodies, with a 1979 Newport, 1980 Gran Fury, and 1981 Gran Fury, two with the 360 pursuit and one with the 318 four barrel. Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler Police Cars 1979-1994 notes that the 360 powered St. Regis, Newport, and Gran Fury were the fastest and best performing police cars of the era. Wow only am fm and no cassette no 8 track player and one station working. Most of those wound up being wrecked on TV shows and movies. Rear defrost. Seeing how bad they looked in less than fifteen years, given the choice, Ill take vinyl over whatever Dodge was using for leather. By the 1960s, the name was transferred to Dodge's mid-size entry. Some of the last police cars I had were the 1981 R bodies with the 318 four barrel. But my dad, who passed away in 2007, actively avoided Chrysler products for the rest of his life. 1975-1979 Chevrolet Nova 9C1 . The highly boosted steering had no feel and our particular car had very little sense of straight ahead. Needs a L F manual window regulator; and the headliner re glued. hampered performance as did the loss of the 360 four-barrel after their first year; in 1980 and 1981, they used a 318 four-barrel. If GM marketing had their way, using Pontiac in comparison, there was a Catalina, Bonneville, Bonneville Brougham, all sharing the same basic body and dashboard. owner's manuals. The test led to the purchase of Ford Mustangs in 1982, for use as traffic enforcement cars. 1978 Dodge Van Color Chart . Thats not leather, its vinyl. If you have something to share let us know. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Up to 1958, the California Highway Patrol would purchase vehicles 2 times a year, and many times it would be a different make. L-code 360, white with blue interior. Even so, the original unit in the St Regis has FM radio that I really hope for ( AM only in North Michigan doesnt return many channels ). The only other thing was the headliner started coming down after the car was 20 years old. Since these units werent built to dealer orders, it was almost as though the factory workers were being told to simply grab whichever parts were in the bins, and to just slap them on. Oh, fancy radio with glass like cover and chrome buttons from M-Body will be a nice swap with all the same connections. It has been in California all its life and is rust free. I never saw this until just now. The car was almost impossible to drive at 30 mph unless you dropped the transmission into second and held it until you got to 35 or so. But at Chrysler, things were a bit more convoluted. The original owner found a non Lean Burn Holley 2280 to put on it. It looks pretty good for 36 years and 100,000 miles. The Chevrolet Celebrity was a mid-sized front-wheel drive sedan employed by police forces from 1982, and the biggest engines hadsix cylinders. Has the trusty Chrysler 318 V8. Especially if it was known to have a lot of build quality problems on delivery. Henry Ford II would only go kicking and screaming, and only after he saw the success of GMads from the later 1970s showcased the full-size girth of cars like the LTD II, Thunderbird and LTD. I remember Dabney Coleman driving one in the hilarious car chase in the movie Short Time, and wondering just how that thing held together. (The siren and light bar have been disconnected per EBay policy.) The Fab Forums Fox Body Project: Doing A Factory Mini Tub Build Part 3. Most of those wound up being wrecked on TV shows and movies. The seats were a direct bolt on to the St. Regis seat tracks and even the headrests swapped over to the seats. More like this Old Police Cars Police Police Emergency Vehicles Police Vehicles Lowrider Model Cars Plymouth Cars New York Police Automobile Modelos 3d N Ned Whitman Classic Car Ads Ford Police State Police Police Car Pictures Victoria Police Ford Ltd The Horizon had stick shift and no air conditioning, so he traded it on the LeBaron. The Dodge St. Regis is a very rare car. Or not. The retracting headlight covers were a nuisance, too. I dont know of any St. Regis having leather seats. Included with the purchase of the car is more seat fabric, set of tail lights, wo headlight bulbs, n Aerodynic light bar to be used for parts, ll service records, he chassis and electrical service manuals, agnetic strips to cover the police' decal on the door when the car is being moved, pair of period correct California exempt' plates (one real, ne plastic), opies of literature related to the car, ash parts, he original AM radio and antenna, he original speedometer, he original hub caps, wo additional LCPD' door seals and a jacket with LCPD patches and sergeant stripes.

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