For a Mopar guy this would be very cool ... 65 thousand Canadian (+ shipping) cool, I dunno.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Im really missing something on this ad... "For sale, one rare and useless engine conversation peice comes with completely unrelated field car...just because"
...just think of the conversations this would start at home....
Im really missing something on this ad... "For sale, one rare and useless engine conversation peice comes with completely unrelated field car...just because"
...just think of the conversations this would start at home....
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I was wondering too, do I HAVE to take the car if I buy the engine?
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1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
It's a pretty cool piece, but a stretch at that price IMHO. While it is a one-of-a-kind piece, you have to find a buyer who likewise thinks it's worth that much - more likely two buyers because it's usually competition that drives prices up like that. I'm guessing that the seller is hoping for a rich-must-have-it-at-all-costs type of buyer, but I'm doubtful he will find one.
Whether you like Chrysler or not, you have to admit that it's exemplary that they carried on the turbine development program for so long. Consider that several examples of the 1964 version were actually loaned to customers to test for a period of time shows how close to production that it became. Imagine if it had made it to production, would it have changed the automotive landscape as we now know it, or would it have been a blip on the radar?
This example was near the end of the program (which was essentially cancelled because Chrysler was about to go out of business and was being bailed out by the US government), and it sounds like it was a test unit never installed in a vehicle. Even if it had been installed in a test vehicle it either would have been a 1977 Aspen sedan or a stylized 1980 Lebaron coupe, neither of which would rate high on a 'sexiness' scale. Really, unless you are a fan of engine tech in general, or the Chrysler program in particular, it probably wouldn't rate high on the desirability scale for you.
Add to that, the missing pieces, which actually makes the one-of-a-kind status work against it. The pieces would essentially have to be made, which would not be cheap. Then, what would you do with it? If it were me, and I had an endless barrel of money, I'd get it running and put it in an Aspen sedan, to essentially recreate one of the test units, but it would only appeal to my car-geek side, and perhaps the 1 or 2 other car-geeks I might encounter at cruise night. Everybody else would be saying "why would he waste that kind of time and money on an Aspen", totally unaware of its significance to the auto industry and not impressed that it didn't have a big block in it.
As to its value, the seller states in the questions section: " I originally had it listed, and 36 bidders brought it up to about $10k". This, IMHO, would be more like its real world value, if the right buyer is found.
Just IMHO and .
-- Edited by MC on Monday 18th of April 2016 11:47:57 AM
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