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House of Darts 09-01-2014 03:10 PM

1976 fine corinthian leather stocker
 
A former neighbor tracked me done wanting to sell his '76 Cordoba 360/4BBL. Looked it up as a natural N/SA. At about 4200 lbs. with driver, is this only a lead sled? My '80 Aspen runs the same class with a 318/4BBL.

GTX JOHN 09-01-2014 04:13 PM

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The 360 @ 270 HP is identical to 360 engines in Aspen@ 289.
19 less HP is a bunch! The car would be easy to build! I had one
for several years and just never got around to building it.

Toddwell 09-02-2014 08:10 PM

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A Cordoba race car!?! Ricardo Montalban will be whirling in his grave! You gotta do it...

The Hawk 09-02-2014 08:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Toddwell (Post 444278)
A Cordoba race car!?! Ricardo Montalban will be whirling in his grave! You gotta do it...

A agree!

Winklovic 09-02-2014 08:46 PM

Re: 1976 fine corinthian leather stocker
 
I was searching the web for pics of a Cordoba race car and this was one of the hits.

My retinas will never recover.

http://bangshift.com/wp-content/uplo...1/cordoba1.jpg

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. :D

House of Darts 09-02-2014 08:50 PM

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I have the choice of doing a Super 6 in an F body or this J body. I am leaning towards the Cordoba but I can't find a CalTrac set up for it. Tried all the other rear suspension fixes on my F body and only the CalTrac does the best job.

House of Darts 09-02-2014 08:53 PM

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I just found some Mopar documentation that 50 of that modified Cordoba were released to the public in 2013 with a V 10.

Kevin Panzino 09-02-2014 11:19 PM

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The title of this post made me smile ear to ear.... I can remember hearing that commercial like it was yesterday.... I was just a young pup and remember the 'fantasy island' guy saying that and I was like, "wow I want Corinthian leather in my car when I grow up"... Im still giggling now typing this... tooo funny...
Now for the record, I would have sworn it was actually "Rich Corinthian leather"....
But a quick search showed both of us wrong, House of Darts... It was "Soft Corinthian Leather"...... LOL

By the way, the search also uncovered this wonderful tidbit about Corinthian Leather:
Despite the exotic origin suggested by the name "Corinthian leather", much of the leather used in Chrysler vehicles during the era originated from a supplier located outside Newark, New Jersey.[4]


Can you imagine if they told the truth in the commercial: "Low Bid, Essex County New Jersey, Leather Alternative Seats" :D

Anyway.. too much fun.. Clever Post title, House of darts, thanks for the cheer-up.

James L Miller 09-03-2014 12:39 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Winklovic (Post 444291)
I was searching the web for pics of a Cordoba race car and this was one of the hits.

My retinas will never recover.

http://bangshift.com/wp-content/uplo...1/cordoba1.jpg

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. :D

Nope, that is a rare Super Drag Pack Mirada, W2 heads on a 360, forged crank, two TQ carbs, rated at 200 HP. It had the famous Chrysler Turboencabulator transmission with Marsel vanes. They secretly made 501 of them, just uncovered in a warehouse south of the Belvidere plant in Illinois. I have the documentation from Tom Hoover. I discovered it hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar in Burbank, CA.

Dave Gantz 09-03-2014 07:42 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin Panzino (Post 444320)
By the way, the search also uncovered this wonderful tidbit about Corinthian Leather:
Despite the exotic origin suggested by the name "Corinthian leather", much of the leather used in Chrysler vehicles during the era originated from a supplier located outside Newark, New Jersey.[4]

There's plenty of bars in that area that have "exotic" dancers. Why couldn't the same area supply "exotic" Corinthian leather? :-)


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