{"id":52705,"date":"2021-07-12T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=52705"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:21:10","slug":"the-great-texas-mopar-auction-part-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/events\/2021\/07\/the-great-texas-mopar-auction-part-vi.html","title":{"rendered":"The Great Texas Mopar®<\/sub> Auction: Part VI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s July, Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> fanatics, and that means The great Texas\nMopar Hoard Auction Event is getting closer. Mark your calendars for October 13th<\/sup>\nwhen over 250 vintage, classic and special interest vehicles will be auctioned\noff at no reserve <\/em><\/strong>in this online-only <\/em><\/strong>sales event. Then on the\nnext day, October 14th<\/sup>, another online-only, no reserve <\/em><\/strong>auction will\nbe held for the thousands of items of parts, tools, dealership sales materials\nand automobilia that once made up the estate of John Haynie, a Texas-based\nMopar lover and collector who passed away, leaving all of this behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though we mourn the passing of Mr. Haynie, his estate is excited to see his prized possessions get back into circulation with the collector community, and we\u2019re sure the late John Haynie would agree. Facilitating this sale is Spanky\u2019s Freedom Car Auctions, a unit of Assiter Auctioneers. If the name Spanky Assiter is familiar, that\u2019s because he was the lead auctioneer for the esteemed Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction company for over a decade. In fact, you may even recall Spanky\u2019s wife Amy shouting excitedly advancing bids between bidders and the auctioneer during hundreds of hours of live TV coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanky, Amy and the rest of the Spanky\u2019s Freedom Car Auctions team are preparing for a massive – perhaps record-breaking \u2013 online auction event this coming October 13th<\/sup> and 14th<\/sup>. Be there! Until then, let’s continue our preview with another five delectable vintage Chrysler products that \u201ccould be yours\u201d if the bid is right! \u2013Steve Magnante<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1967 Dodge Polara: Lot #146<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After so much attention being given to Dodge\u2019s muscle cars, it\u2019s easy to forget the full-size Dodge vehicles for 1967. Sold as Polaras and Monacos, they accounted for just 8.0% and 5.6% of Dodge sales volume that year. By contrast, the major sellers were the mid-size Coronet (44.9% of sales volume) and compact Dart (37.6% of sales volume). Though these big Dodge vehicles handily outsold the sporty Charger (just 3.9% of all Dodge vehicles sold in 1967 were Chargers), today it’s nearly impossible to find a surviving Polara or Monaco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what makes Lot 146 so important. A very solid California car (with its original \u201cblack plate\u201d still present), it\u2019s got the upscale 4-door hardtop body type without the usual fixed door pillar and full window frames found on sedans, a detail that added $110 to the Polara Sedan\u2019s $2,918 base list price. Packing the base 383 2-barrel big block V8, extra cost options found on this example include the $183 TorqueFlite\u00ae<\/sup> automatic transmission, $16 power-assisted drum brakes, $311 air conditioning and factory radio. Sporting a recent re-spray in the original WWI White color, the trunk floor is as solid as the body and the grille, bumpers and tail light areas are nearly perfect. Though not a big gun muscle car, what\u2019s to stop you from installing a Mopar Performance 472 HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> crate engine and surprising the Charger and Super Bee set?<\/p>\n\n\n\n