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Snoozed and Lost...and that's good

11/30/2021

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Missed out on a sweet T-top Magnum that had nearly everything.
What a damn relief. This just isn't really a good time for me to run off 860 miles to bring home a car I have no room for. Many of us have a list we'll move around heaven and earth for. A solid, clean, T-top Magnum GT is one of those on my list. The only fault I could find is the column shifter, cloth seats don't bother me. Now I'm obviously making assumptions with out having physically inspecting the car. The seller provided many good pics, including the data plate, also decent detail in the description. I also did some Fakebook creeping and sleuthing to find more detail. I liked what I saw so much I was ready to offer full ask, no hemming and hawing. I made my self deal, if it was still available this morning I'd hatch a plan to get to Peru Il. I poured my morning coffee pulling up the Fakebook Market Place ad, it was marked SOLD. Strangely there was no pain of regret. Although a T-top Magnum GT this nice for $10K may not become available again until the market collapse. When all the Boomers and Gen-X decide to cash out before or after death.  

1979 Dodge Magnum GT, 360 V8, A/C, T-tops, Cruise, PW, 42,000 miles...the tach! I have some questions about the wheels, they're not the 15x7 Super Coupe looking wheels. Again not a problem, I'd get some 17x8 Year One Mopar Rallye Wheels then call it a day. Because this car is ready to show and go. Damn, now I'm feeling a twinge of regret...anybody got a 1975 Road Runner for sale?
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Dave Bartell
11/30/2021 09:04:15 pm

That interior is an exact duplicate of the one I had in my old 1979:Magnum GT.
Mine was Nightwatch Blue. It was kinda bizarrely optioned-sunroof with canopy vinyl top ( luckily also in blue), 15 x 6 aluminum wheels ( same style as the ones on the 1979 Cordoba 300), and the underwhelming 369-2V under the hood (spinning a set of 2:41 gears…) I owned it in the late Eighties- sold it to a former co-worker. Apparently, not all 1979 GT’s had rather E58 under the hood….

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