When I first obtained the vehicle, it was fully surface rusted on the rocker panels, due to an incomplete refinishing job.
The corners of the dash are torn.
The Fuel Gauge doesn't work.
The plugged air cleaner was replaced.
The Exhaust Y pipe and the travel pipe came apart, a slip joint was used to remedy the problem. There is also several holes in the exhaust.
The pickup in the distributor failed, replaced it and the car works again.
New battery.
The hubcaps don't stay on very well.
It's pretty slow off the line, but it moves when it gets its momentum up, I can match an Acura Integra at about 50 MPH and start beating him.
I could go cross canada non stop and still be comfortable when I arrived.
Equipped with a AM 8 track radio.
It gets approximately 270 Miles to a tank and its 90$ to fill (@ 91.9 Cents/Litre)
"1976 Dodge Monaco Royal"
This is 2005! The 21st century! Why are you still driving
what is really a Roman Chariot???!!!
My friend bought a '76 Royal Monaco 2 yrs ago, ugly puke-green color. But it has ran perfect since the day he got it, and he is very abusive to it. Only problem was it needed new brake shoes. His has a CD player and sounds great with upgraded speakers. I recommend you keep this car as it will last you a long time.
I totally support this guy driving his 1976 Dodge Monaco, to address the "Roman Charioteer". Just take a look at all the reviews on this site, with people writing in about their $30,000 junkers: power windows quit working, ball joints wearing out, engine seized up, car quit on the highway. Humbug! The 21st Century may produce cars with neat little whiz-bangs for lazy creature comfort, but obviously they just don't hold up where it counts like this guy's '76 Monaco. If you're trading your car off every three years, and have accepted a $600 car payment as a way of life, then maybe you don't care about longevity and long-term dependability.
I agree. if a car has lasted 20-odd years then chances are all the manufacturing niggles will have been ironed out by now. I don't have time for new stuff, I like a car that you can guarentee you won't lose in the car park.
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