I love the style of the tail lights.

Looks like the gauges are in good enough condition to take.

I second that, those gauges are pretty slick. Very modern-art-ish.

Between JF and DOTS, I don't really need any other posts.

Dudes! That's an original Wedge car!

Just kidding. If I'm not mistaken, the "615" under "ABC" denotes a 2 barrel 383 mated to a Torqueflite.

I'm a sucker for 60's MoPars.

I haven't seen it in about a year or so, but there is a 1966 Monaco that can be found in NYC, in slightly better condition. The fun thing about it is it has handicapped plates. So here is sort of a DOTS bonus of some shots taken last year on the street in Midtown:

It's sad to see the Monaco at the scrappies, but great to see the other one DOTS.

I was around in '66 and always thought that was a decent looking car. My uncle had a big Plymouth Fury and man was it big inside. I've forgotten, though, is the dash all metal or is it padded? Either way, I'd forgotten what dashboards looked like with no airbags and not much padding.

Have you noticed that Mitsubishi (and other Asian makes) has taken up the mantle of Wedge Tail Lamps? Here's the original.

I think the 1966 Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler were the last good looking large Mopar cars until the current generation 300. The 2 Dr Chrysler Newport is especially nice.

383 was standard for Polaras in '66 (except for the "Polara 318 sedan"). No 361.

Ya know what's sweet about this car? It's got door vent windows and floor-mounted high beam switch, right where they goddamned should be!

It's funny that the Monaco has always been so big it likely would be unable to traverse the streets of its namesake.

I can't tell from the pictures, does it have a fixed b-pillar?

Unfortunately, this one-time beauty queen would probably be more suitable for the 24 minutes of LeMons.

I whole-heartedly agree with the comments on that instrument panel, it really is nicely done.
It also appears to have the world's biggest brake pedal.

That'd be a 383 with 2 bbl carb there. Polaras of the era usually had the 318, Monacos started with the 383. In '67, the 440 was optional(!). Graverobber, both the junkyard unit and the NYC car are both B-pillar-less hardtops.

I had a '67 Monaco hardtop in my college days in the mid-80s. The taillights on those were even more impressive in their Batmobile-ness.

Front grill, tail lamps, instrument panel binnacles... this baby is a rolling artwork compared to today's bland offerings.

I had a nostalgia flashback upon seeing that tan platic tranny hump cup holder/change holder/tray goody resting on the front passenger seat. I had one EXACTLY like it in my first car in high school, a '70 Ford Custom 500 wagon.

"It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"

@Gradall: Probably needs a new lighter...

baby blue was the "official" 383 block color, so i would wager on the 383...

@MeMikeYouNot: The 66 Fury had metal on the front of the dash, bare metal, but the top had some padding/vinyl like material. Steering wheel all metal. Definitely not impact friendly.
When I was a kid a friend's family bought the wagon, navy blue and white top. It rocked.

@Charles_Barrett: I had a nostalgia flashback upon seeing that tan platic tranny hump cup holder/change holder/tray goody resting on the front passenger seat.

I,ummm,this is embarrassing,actually use one of those in my Lincoln.....Hey,no cup holders in '79,besides,I need space for the 8-tracks (currently holding Foghat,David Bowie,Queen,Elvis Costello and Devo).

A bit of trivia, the Canadian Monaco line-up got a convertible version as well the 318 as the standard V8, some are even equipped with the Slant six but they are more rare. Here a pic of a 1966 Canadian Monaco convertible [www.cardomain.com]
and a Canadian brochure of the 1969 line-up of the Fuselage era [www.fuselage.de]

So Nicolas Sarkozy is Co-Prince of this? That's not very impressive...

If Dodge had any sense, they'd still be making the Andorra...I mean Monaco exactly as they always have been, with only one redesign - in 1997 - just like the Toyota Century; and selling it to the Illuminati and Intelligentsia and American Yakuza for big bucks in all its mousehair-upholstered glory. Whether those mice have ears sewn to their backs probably isn't relevant.

@Isetta: I have a 1966 Newport Convertible with a 413, and I have to agree they are great looking cars. I have a hard time finding junkyard parts for it here in Minnesota, there are only a couple of places here I can find those old cars in a junkyard.

Steph, your northern Plodge has the weeny Plymouth dashboard, no?

Dual-cowl instruments, Alfa stylee? USA Dodge FTW.

@thatguy01:

Yup, the northern full-size "Plodge" had the Plymouth dashboard until the 1966 model year, for 1967-on, they got the same interior as the US Dodges.