1972 Dodge Monaco

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  1. jwdtenn

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    Cheap price, but does it run?

    One thing on these....
    I would think it would be virtually impossible to replace the woodgrain Di-Noc on these back to the factory appearance. The original woodgrain has a dark wood background, but a lighter-toned wood in narrow strips, but it's all done as one-piece (in other words, that's the way the Di-Noc was printed)

    Here's how it looked when new:
    (This is the '73 version - same thing)
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    Ad says it runs good.

    Neat car, but I have always thought the wood-grain was overdone on these... the "D-pillar" was an overkill.
     
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    Maybe it's just me but it kinda looks like Chrysler got there styling ideas from the 69 Colony Park......

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    The woodgraining on this year Monaco was especially ugly! I would make zero attempt to "restore" that appearance and either delete it altogether, or paint it on.
     
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    I don't hate the woodgraining on these, and would be tempted to restore it if I owned one.

    However, having said that, it was a cheap way for Dodge to go, with just the vinyl and no raised trim around the outer edges. The pattern of lighter-colored wood around the edges being printed-only doesn't look very believable.

    It would require a most talented Photoshop magician to create a replacement set of vinyl to restore one of these to factory appearance.
     
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    Seems like Chrysler was always getting ideas from Ford and GM. :)

    I agree. It was too high up and I don't like how is goes up around the back "D-pillar". Just didn't like the look of it and I like wood-grain. If it were mine and I were going to restore, I would have to re-route the wood-grain. lol.

     
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    I kind of like the factory wood grain design - it's very unique if nothing else, and I like how the Monaco script is incorporated into it on the rear quarters. To replace on this one though, I'd agree that paint-on would be the only realistic way to go.

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    $4000... what are you waiting for? :)
     
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    ModelT1 Still Lost in the 50's

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    I like it also. It's different and clean looking that way.
    Every staton wagon shouldn't look like a.......F O R D
     
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    Chrysler was the leader in setting styles. Ford and GM generally followed along.
     
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    Yeah, I always thought that Mopar copied Ford and GM. :)
     
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    Most auto historians seem to feel that GM was the styling leader -- at least in the '60s and '70s -- with Ford and Chrysler the followers. My own thought is that this is oversimplified. I'm sure that each automaker's stylists were aware of the work of their counterparts and that the influences were mutual.

    The '72 Monaco's front end styling may have been highly influenced by the '69-'70 Marquis, but I think the Monaco's woodgrain arrangement is unique (excepting the '73 model).
     

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