Today’s Fan Car Friday is brought to us by Mike and his 1967 Dodge Coronet. Fan Car Friday is a segment where we want to share with the world the automobiles that our fans have. We have absolutely no affiliation/relationship with the cars, the build or the owners. This post was made with written consent from the owner.

The Dodge we have the privilege of looking at today is quite exceptional. Everything about it is completely documented from the original factory Certi-Card, fender tag, VIN tag, a copy of the IBM build sheet from Chrysler, Galen Govier report, original factory owners and warranty manual all in its original folder. Along with 89,000 documented, original miles.

Mike came to own this after lusting for one when he was a young teenager in the start of the 80s. He had no care for anything other than the Coronet, not even the Trans Am. There is no specific thing Mike remember that made him gravitate towards the Coronet like a movie, his father owning one or growing up in a Mopar family. For him, it was always the car to own. Nonetheless he saved up anyway he could for his dream. It meant years of eating sandwiches instead of going out to lunch with his work buddies, it meant going to the range less often than he would have liked, it meant he never spend money on himself (But he would always ensure his kids and wife were not living as thin as he was). After living like a kid in college for years he was able to purchase his dream car after finally spotting it in the wild at the local meetup. Lucky for him, it had a for sale sign on it.

The beast he purchased contains a 426 Hemi J code car and dual AFB quad carbs, its a solid lifter Hemi, has an A-883 4 speed, 3.54 rear and factory disc brakes. The interior is all original, the car has never been painted, never had any body work, never driven in the snow and never saw direct rain. Having been owned by only 4 different people, they all knew what they had, how rare it was and how sought after it would be one day.

This means Mike’s car looks exactly the same today as it did in ’67 with its 426 Hemi, Magnum 500 wheels, no rust, same interior, body etc. The only thing that would be new on it are the door seals and some hoses in the engine bay.

Mike is very grateful that the original owner decided to go with rare options such as disc brakes, bumperettes and console tach; otherwise he would never have the privilege to be at that extra level of exclusivity on this car. For him this isn’t part of a collection, but you would think it was because of how little he drives it, how much he cares for it and how rare it is. For Mike, this is his dream collection. He doesn’t lust after anything else, there isn’t anything else he wishes this car had, there isn’t a second classic car that occupies his mind and he couldn’t care less about what modern car he drives so long as it doesn’t brake down with his family in it. If he had a few million more in the bank, nothing would change for him in his garage (Though he admits he would probably turn his garage into a bank vault to protect this beauty).

For Mike this is a show car and nothing more. Luckily he will only drive when the weather is exquisite, so no one has to worry about this bit of history getting rust. Every show he goes to, the Coronet isn’t the belle of the ball, nor is it the girl next door. Everyone loves to see a Mopar at the show, but for those who realize what Mike has, always become his car show friends. The ones that will always look to see if his car is there, and they always end up talking for hours.

But his favorite thing about the car is how when he now owns the car he wanted as a kid, the car that classmates made fun of him for wanting, that they now drool over.