The DARK SIDE
“I sense something. A presence I have not felt since…” Since you were at the Mopar Nationals probably, Mr Vader. This car has presence to spare, created by its 18ft 8in length, proportional girth, rumbling 440cu in mill and triple-black livery. It’s from the penultimate year of these ‘fuselage’ Chryslers with their pronounced tumblehome and airliner-like dimensions. In 1972 it was a $6000, 4400lb statement of status and individuality.
The superb and largely original condition is down mainly to the second owner, a native of Amarillo, Texas. He bought the car when it was barely two years old and looked after it into old age; his daughter eventually sold the car in 2015. It was imported to the UK by Crewe’s well-known transmission specialist and Mopar man, Duncan Watts. “I missed it on eBay and had to follow it to a new owner in New York, who
