Vehicle Description
1962 DODGE LANCER
In America, during the late 1950's, it became clear that bigger
being better was not always the way to go. The late 50's recession
put a huge dent into what had been a booming car industry. American
Motors with their smaller more economical cars had one of its best
years. Also, those funny looking foreign cars were a hit with
college kids. Detroit decides this is a market to explore.
While GM jumped in with both feet and spent millions on the
Corvair, Ford and Chrysler decided to build scaled down versions of
big cars. Ford gave us the Falcon and Chrysler, first, the Plymouth
Valiant and later the Dodge Lancer.
In 1960 the Valiant was a huge, out of the box, success but,
hedging their bets, Chrysler didn't build a car for Dodge. Dodge
dealers demanded their own low end small car and so was born the
Lancer.
We are offering a very handsome very red, only repainted once, 1962
Dodge Lancer Model 742 GT 2-door coupe. Being aimed at a more
upscale clientele than a Valiant, the Lancer was a much more fully
appointed car. It has power steering, a radio, the A 904 3speed
automatic with push buttons and powered by the evergreen 225 cu in
145 hp classic Slant-6.
In 1963, the Lancer would become the Dart.
This would be a brilliant choice for your first collector car.
Estimate: $20,000-$25,000
