FOR SALE: 1976 Dodge Royal Monaco for $1,000: 182,265 miles, 360 cubic inch (5.9 liter) 8 cylinder engine, power steering, power brakes, cruise, automatic transmission, all molding, all badges, over $1,000 of new parts/labor/receipts. Garaged when not in use 5/1989 to 10/2004, then under tarp, intermittently driven to 11/2005 & started every 3 days for 6 minutes. Grocery-getter averaged 3,712 miles/year from 5/1989 to 11/2005, then parked, stored under tarp & started every 3 days for 6 minutes. Differential's pinion nut's torque slightly out of adjust; loosened in 2004, then set to 100 pounds (lbs.) (should be at least 210 lbs.) afterwards automobile was driven 1,100 miles in 8 to 70 mile trips up to 65 miles per hour. Front bumper cushions (five-mile-per-hour absorbers) are rusting (spare front & rear cushions included). Air conditioner's front seal is leaking; three were replaced since 1989 for average life of 4 years.
RECENT NEW PARTS, MILEAGE ON THEM, RECEIPT IF AVAILABLE AND SOME PRICES:
- High performance exhaust from engine to tail pipe except catalytic converter; 1,402 miles; receipt; 2.61.
- All tie rod ends, strut bushings & stabilizer links; 640 miles; receipt; 2.98.
- Regularly undercoated since new. Chassis & floor boards solid. Last undercoat 11/2003; 2,385 miles; receipt; 6.02. Doors' bottoms, quarter panels' bottoms & front bumper support bottom rusting. A 150 pound person can stand on bumpers & a Dodge collector said, bumper supports are not critically rusted. Also, some body parts rusting.
- Radiator flushed & new 5-year antifreeze set to -70 degrees in September
- Radiator; 8,653 miles; receipt; 1.46.
- Front brakes; 2,986 miles.
- Spark plugs; 6,285 miles; receipt.
- Oil, filter and lube; 24 miles; receipt; .85.
- Radiator cap; 1,394 miles.
- All belts: 2 fan and 1 power steering; 1,348 miles; receipt.
- Air filter; 1,692 miles.
NEW PARTS IN BOX:
- Rear brakes.
- Fuel pump.
- Water pump.
- Two sets of windshield wiper transmission bushings.
- Air filter.
- Molding fasteners.
PARTS AND MILEAGE ON THEM:
- Air conditioner evaporator; 42,565 miles; receipt.
- Air conditioner hoses; 42,932 miles; receipt.
- All radiator & heater hoses; 16,564 miles; receipt.
- Transmission lines; 8,653 miles; receipt.
- Neutral safety switch; 48,554 miles; receipt.
- Front calibers; 45,273 miles; receipt.
- Rear brake pistons; < 60,000.
- Ignition coil; 16,412 miles; receipt.
- Rear brake lines; 28,065 miles; receipt.
- Ignition wires; 60,533 miles.
- Battery; 10,425 miles; receipt.
- Rotor and cap; 6,525 miles; receipt.
- Voltage regulator; 754 miles; receipt.
- Front wheels' rotor, bearing & seal; 45,344 miles; receipt.
- Fluid fan drive/clutch; 6,479 miles; receipt.
- Front u-joint; 33,577 miles; receipt.
- Pitman arm; 19,565 miles; receipt.
- PCV; 6,525 miles; receipt.
- 4 ball joints; 56,414 miles; receipt.
- Steering gear seal; 5,751 miles; receipt.
- Starter and solenoid; 50,679 miles; receipt.
- Heater core; 77,175 miles; receipt.
- Windshield washer pump; 7,435 miles; receipt.
- All vacuum hoses; 6,525 miles; receipt.
- Left brake hose; 42,273 miles; receipt.
- Rear brakes; 26,629 miles. New rear brakes included.
- Brakes' master cylinder; 49,585 miles; receipt.
- Water pump; 105,349 miles; receipt. New pump included.
- Coolant controlled vacuum switch; 16,341 miles; receipt.
- All shock absorbers; 40,475 miles; receipt.
- Transmission filter & fluid; 39,994 miles; receipt.
- Fuel vapor canister's filter; 16,381 miles; receipt.
- Crankcase filter; 6,525 miles; receipt.
- Fuel filter; 6,525 miles; receipt.
- SPARE USED PARTS: carburetor, windshield wiper motor, windshield wiper transmission, door handles & locks, front & rear bumper cushions, alternator, choke coil & choke control unit.
Battery always started automobile when in storage since 11/2005. Automobile rated at 15 miles per gallon (MPG) from factory is now getting 15 MPG. Chrysler Body Service Manual & Chilton's Manual included. In 2001: extensive undercoating of chassis, repair of all rust holes in cowl, sealing of heater inlet & sealing of cowl/firewall junction. In 1986, top of engine & transmission rebuilt (90,000 miles ago). Receipts: most parts/labors since 3/1986. Microsoft & Lotus spreadsheets list dates & mileage of all repairs since 1995. Chrysler Production Broadcast Sheet (papers) included. Passed State of Ohio emission test 3/2000; no further test required because auto is over 25 years old. Purchased 5/1989 @ 121,007 miles, drove 61,258 miles in 16.5 years (61,265/16.5=3,712 miles/year). Phone Joe at (2 1 6)
2 6 7 - 0 6 3 9 (Cleveland, Ohio).