Brent,
The factory called these "Golden Lancer" in it's advertising
literature. There is little available info on these, except a couple of
brochures. In these, the facts are:
1. Gold & white paint, code X77 on the body tag. Ditzler has a
color chart.
2. All are 2 door hard tops, a.k.a. "Lancer". No convertibles.
3. They were available in all 3 models: Coronet, Royal, Custom
Royal.
4. Interiors had special gold colors on the trim & paint.
5. These were introduced in the middle of the model year.
They were advertised for their "power", but that was not defined.
All of the ads show D500 flags, but the ad text makes no mention of D500. Of
the ones I have seen up close or advertised for sale, a high percentage has
been D500s: about 50%. While the base engine in a Royal or Custom Royal was a
315 Poly, the Coronets I have seen have all been at least a 315 Poly upgrade
instead of the 270 base engine. From this I infer that the minimum engine was
a 315 Poly, probably a 4 bbl, in keeping with the "performance" image.
Popular opinion was the GL was created to compete with or take
advantage of the 56 Plymouth Fury's image. All of the other Mopar brands had a
special model (300, Fury, Adventurer) that was their performance car, except
Dodge. Dodge put the D500 engine in anything the customer wanted.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Brent Burger
wrote:
I am asking this question because I
really don't know and have heard all sorts of contradictory intel ...
What exactly is a "Golden Lancer" in terms of equipment
? As Dave mentioned, I would assume they
got the gold and white paint as a matter of due course per the
name, but I have never seen ANYTHING
from the factory stating what these cars were, or if they were
even a factory "package".
It seems odd that for how well known the name is, they
never got badges or any special designator.
It seems to me to be little more than some bullshxt term dreamed
up to hype up what was otherwise
just another car that happened to have that paint scheme.
Back when fins were more commonly seen as drivers, people
often popped off with the term "Golden
Adventurer" too. This is a car I know plenty about, and
there was no GOLDEN Adventurer, and some
weren't even painted gold ! It was just some lingering term
from back in the day that people had associated
with some high performance model, and I suspect this was REAL or
IMAGINED !
What do you guys know about this ?
Burger
"Duty above all else except Honor"
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On May 29, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Dave Homstad wrote:
A REAL Golden Lancer would have the correct paint code on
the body tag. Otherwise, it may be just painted to look like the one that went
through Barrett Jackson a few years ago at $215K. After that one, they started
coming out of the woodwork at high prices. Also, I am not positive, but a GL
being a "performance" image like a Plymouth Fury, should at least have a 4 bbl
carb. This one is a 2 bbl.
Dave
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Brent Burger wrote:
What is a REAL Golden Lancer ?
Did they have a special ID code on the tag ?
Burger
"Duty above all else except Honor"
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On May 28, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Dave Homstad wrote:
It would be worth more if was a real Golden Lancer. I
requested a photo of the body plate from the seller, but never received it.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Dave Warnick wrote:
It would be worth more with a Hemi.
Dave
MtnMOPAR
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Subject: [FWDLK] Dodge : Lancer LANCER in Dodge | eBay
Motors
Seems like a very nice 56 golden lancer, but I would think it will
bring a lot more than the $19,400. it's at now…
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