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1966 Dodge CORONET 500

When armed with the new 426 Hemi, the upscale Coronet 500 became a street/strip intimidator capable of humiliating various hot-shoe drivers competing in lesser machines.

For 1966, the modernized and plush midsize Dodge featured the trappings commensurate with its premium $2,705 base price. Among its niceties were bucket seats; console with shifter; decorative chromed louvers on each quarter panel; bright wheel-well, rocker, drip rail, and belt moldings;

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