I will give this seller credit for possibly the most brutally honest ad description I have ever seen. 1979 Dodge St. Regis | eBay
There are 2 bids so far, so guess someone will be the new owner of this heirloom of the darkest days of Chrysler Corp.
I knew I remembered this commercial from 1979. The Saint did not march very far. I did always like the headlight covers. Thought they were cool. 1979 Dodge St Regis Commercial - R Body -"When the Saints go Marching In" - YouTube
Seller could have been describing our 78 Volare wagon back in the day. 318 engine and transmission perfect, all else iffy to just plain horrible. Sold for $2,425. As mediocre as the car is, it gets my vote for deal of the day.
Useless information time! ... The R-body St. Regis was made from 1979-'81 and it was a short-lived stop-gap model (and chassis platform) that was used as a replacement for the full-sized C-body Mopars after the 1978 model year (1977 was the last year for a C-body Dodge). Whereas the C-body Dodge Royal Monaco 4dr. was 225.7 inches long, 79.8 inches wide and had a 121.5 inch long wheelbase, the R-body St. Regis was 220.2 inches long, 77.1 inches wide, had a 118.5 inch wheelbase and was roughly 400-600 pounds lighter than the previous Monaco, depending on the options. One of the biggest differences in weight was due to the fact that the Mopar big block was discontinued after 1978 and the largest displacement engine you could buy with the St. Regis was the 360 small block, which could only be found on the 1979-'80 models. In 1981 the 318 became the largest displacement engine that could be ordered for that year, including police cars. The R-Body platform was only made from 1979-'81 and was comprised of the Chrysler Newport, Chrysler New Yorker, Dodge St. Regis and Plymouth Gran Fury. After the end of the 1981 model year the R-body platform was discontinued and the smaller M-body Fifth Ave./Diplomat/Gran Fury/Caravelle cars became Mopar's "large car". I always liked the headlight lenses on the St. Regis too though. Same for the 1978-'79 Dodge Magnum 2dr., which had virtually identical lenses (presumably lifted from the Magnum for the St. Regis' design). For what it was, and considering the era, I always liked the look of the St. Regis. The tail lights on these looked decent too. Sort of Pontiac Parisienne-ish. It really was a bad era for Ma Mopar, but well, for a whole host of reasons it wasn't a great era for most manufacturers either. If I had an airplane hangar collection of cars, as a Mopar guy I always thought it would be neat to have a St. Regis of my birth year - 1980 - because I thought it was the best looking Mopar of that year...which really says something about the sad state of their lineup that year. lol Agreed on the price though. Well bought IMO.
Here is your 1980 St. Regis. Appears to be somewhere other than USA based on those plates. 1980 Dodge St Regis - Bing video
Definitely not in Canada either. The surrounding cars all have them funny elongated plates on 'em. I wonder what the shipping would be to Canada from wherever that thing is. Although, I'd much prefer another colour other than beiiiiiiiiiiiiige. I have a weird soft spot for these cars and it's still neat for what it is.
@jwdtenn Honestly, I think a police car with the top level A38 package and the E58 code 185 HP/275 lb.ft. torque 360 engine it in might be the way to go with one of these. Additionally, believe it or not, the police car package St. Regis was a very respected police car across the U.S. and Canada, and had the highest rating of any Mopar police car ever. There was a U.S. national poll conducted in the early 90s that questioned veteran police officers about what their favourite police car of all-time was and believe it or not, out of all the truly great police cars Mopar made during their late 50s through 70s heyday and utter dominance in the police car market, the 1980 St. Regis came out on top. Although, to be fair, the St. Regis' top ranking had more to do with the general timing of the poll when it was conducted sometime in the 90s. Many of the veteran officers when that poll was conducted would have driven 70s and 80s cars, but the St. Regis was on the top of their list for that era. The fact that it beat out the Crown Vic and Caprice police cars of the 80s and early 90s says something too.
