Quote: Is that a Newport? Glad to see you saved it from being derbied by some clown. I had a 73 Fury and a 72 Monaco coupe in my driveway at one point, there wasn't much room for anything else.
Yep, X 2.
I've developed a relatively newfound appreciation for Newports and other huge C-bodies in my "old age", particularly the fuselage styled ones from '69 -'72. These are some very sporty and attractive cars for their tonnage class. The green '72 was a parts aquisition for $250 - I wanted the disc brakes for the '69 convertible, mostly. What I realized I ended up with was a 75,000 mile, one owner (before it was junked) car that I couldn't really find anything major wrong with after I replaced some missing parts and got it running... And no, I won't be parting it out now. Since it sat junked for 18 years, the weather did take it's toll on a few things, but the original paint is still decent!
Funny you should mention a '72 Monaco coupe, I came very close to buying a '72 Polara coupe up the road from me just the other day. Black inside and out, 30 thousand-something miles, supposedly, but it had been stored outside all of its life and had a few issues. Still I thought it might be a cool and unusual car to campaign at the track!   ...decided against it in the end, though.
I'm with you - far too many people are destroying these cars to the point where there aren't that many left any more. I admit, I used to look at cars like the '72 4-door as nothing more than a source for a big-block core. My attitude has changed on that over the years. The '72 is hands-down the best looking 4-door body style I have ever owned (in my opinion, of course  ). The 4-door hardtop actually looks stealthier and more well balanced than the 2-door that year, if you ask me. 
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