nice!...I think most of those cars went for demo derbys,my Dad had a 72 bel-air  love that style for some reason..

OMG! Almost identical to the first car I ever drove. 71 2-door Bel-Air, same original colour, same steering wheel cover but no a/c. Tempting indeed ... but no place to put it! Although I wouldn't trade my Parisienne for it.

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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Some of you guys won't be shocked to know that in the late 80's I parted out a virtual twin to this car (to scavenge the 402 out of it)...

Sorry, but I likely would still do the same thing today!

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 in the early 1990's I went to purchase a set of large finned hubcaps off of a 73 like this for $100 - the guy sold me the whole car for and extra $150 ($250 total) it was in good shape minus the cracking in the vinyl roof, minor wear on the 70,000 mile driver's seat and some very minor rust in the lower quarters - it was 400 small block and ran great - I traded headlights for my 73 corvette and stole the hubcaps but planned on fixing the car - someone I knew bugged for the car so I sold it to him $250 -- he pulled the engine for his 49 ford and scrapped the car - what a shame

Another friend had a 73 4-door hardtop 454 color sanded and polished BC/CC was asking 3900 eventually sold it for $2500 - we later seen it on a scrap pile - someone used the drivetrain --- what a shame

I wonder how many million of these were sold, pretty typical car for that era. Even though they were huge I recall one finger steering them and even with the 350 I remember them moving out just fine. There was a 74 in our family dark brown with gold interior, I did like driving that car, wouldn't give it a second look today though. 

I wouldn't take the engine out of it if it was a 402, but I would definitely "derby it".