Dodge Charger Forum : “what would be the price of a 1977 dodge charger 318 with 59,000 miles”

I would say you'd be lucky to get in the $5000-7000 range.  Honestly, there are people all over that will feed you a line of crap about an old car you have.  My grandfather had a 1961 T-Bird which he had owned for almost 30 years.  People were always saying "Is that for sale?  I'll give you $25,000 for it if you'll sell it."  He never wanted to sell.  When he lost his driver's license at 91 and we had to put him in a home for dementia, my father and I put the car on the market.  We ended up getting $2500 for it.  That was the best offer after months of advertising online, classic car ads, etc.  And the '61 T-Bird is already widely regarded as a "classic."

The '77 Chargers were not very popular, they shared a body with the Chrysler Cordoba and Magnum, and they had a troublesome "Lean-Burn" engine control system which caused many people problems.  His has the smallest engine offered that year -- the 360 and 400 were upgrade options to the 318, and so might command a slight premium -- but there's no way I can see getting $80,000 and the first thing I would do would be ask the person who told him this to sign the check and he'll go get the title.  

Check out this information, including the important last line:  "It remains to be seen whether the '77-'78 Charger will ever reach "classic" status."

http://www.moparautos.com/charger77-78.htm

Truth be told, I don't believe after many years in the buying/selling classic cars business, that there is ANY late 1970's vehicle worth over about $15,000.  You see a lot of '76 Eldorado convertibles, for example, with very low miles (sometimes in the 50-100 mile range) and they typically don't even top $20k.

We have a 1977 Dodge Daytona Charger SE. Only 250 of this model were made, the body made in Canada. It has a T-top, 8-track player, bucket seats. It is the black/grey with red pinstriping. We want to "cherry" this out if the result would be worth it. Do you have any idea of the price range this particular Dodge SE would command if totally cherried out? Engine, trans, drive chain are all good. Just needs body work and interior work.