1979 Dodge St Regis Walk around Rare, R-bodied Chrysler Product

The St. Regis also served as a workhorse on police-based television series in the 1980s, most prominently on Sledge Hammer! and T.J. Hooker.
Although the St. Regis does not hold much collector interest today, fans of Chrysler products sometimes search junkyards for the cars' disc brakes as an upgrade for earlier cars such as the Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda. Combined with the small number built, and the fact that a high percentage were destroyed in film and TV work in the 1980s, very few survive today.

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[MiamiMillionaire]

Nice Classic Car !

[OsbornTramain]

@MiamiMillionaire Thanks, I'm sorry on the poor quality of the video but then again, this is a rare bird, how many of these are left? Still worth posting the video on youtube. :O)

[CDTbossy]

What I like about classic american cars, is the look and engine note. What I don't like aand keeps me away from them is they are primitive (compared to today's cars) and use way too much fuel sadly...

[OsbornTramain]

@CDTbossy This one gets about 20 mpg on normal driving. Primative, yes, non reclining seats, non electric windows and mirrors, no GPS or mp3 player. Old style halogen lights, Ancient Stereo system but, it still rides nice and is very quiet. It has lots of saftey features too.....er...just no air bags, No Bluetooth. Even the air conditioning System, doesn't have individual controls for each occupant. It is primative. BUT? is all that necessary? I get use to the nice details in new cars.

[R36Coach]

The R-body was introduced the same year as the Ford Panther, responding to GM's 1977 downsizing,