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Very likely true, particularly for a 1971 model, the smog laws changed that year as I recall, and they pretty much quit making muscle cars in 1972. They still made them, but they were not the same, for the most part. The guy I bought my 914 from is a Porsche mechanic that who is into Mopars. He had a 1970 roadrunner, hemi, convertible. One of 3(three) made. He bought it for $1000 as a rust free basket case, put a new interior and top on it, the right motor init, buffed out the paint and sold it for $100,000 at least 10 years ago.
You must understand that getting a 426 hemi added a great deal of expense to purchase price, and was more demanding to maintain. The 440 was produced in large numbers, was every bit as fast off the dealer lot, was bulletproff and easy to maintain. They did not make a lot of them, and many were gutted andturned into drag cars.
Same guy I got my car from sold a '67 Hemi Belvedere the same day I bought mine for $30,000. With the transmission in the trunk, and the motor in boxes. It was pretty much all there, but plenty ratty looking. The Mopars are more rare than the Ford or GM cars
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