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1962 Dodge Full Size Car Facts and Specifications

General Year Information – 1962 Dodge Full Size Car

NOTE: The Custom 880 sat on a 122 inch wheelbase, sharing the unit body with the Chrysler Newport, Chrysler 300 and 300H.

The Dodge Custom 880 was marketed by Dodge from 1962 through the end of the 1965 model year. It was positioned as Dodge’s product offer in the mid-price full size market segment and to help fill the void in Chrysler’s lineup left by the discontinuation of DeSoto in 1961. This less expensive version, called the Dodge 880, would again be offered for 1963 and 1964.

The Custom 880 was developed as a new full-size Dodge for the 1962 model year and shared the full-size body used by the Chrysler Newport and the non-letter 300 series. The models were differentiated by mating a modified 1961 Dodge Polara front clip to the Newport’s de-finned rear quarter panels and passenger compartment. A similar process was used to produce the 1962 Custom 880 wagon, except the wagon was created by mating the updated front end of a 1961 Polara to the body of a 1961 full-sized Plymouth wagon. This body-sharing allowed Dodge to launch the car in January 1962. It was fitted with a 361 CID 265 HP V-8 from the B engine family; there were no optional engines.

The only visible cue at the front of the car that was different from the 1961 Dodge was the addition of a horizontal bar across the grille, bisected by Dodge’s new three-pointed “Fratzog” emblem in place of the stylized star bar from the 1961 Polara. The 1962 Custom 880 was identical to the Chrysler Newport from the rear, except for Dodge badging.

The model name Custom 880 was derived from Dodge’s numerical sub-model naming structure that was also used on the Dart and sportier models of the Polara. However, the model designation was not physically present on the car. Only “Dodge” badges on the car’s rear quarter panels and decklid were applied.

For the short 1962 run, the Custom 880 was available as a four-door sedan, two- or four-door hardtop, a two-door convertible, as well as in six- or nine-passenger station wagons that featured the Chrysler hardtop (no center or B-pillar) body design.

Custom 880 production totaled 17,505 for the 1962 model year.

1962 Dodge Full Size Car Facts – Significant Options

Prices where known

• • Airtemp air conditioning ($445).
  • Anti-freeze ($5).
  • Backup lights ($11).
  • DeLuxe steering wheel ($11).
  • Electric clock ($16).
  • Heater and defroster, standard with air-conditioning ($75).
  • Music Master radio ($58).
  • Padded dashboard ($14).
  • Power brakes ($43).
  • Power seats ($96).
  • Power steering ($77).
  • Power windows ($102).
  • Rear view mirror, Day/Nite inside ($4).
  • Rear view mirror, left-hand outside ($6).
  • Roof luggage rack, wagons ($48).
  • Seat belts ($19).
  • Tinted glass, all windows ($43); windshield only ($22).
  • Two-tone paint ($17).
  • Wheel covers, super spinner.
  • White sidewall tires ($33-$48).
  • Windshield washer ($12).
  • Windshield wipers, variable speed ($6).