Dodge introduced the Monaco in 1965, hot on an emerging Detroit trend of naming vehicles for places you’d never expect to find one–think Buick Riviera, Chevy Monte Carlo and Monza, Ford Torino, Pontiac Le Mans, etc.

Applied to an array of body styles atop full-size, intermediate, rwd, and fwd platforms, the Monaco nameplate is best remembered today as worn by the Blues Brother’s ex-Chicago Police Bluesmobile, though B-body station wagons such as the auction car are equally likely to feature in the memories of anyone who grew up in 1980’s America.

1977 was an interesting year for the Monaco, marking the only time the badge was simultaneously worn by both full and intermediate-sized Dodges, with the former, C-body platform car marketed as the Royal Monaco.

This smaller, B-body station wagon appears to be highly original from exterior paint to its acres of blue and woodgrain vinyl, and the car comes desirably equipped with a 360 ci V8, a/c, and automatic transmission.

The term “interm...