My favourite crazy uncle had one of these. He was a colonel in the RCAF who had lots of crazy stories from flying Lancasters in WWII. I enjoyed riding in the Chrysler almost as much as his Bellanca Citabria or Piper Cub, and the car didn't do spins and make me barf.

I love "fuselage" Chryslers. My parents had a '72 New Yorker coupe similar to this, and it was a monster. It had what was perhaps the largest trunk I've ever seen.

One night, my father got rear-ended by a Buick Electra of similar vintage. The Buick was totalled, the Chrysler lost its back bumper. A Sherman tank lined with tufted vinyl, it was.

He's headed towards that small moon!

That's no moon ... it's a Chrysler.

Hokey smoke could this thing have any more rear overhang? Going by the plates I guess Don has the 440. My vote for the week is the Mustang, just because of the hood that never should be waxed.

Let us go back to a moment in time,
a time of dial radios, huge steering wheels, and of course the trunk big enough to house several families.

The real find here is not so much the car as the color: It no longer exists in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Don't believe me? Try naming it.

@Isetta: Beat me to it.
These bold Chryco's got my attention as a kid, although by contemporary style that's an ungodly amount of rear overhang! Makes it look like a Mopar's attempt at an El Camino. (Do we have to guess my vote?)

Yeah, the Chrysler is acres of Bruce. And usually, it takes something off-beat and slightly funky to get my vote, not simply the obvious yuppie crisis ride. But the 'Stang whispers to my inner six year old, and the perfect combination of patina and custom wheels gets the final nod.

what happened to the Denver 240Z? Wasn't that this week or has the time difference caught me out again? Or desn't it count because it was in Denver?

@Bumblebee: Swamp Gas Green?

@Bumblebee: Olive Satin?

I remember a time when pavement gouges caused by boats like this entering and exiting even modestly-graded driveways were common.

@Bumblebee:

Mopar Pea Metallic. Half of their output from 1967 - 1975 was painted this color. There were five of them on my block alone, including my father's 1970 Duster.

And Jalopnik is right back to the usual "car mentioned here is the automatic choice in the poll" methodology.

These big "Fuselage" era Chryslers (and Dodge and Plymouth) are my favorite Mopars. Big, bold, not all that flashy, but they were brutes. So of course I voted for it.

The size of a small aircraft carrier. I love me some boats!

Ah, the memories of my grandmother's Newport. It had a kind of tan interior completely swaddled in clear bubbly plastic. Just like my grandmother's personality it burned you, you stuck to it and every moment was basically uncomfortable. All so the guy at the junk yard could unwrap pristine seats to be sold to someone that actually wanted comfort. My butt is sweating already

I loves me some big Chryslers. A '69 T H R E E H U N D R E D coupe is my choice. WIth the TNT package. Whatever that is. One of the biggest quarter panels ever! See homage here...[www.cafepress.com]

Thanks for caring.

Welcome to Jurassic Chrysler Park!

[www.fuselage.de]

Back in the day when 4,000 lbs was really heavy.

This thing is within 150 lbs of a new Mustang GT500 coupe.

@DannyBN: Ain't that the truth, usually with matching interior. F5 Medium Green Metallic, I think - I almost bought a 340 'cuda that color, and my own car was originally F5.

This car seems to have some F5, F6 and F8 panels, I propose it's F5.6398 Old Mopar Green Ex-Metallic.

Christ, look a the size of the trunk on that thing!! You could fit at least a dozen bodies in that thing

I love these 20ft 2-door cars. There is absolutely no reason for it to be that big other then because they want it to.

sweet.

If this car had the hidden headlights from the 300 and some cherry bombs I'd go dragon all over it. Awesome.

Still, the Riv is arguably quirkier, and it had a Nailhead, which I love the sound of. So I had to abandon my Mopar allegiance and cast my lot with the Buick.

Cant get Jalop than a Newport, other than the elusive Newportamino.

@Bumblebee: That 70's green.

I used to have a 74 imperial with the 400 as winter rat. At 4400 lbs it still had some real pickup but it could not turn to save your life. I voted for the mustang simply because the 69 is my favorite year for Mustangs, however the Riviera and the 124 are very close seconds.

I almost voted for the Fiat, but for some reason, that Dodge really pulled the heartstrings this week.

The trunk on that boat is soooo long... making newportampage would be nice and easy...i think.

I voted for the Newport only because I almost bought one once.

For a suspiciously low price. From a "dude" that worked at a "custom motorcycle shop" that "mysteriously" "burned down" once every 2 years.

I later found out that it was common practice for said "motorcycle shop" to "retrieve" their custom bikes from new owners in the dead of night and "repurpose" the parts onto new custom bikes.

So, in conclusion, I voted for the Newport because it reminded me of the one time in my life I chose not to get ripped off!

@Mr.Fourn:

I believe in this case, the proper pronunciation is "Ramport"

You just gotta "Vote the Boat"

Chrysler Newport all the way !

@combat chuck: @JSmith53: @DannyBN: Sure it's not brown? Or grey? Hell, that could be a badly faded black.

@FreeMan: Precisely. And since the 70's no longer exist, neither does the color.

Murilee,
Surely we must be approaching another milestone in DOTS. Perhaps we can get another run down of all the cars featured in the series. Those entries are the easiest to send to my dad, who at 65 spends most of his time reading books rather than sitting online, yet he does love looking at some old cars and certainly appreciates the wonder that is the tiny island of Alameda.

I think this would be an amazing restomod. Put a modern, efficient drive train in it, and you might get 20 mpg. Maybe an LS2 or, for the budget-but-complicated route, a Toyota 1UZFE? As already pointed out, it's not that heavy by today's standards. Put some 12.5" disc brakes and 4-pot calipers on it, stiffen the ride just a bit, throw a set of 8" wide wheels on it... hmmmmmm.... Low pressure turbo?

@pjstevens77: Beat me to it! Though I was going to say sixteen bodies. It is one hell of a trunk.

@Bumblebee: Oh, that's easy! The color is ... well, it's... hm.

Breyn! Grown! Oleevn! Crap.

Swamp. The color is swamp.

Regarding the poll, I cannot vote. I am paralyzed. There are so many good choices this week that my hands are fluttering around my neck helplessly.

It's like voting for your favorite child, only harder.

Olive Drag.
Bile Green.
Nile Green.
Gangrene.

@jdpepper: Chrysler called their 440 the TNT and Dodge called it the Magnum and Plymouth calls it the Wedge.

Boy what a Newportamino candidtate with that runway sized trunk.

@Isetta:

3 random numbers and then 3 random letters is the standard system for California blue/gold plates.

It's about to set sail.

There's just something about these massive Chryslers that I love. They seem to be the ultimate cruiser.

I love how the rear bumpers of these cars seems to be in a different zip code. The trunk is so huge.

I picture the designer sitting at the drafting desk with his supervisor over his shoulder. As he struck the rear decklid line on his T-square, his boss repeated: "Keep going, keep going..."

@v8corvairpickup: That was my first thought when i saw the profile, the great thing is all you have to do is remove the trunk lid and your done.

@thekaiser: Ha ha. One of the best references I've seen here in a long time, and makes me want to get a car that's as big as a whale.

How can this thing possibly be this clean?

I totally figured the DOTS of the week would be a toss up between the truck and the Mustang.

@PeteJayhawk:

yep - the polls should be held in their own thread to avoid any influence of the car that is featured.

@dculberson:

aghast!

put in a new 5.7 HEMI right up to the small block tranny if it has a 360. not a chebbie engine in chrylser! Ma Mopar would surely piss her pant suit if you did that!

So that's what I used to drive at my first job. Body shop I used to work for had one of those as a runabout. I nicknamed it the Carrier due to the akwardly flat surfaces on the top of the car, save for the superstructure. You wouldn't believe what you could fit in those things too. Ahh the memories. Ahh the cars of old, where a fender bender meant just that, some wrinkled sheetmetal, big chrome, bench seats and engine compartments that you could camp in.

The busted emblem gave me an idea...
I've just done some bodywork at Roy and Al's photoshop.
(And oh great, I've got that B-52's song stuck in my head now.)

Anyone who has the dedication to keep using a Fiat 124 a