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Serious Race Track Takes Serious Toll On This New Yorker

Murilee Martin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:30:00 EDT

We were pretty excited to see this early-90s Chrysler New Yorker in a LeMons race; talk about pure class on the race track! Sadly, it couldn't quite stay on its wheels.

As LeMons Chief Perpetrator Lamm stated during the drivers' meeting yesterday morning, "Nelson Ledges is a serious race track, very fast." That wasn't just empty scare talk; many racers claim that braking is only required at two points on the 2-mile course. We've had to be extra harsh in the Penalty Box in order to keep these leadfooted hoons under some semblance of control, and the LeMons Supreme Court appears to have made some lasting enemies among the Ohio racing community.

So, this New Yorker pilot ended up coming into a turn a bit too hot, digging a rear wheel into the mud, and sliding on the car's side for quite an unnerving distance. The car didn't go all the way over onto the roof, however, so the "Why Am I On My Roof?" punishment wasn't necessary; after a safety inspection, the team was allowed to continue racing.

Meanwhile, the Snoopy's Quest For The Holy Nickelbag Chevy Vanamino has a new crankshaft and is all buttoned up and ready to hit the race track. 12 hours late, sure, but it's out there now!

Torsion Quiet Ride, Comfort As You Drive: The 1975 Chrysler New Yorker Is The Talk Of The Town!

Murilee Martin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST

Now that the '75 New Yorker is quite the collector's car, with original examples changing hands for upwards of several dozen dollars, we can understand why Jack Jones was so appreciative of the deep-tufted velour interior and 230-horse 440 under the hood. But that sticker price of $6,611 was more than a grand more than the Cordoba's- talk about car buying dilemmas! And check out the bit right before the ad- Game 7 of the 1975 World Series!

I've Got This Ticking Noise In My Head!

Murilee Martin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT

The lengthy tracking shot showing vast quantities of old European cars in Week End was pretty cool, but when you use the words "lengthy tracking shot" and "cars" together in a sentence, you've got no choice but to bring up the opening shot in Orson Welles' 1958 Touch Of Evil. A 1956 Chrysler New Yorker convertible is the ill-fated star of this sequence, but we're pretty sure- well, we hope- a beater stunt double was used for the last bit.

1971 Chrysler Newport Royal: Makes Buying Chryslers Like Eating Salted Peanuts!

Murilee Martin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDT

The Newport Royal was priced a couple hundred bucks lower than the regular Newport; it came with less gingerbread and a 360 instead of the 383 engine, but was otherwise the same car. See, that's to get you hooked on Chryslers; the guy who buys the Royal now will go on to buy a Corboba a few years later, and by now he's in a Cirrus. Just like eating peanuts!

For All You 60's-Era Chrysler Fans, Imperial And New Yorker, Oh My!

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EDT

These two 60's-era Chryslers were rolling ahead of the Woodward Dream Cruise and parked around the corner from each other at Duggan's Irish Pub, the place where we saw the same company unveil the Chysler PT Dream Cruiser Series 5. The contrast in awesomeness could not be more poignant. The wagony goodness of the New Yorker and the impossibly complex curvature of the Imperial were causing heart palpitations amongst the assembled. There's even a flaming eyeball on the New Yorker. How cool is that? More pics below.

1957 Chrysler New Yorker

Murilee Martin — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:00:34 EDT

The first thing we need to know about this car is that it has enormous fins. While GM liked sharp pointy fins on its cars of this era (as we've seen a few blocks from this car), Chrysler decided that fins needed to be thick, with bulk.

But if we can wrench our eyes from those glorious, insane fins, we may want to contemplate the fact that the '57 New Yorker had the largest engine available in any production car that year.

And you bet your ass that engine was a Hemi! A 325-horsepower 392 gave this car the power needed to perform huge smoky burnouts in front of the country club. Talk about your storied engine heritage, too; we all know what the 392 was doing on the dragstrips of the late 50s, eh?

Oooh, but the fins! The golden color sweep! The absurd chrome louver-ish thingies! I must have one of these!

Just in case you don't recognize it, that Mercedes is a previous DOTS car. Yes, it looks like the same person owns both of them. It is truly Car Utopia at this East End house.

Hmm... they could have built auxiliary fuel tanks inside those fins, giving the New Yorker intercontinental range.

What we have here is a show-quality New Yorker than parks on the street most days. Sure, it's a quiet side street in a wealthy neighborhood, but this car still lives outside.

1962 Chrysler New Yorker

Murilee Martin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:30:25 EDT

One cool thing about being a car freak in Alameda is the number of 45-year-old beaters still rumbling down the streets. This battered-but-defiant '62 New Yorker parks in front of a tow yard by the waterfront...

If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere! This car has been in a few scrapes, but it's got lots of what realtors call character.

The spiderweb-encrusted bare taillight bulb and general beat-ness makes this car seem quite Mad Max-y.

Hmmm... Mad Max is probably the wrong movie reference. Add some chandeliers and it wouldn't look out of place in The Duke of New York's motor pool.

Wow. Chrysler needs to start designing front ends like this again!

And howzabout that rear quarterpanel trim? Early-60s Chryslers weren't just about the flash, though; a 340-horse 413 came standard with the New Yorker for 1962. The real high rollers sprang for the mighty 405-horse version, however.

Style, and lots of it. – Murilee Martin

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