For Sale 71 Newport Coupe + others at estate auction

[71NewYorkMan]

I put a bid on the 70 Chrysler Newport as an absentee bidder. I won.

Would you consider starting a new post for your new project? That way we could focus on your car instead of the other topics at large in this thread.

 

[saforwardlook]

How many miles are showing on the odometer of your car? From the appearances of the exterior and interior, it seems like it can't be that many. Very nice score.

 

[Marv]

That interior looks like new, that's really a nice survivor

 

[cantflip]

Here is a quick teaser taken by the transport company yesterday after being loaded onto the trailer.

This side shows to have been lightly rubbed at some point along the body molding beginning at the edge of the driver's door to above the rear wheel well. I can image this happened possibly while trying to squeez into the narrow garage space it was kept it. Who knows. Also, you can catch a glimpse of rust at eddge of the rear quarter. Not the worst I've ever judged from a picture so far but I will know the extent of it as soon as it gets here.


More pics to come.

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Sweet... good catch grabbing that one.

Says the guy walking around in a skirt. Don't feel sad for me, I'm perfectly well.

Surely you could come up with some insult better than that ? give it another go? that one just made me

Man... I wish I could get away with wearing a skirt to work... July through September would be perfect for improved air cooling... but to make the skirt out of wool defeats the whole purpose I have in mind...

 

[coco]

Heh a little sensitive? You should be, Who put the Klan in the Ku Klux Klan? The Scots!
Scottish immigrants that settled in South Carolina and migrated west, probably why I never cared much for people from South Carolina or Tennessee.

This guy, Neil Oliver covers it all in BBC Scotland "Scotland & The Klan" in 2016.

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BTW I'm Catholic, I hear we ain't to popular out your way still to this day.

I know the history of who started it ! I'm not so sensitive, just not racist or a bigot like the members and supporters of that horrible group of individuals. Personal insults like the other members made are petty and crass, playground material. You do not know anything about me, I could be Catholic, Black and Irish but live in Scotland, more assumptions, so no more responses from me on this matter, waste of time.

Hope the buyer enjoys his car purchase, it's great it's being saved, but I could not have bought it knowing the previous owners history.

 

[detmatt]

The car isn’t the racist here but I have serious concern for the ignorance and lack of integrity of the auction company for moving that crap right out in the open. If it were me I would have told the family that they needed to take care of that garbage themselves and if there’s no family left I would’ve burned it myself, I don’t care who wants to give what money for it.

 

[NWPT70]

How many miles are showing on the odometer of your car? From the appearances of the exterior and interior, it seems like it can't be that many. Very nice score.

67,300 miles are showing on the odometer. Based on a few maintenance records I found in the car and considering the condition of the interior, I believe the miles are original.

 

[NWPT70]

I wonder if the heads have ever been pulled to install hardened valve seats for unleaded gas?

I was always under the impression these cars were already capable of running regular gas based on this old 69 Newport commercial I found.

 

[NWPT70]

Would you consider starting a new post for your new project? That way we could focus on your car instead of the other topics at large in this thread.

That sounds like a good idea for sure.

 

[Ripinator]

I had the same curiosity so while finalizing my transaction I asked the auction guy and they said each piece went for $400-500. Apparently there is a collectible market for those items just like someone mentioned earlier in the thread.

I heard Gov. Ray Northam from Virginia had the winning bid for the red hood, and Treudeau won the white one. . .

 

[MarPar]

I heard Gov. Ray Northam from Virginia had the winning bid for the red hood, and Treudeau won the white one. . .

 

[NWPT70]

it is a 70 newport not a 71.
Has a V1Y tortoise grain v-roof

Carsten

So tell me a little more about this tortoise grain vinyl roof. It certainly is unique.

 

[73Coupe]

Apparently the deceased owner of the farm was indeed a big time member of the group. Google the name "Parkie Scott". From what I found in his online obituary, he also worked for Chrysler Air Temp and was a classic car enthusiast....snip.....

Warren County OH, that's the county where some of family came from. I'll have to see if anybody back there recalls seeing the Dixie flag painted on this guy's barn. He was definitely not trying to hide his affiliation....

Back to the Newport, the car is not racist and it wouldn't bother me who it came from, as long as it wasn't used for illicit purposes. It's just an object but deserves a home. Glad to see that it's going to be cared for.

 

[NWPT70]

Warren County OH, that's the county where some of family came from. I'll have to see if anybody back there recalls seeing the Dixie flag painted on this guy's barn. He was definitely not trying to hide his affiliation....

Back to the Newport, the car is not racist and it wouldn't bother me who it came from, as long as it wasn't used for illicit purposes. It's just an object but deserves a home. Glad to see that it's going to be cared for.

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That is the guy and I agree with you. The Newport is onto it's next stage in life now and has a good home. On a side note: I noticed it was the only vehicle at the auction with a CB radio installed in it. Not that it matters at all but I can only imagine how he used the car. The Newport was only one of the many cars he had so I do not believe it was his daily driver. I can only hope it wasn't used for illicit purposes. Being delivered on HALLOWEEN definitely added to the spooky factory of the whole tale.

 

[Marv]

You should post a picture of your fender tag ! You should find V1Y code on it for the tortoise grain top

So tell me a little more about this tortoise grain vinyl roof. It certainly is unique.

that was a 1970 only option ( correct me if I´m wrong ) that looks like a tortoises shell.

I don´t know if any production numbers are known, but there aren´t that many cars around sporting this type of vinyl.

 

[78Brougham]

What a story with this guy...

I'm glad you got the car, it's in pretty nice shape and let's leave the klucker stuff behind.

Start a new thread "A Newlife for the Newport"

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

You should post a picture of your fender tag ! You should find V1Y code on it for the tortoise grain top



that was a 1970 only option ( correct me if I´m wrong ) that looks like a tortoises shell.

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I don´t know if any production numbers are known, but there aren´t that many cars around sporting this type of vinyl.

it was a midyear 1969 introduction.
A few 1969 models have been built.

Carsten

 

[tnlowrider]

The hatred died. The car survived. I'm glad it found a great new home.

 

[Stephan_oldtimerfun]

Great story! Congratulations on buying a great car!

 

[68PK21 440.6bbl]

Wonder if this was the car used in the "for attempting to run a man off the road"?

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