For Sale 1966 Chrysler Newport Convertible for sale - Road Warrior requires Resto

[Aldrone71]

Car can be seen on eBay. Movie car can be spotted in Catch Me if You Can and Bottle Shock.

Has been hit four times but new interior and tons of stories. Recently drove from CA to FL to IL to MT and back to CA with no issues. Car really is amazing.

383 Engine 4bbl rebuilt in 2005.
727 Torqueflight with 3.23 Sure-grip rear end.
Dual Exhaust and rare original dual snorkel air cleaner
Rebuilt radiator
SST Front Disc Brake Conversion
New Top 2016
New Interior (except door panels) 2018
Tires good, brand new spare.
Magnum 500 wheels

Located in Santa Rosa, 1 hr north of San Francisco.

Questions?

$10,500
1966 Chrysler Newport | eBay

Seven-oh-seven, 799-seven-six-six-three

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[Snotty]

Has been hit four times but new interior
Rebuilt radiator
SST Front Disc Brake Conversion
New Top 2016
New Interior (except door panels) 2018
Magnum 500 wheels -if these are not original

All of this equates to... not a survivor.

Good luck with your sale.

 

[Aldrone71]

Lol I am aware - but original paint, original engine, original transmission, zero bondo. Factory marks on the fenders. It may not be for you but it just did a 9,000 mile trip from ca to FL and back - in the heat of summer - 28 states.

There’s some surviving going on

 

[Snotty]

Lol I am aware - but original paint, original engine, original transmission, zero bondo. Factory marks on the fenders. It may not be for you but it just did a 9,000 mile trip from ca to FL and back - in the heat of summer - 28 states.

There’s some surviving going on

But that damn word has a meaning. As much as I hate it, your car does not qualify.

 

[Aldrone71]

But that damn word has a meaning. As much as I hate it, your car does not qualify.

 

[Aldrone71]

You don’t think it also applies to the amount of original parts, or the unmolested nature of a car? Engine, block, transmission, radiator, paint? All have survived and not been replaced, only cared for, and they are still in use, as they rolled off the line in 66.

I believe having the original block and drivetrain constitutes a survivor.

 

[polara71]

You don’t think it also applies to the amount of original parts, or the unmolested nature of a car? Engine, block, transmission, radiator, paint? All have survived and not been replaced, only cared for, and they are still in use, as they rolled off the line in 66.

I believe having the original block and drivetrain constitutes a survivor.

Snotty is correct . You've replaced items that disqualifies it as a survivor. Though it likely needed the top and panels replaced, it's not a survivor.
A special term, for a luck few specimens.

Just the original drivetrain does not qualify, or justify it .
It's a nice car however...

 

[MrMoparCHP]

As much as the survivor term gets thrown around I'm on the fence with this one. By most definitions service items like tires belts and hoses are allowed, minor repairs like a bent fender with a panel match paint repair start pushing it. Internal things like a rebuilt engine start pushing it as well as typically the engine gets repainted.

If in every way this car looked original unrestored but had redone seats, I might be ok with the survivor, term but when you have a combination of repairs that enhance the appearance over the worn out original it is no longer a survivor. With this car the disc brakes are the big item putting me on the fence, without the new seat covers I'd be good, both?

Tough call, close enough for me, not enough to warrant added (survivor) value.


Alan

 

[patrick66]

"Well-maintained, mostly original driver, requiring restoration" would be more accurate.

Nice car, whatever we're calling it.

 

[Aldrone71]

I didn’t mean to start such a debate — and Id forgotten about the disc brake conversion (much as I love it when I’m driving) so yes,
“Numbers-matching Newport Road Warrior seeks Fender-Whisperer” is probably better.

 

[patrick66]

The true definition of "survivor" involves the retention of nearly ALL components of which the car left the factory with; short of fluids and service items like brakes and tires. Replacing items such as the top, interior upholstery, glass and drive train components negate the use of the term. The car would be as I indicated; a "well-maintained, mostly original" vehicle.

IIRC, the Corvette cult actually has a copyright on that term, so in advertising or presenting a non-Corvette as a "survivor", you would be in violation of copyright infringement. True story. Whether they have successfully pursued legal action against anyone for doing so is anyone's guess.

BTW, proving "numbers-matching" on a 1968 or older Mopar is nearly impossible. No VIN or partial VIN was stamped on the engine block or the transmission case; so unless the casting date of both components is before the SPD of the car (scheduled production date; in your case B26, or November 26, 1965), if they are, it can be reasonably assumed they are the originals. But, unless the car has been one-family owned all that time and the maintenance history is well-documented, that is the only definitive way of knowing if the engine and trans actually came with that car as new.

Just having the original engine and trans does not in and of itself count. The casting dates on the alternator, carb, manifolds and heads all count, too. There are dates on many other components that make a car a true "survivor", and must be before the SPD. Wheels, even! Your five spoke Road Wheels were not available as an option until the 1967 model year, as an example.

Don't get me wrong. I like your car. But, you think it is something that, by definition, it's not.

 

[Snotty]

IIRC, the Corvette cult actually has a copyright on that term, so in advertising or presenting a non-Corvette as a "survivor", you would be in violation of copyright infringement. True story. Whether they have successfully pursued legal action against anyone for doing so is anyone's guess.

There it is. As Rush Limbaugh said for years, "Words have meaning." I hate the Survivor designation, but I will agree with its meaning.

 

[stubs300]

You don’t think it also applies to the amount of original parts, or the unmolested nature of a car? Engine, block, transmission, radiator, paint? All have survived and not been replaced, only cared for, and they are still in use, as they rolled off the line in 66.

I believe having the original block and drivetrain constitutes a survivor.

For starters, your air cleaner is not a rare original as Chrysler never put a dual snorkel air cleaner on a 383 in 66! Where do you get that from? Also, your original motor was rebuilt at 150K, so how is that motor a survivor? That original motor didn't make that recent 9k mile trip now did it? The rebuilt one did! The only thing original on that car is the body, paint, and interior, and maybe the top which wasn't mentioned anywhere! You sure your name's not Pinocchio? You're messing with a knowledgeable crowd here! GLWS!

 

[Snotty]

For starters, your air cleaner is not a rare original as Chrysler never put a dual snorkel air cleaner on a 383 in 66!

Until you mentioned that I didn't even notice that it has a Plymouth pie pan on it.

But Stubs, he does mention the top: "New Top 2016"

 

[stubs300]

But Stubs, he does mention the top: "New Top 2016"

I was to mesmerized by reading about all the faults, missed that! And in doing so, I missed the disc brake conversion, and I didn't study the pictures under a microscope to critique that either. The plot thickens.

 

[Aldrone71]

Feedback recd and I’m soooo glad I found ya’ll!

 

[stubs300]

Sometimes you gotta have thick skin to hang here, but it's all good!

 

[patrick66]

We're old and crochety, so we're told. @Aldrone71, welcome aboard! And I really DO like your car...I dig nearly anything 1966.

My '66 Coronet 500 and my old car, a '78 NYBS, were both in a movie together in 2010 called "Heaven's Rain" (later retitled "The Amendment"), plus I've had three other non-Mopars in movies since then.

 

[fury fan]

IIRC, the Corvette cult actually has a copyright on that term, so in advertising or presenting a non-Corvette as a "survivor", you would be in violation of copyright infringement. True story. Whether they have successfully pursued legal action against anyone for doing so is anyone's guess.

I've always hated the Corvette club's definition and most of the examples used to define it. To me, those are 'archive' cars, something that's been lovingly handled for the sole purpose of preservation. Survivors are in trenches, not on the hilltop watching thru binoculars.

To me, a survivor has 150k+ miles, who knows how many owners, bumps and bruises here and there -- and has worn snow tires at least a couple of years in its life.