NOT MINE 1977 Chrysler New YorkerCA$15,000

[Boydsdodge]

Seller's description​

This car is in an amazing condition. Doesn’t need any repairs. Everything works perfectly in it. Drives on the road like it’s brand new. I don’t drive it in the winter at all. Stored in a warm garage. I’m the 2nd owner and I’ve had it for 5 years. Engine size 440

1977 Chrysler New Yorker

This car is in an amazing condition. Doesn’t need any repairs. Everything works perfectly in it. Drives on the road like it’s brand new. I don’t drive it in the winter at all. Stored in a warm...

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[ayilar]

Seller's description​

This car is in an amazing condition. Doesn’t need any repairs. Everything works perfectly in it. Drives on the road like it’s brand new. I don’t drive it in the winter at all. Stored in a warm garage. I’m the 2nd owner and I’ve had it for 5 years. Engine size 440

Thank you for posting. Great color combo IMHO. Link to the ad?

 

[azblackhemi]

That engine bay looks horribly dirty!

 

[Sport Fury 67]

Wonderful color combination. I have always like that darker brown colored leather interior. My auntie had a two door in spinnaker white with the same colored brown vinyl roof.

 

[JYBE]

Seller's description​

This car is in an amazing condition. Doesn’t need any repairs. Everything works perfectly in it. Drives on the road like it’s brand new. I don’t drive it in the winter at all. Stored in a warm garage. I’m the 2nd owner and I’ve had it for 5 years. Engine size 440

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I had a 76 exactly the same as this one, I loved driving that car. Sorry I sold it.

 

[Turbo301]

That engine bay looks horribly dirty!

I'd be too afraid to clean it and damage a wire or flood an electrical connector and cause problems. All of my engine bays look the same for just those reasons .

 

[Turbo301]

Cool seeing the sunroof, but that vinyl top looks of questionable quality. It's peeling in spots, the C-pillar badges are missing, etc. It wouldn't stop me from enjoying it, but it would stop me paying $15k for it.

 

[commando1]

That engine bay looks horribly dirty!

Looks like it caught on fire, OR.....
It was submerged in ocean water.

 

[Turbo301]

Looks like it caught on fire, OR.....
It was submerged in ocean water.

Good heavens, no, that's just how engine bays look. A few years around Ontario roads, even in perfect weather, and they look like that.

 

[amazinblue82]

under hood just looks really dirty IMO ... like its never/rarely had a professional steam cleaning as if at sometime in its history seen winter roads.

the vinyl roof bugs me more ... peeling, shoddy work, badges missing, etc , as previously pointed out.

why would it have, apparently, needed a new roof? when done?

i still really like it tho ... but $ ask/condition/asserted mileage a bit outta line for me. were i a buyer, i'd have to get that all sorted/understood.

hope it find a good home.

 

[marko]

the skirts look darker than the rest of the paint

 

[commando1]

Good heavens, no, that's just how engine bays look. A few years around Ontario roads, even in perfect weather, and they look like that.

No, I don't at that price. It's worth 1/2 of that at the most.

 

[saforwardlook]

No, I don't at that price. It's worth 1/2 of that at the most.

Unfortunately, Stan is correct. Chrysler was on a decade long struggle to make any money and when the Formals were being engineered, the company leaders knew they were on the verge of going broke. So in engineering these vehicles every penny was taken out of the cars that was possible. Instrument panels were just cheesy and cheap, the interior materials overall were of low quality and as noted in the above comments even the vinyl used in the roofs was very thin (Chrysler's NuCarPrep centers in many states tried to get their production models in good enough condition to dealers without so many problems in them so they could even sell them - but there was a big backlash at their NuCarPrep centers because even brand new from the factory, the roofs leaked profusely and the NuCarPrep Centers ended up having to close since they were unable to get them in decent enough shape to sell them).

Also, in terms of emission control systems, in 1975 Federal Emission standards became so strict that vehicles had to employ catalytic converters to enable them to pass emission tests, but Chrysler tried to engineer Lean Burn Systems without catalysts and that system had such horrible driveability that customers came back to dealers for that reason and dealers couldn't fix them. Then when Chrysler found out that they couldn't even pass Federal emission standards without catalysts it was the final straw and they had to add Catalysts in production and retrofit catalysts after the sale for some vehicles. So finally the end had arrived in about 1980 when Chrysler went bankrupt and then Lee Iacocca took over. I also left the company at that point since there was nothing left to salvage of their past heritage.

When I was employed by Chrysler, I was one of the few persons that made an effort to drive the competition from the beginning (1969 was the year I joined them) to see how well Chrysler's vehicles compared to the competition. During the whole time I was there, it was clear that both GM and Ford vehicles were much more refined - they both emphasized quiet interiors and a very smooth ride quality even it it meant more poor handling. The Ford and GM cars also had a/c systems that were much more powerful than the Chrysler systems with their rocking RV2 compressors giving exactly the wrong impression to customers with their noisy/vibrating idle quality that customers did not like. Chrysler vehicles definitely handled better but that is not what most customers wanted. Refinement, quiet and smooth riding vehicles is what most of the public preferred and got from GM and Ford. The poor performing a/c systems in Chrysler products and also their cheap efforts to avoid making larger radiators to reduce overheating in warm climates led to their demise - GM used rotary compressors that were quiet, smooth and large enough to put out much more cold air and used more expensive crossflow radiators to ensure that engines kept cool even under the most adverse conditions. Ford wasn't quite as good but much better than the Chrysler systems.

So the bottom line is that the customer is still king and when the customers are not given what they most demand, the end becomes clear in the long run.

 

[MoPar~Man]

I've reached out to the seller on FB, asked if I can come see the car. He's in my city (London). No response so far.