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Originally Posted by Sandy G
My Uncle Karl & late Aunt Susan had a '73 4dr Newport. It was that "Goldenrod" color. As well as I remember, it gave very good service. Seems like they had it til about '79 or so. Don't remember what motor it had, I would guess it had the 360.
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A friend in Dallas had the same '73 non-metallic goldenrod Newpie, with a 400-2 barrel and 65K miles, 30+ years ago when they were plentiful. Got it at the "we tote the note" car lot with half-a-paycheck down. It did run well as I recall.
A roommate from upstate NY had his mom's 74 Dark Blue Newpie for a while, he claimed that running hotter plugs in the 400 kept it from fouling plugs and hogging gas as usual.
Also, I recall that in tech school, a girl from Georgia had a metallic burnt-orange 1972 New Yorker, with the large taillights and chrome bar inserts. Reminiscent of a B52's song "got me a chrysler that seats about twenty..."
Just a guess that MoPars ran better in hotter-drier climates.