Any Chrysler C-Body Fans?

[JBL GUY]

Wow, that is a nice Fury III!!

I had a blue 1972 Fury III that I purchased in 1973. I really liked that car and I had for almost 10 years and finally let it go during one of my many moves.

My mother had a 1972 New Yorker and a 1978 New Yorker, both of which I ended up with after I was married. I let the 1972 go and kept the 1978 for a number of years, but again let it go after I lost my wife.

[Jon A.]

Man, that thing is sweet. I prefer the 4-door sedan though.

[captainmoody]

That car is a beauty Doug, it couldn't be in better hands either!

[bgadow]

Hard to get much cleaner!

I've long admired these cars as well. Never owned one, but daydreamed. I remember seeing a two-page magazine ad for a '69 (?) Imperial in dark blue. That was maybe 25 years ago, but the image still sticks in my mind as being one of the classiest cars ever. To my eyes, a Cadillac looks cheap in comparison.

[Jon A.]

Looks like it's low on options, which is the way to have them in my opinion. It makes for a cleaner look.

[captainmoody]

Here's a fixer upper from the movie The Getaway!

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by captainmoody

Here's a fixer upper from the movie The Getaway!

He uses a 1971 Fury I 4-door sedan in The Towering Inferno. Not exactly in line with the type of character he usually played.

On a side note, O.J. Simpson has one of his finest moments in that movie: he rescues a cat, which he places into Fred Astaire's arms at the end.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by JB5pro

I like them for styling and all you get in a true full size car, i like the '69 best, especially in the imperial which i think is basically a newport. A '69 or maybe '71 fury actually had not only headlight doors optional that looked great but also headlight wiper blades with washers for low beams. Did newport offer that? I was surprised all chrysler offered then like electric sunroof and cassette tape recorder with it's own microphone in addition to the great 8track

If you look at all the so-called luxury cars built in the last 40 years, you'll see that they're all a glorified lower end car.
The Lincoln is a fancy Crown Vickie. Look at the General and the junk, they're pushing out with the Cadillac badging!

[drh4683]

I came close to bidding on this '70 Chrysler 300 at a local Mecum auction last year when it was as the Schaumburg Convention Center. I just wasn't in a position to take on another car. Mecum screwed up big and advertised it as a 1970 Newport in the newsletter and also at the auction which is why I believe the car sold for so cheap. But a real Mopar person knew it was a 300 because of the hideaway headlights. The car ended up selling for about $4400.00 with no reserve!

[Username1]

That's a sweet car for $4400. ! ! Looks like tilt wheel, and cruise control....
Actually that's almost a Time Machine price back to '71 also.....
I would expect auction prices to be higher..... Wonder if prices for cars
is coming down a bit..... Maybe there was not a lot of Chrysler stuff
there so it didn't attract a lot of Chrysler enthusiasts....?

As much as I pretty much appreciate all older cars, stuff from Dodge,
Chrysler, Plymouth, really looked extra good to me....

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[Jon A.]

Nice car for sure, but the Fury looks better to me.

I have an inside mirror/bracket assembly just like the one in the Fury (but pulled from a '72 Imperial); now I just need to build a car around it.

[Username1]

I think that is what they do with model "A's", T's, and Mustangs, as the number of them
seems to grow each year - if you regularly go to car shows.....

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[drh4683]

Thanks guys!

Another car on my "want list" would be a '72 Fury III, 4dr HT. Something very unique I like about those, same with the '72 Dodge Polara. It's hard to pick a favorite as I really like all of them.

Here's a few more C body photos. The first is a '73 Fury Gran Coupe which is a friends car in our chapter of the WPC club. The maroon car is another friend with a '70 New Yorker and also a '65 Chrysler Newport. We try and get all of our Mopars together on cruise nights up in Skokie on Thursday nights.

[Jon A.]

The '72 Polara, in my opinion, has the simplest, cleanest design of all of them. This is probably why they were so popular for fleet use.

[captainmoody]

Doug is keeping an eye out for a C-Body wagon.. Now that would be a great find.. Practical for rescuing Zenith Televisions as well!