Any Chrysler C-Body Fans?

[captainmoody]

I always liked the '69-'73 Chrysler Newports.. Went through a few of them in the early 80's..
I have two now, a '69 and a '72.
The '69 is special to me, as I always saw it parked in the driveway or garage of the house we used to pass by when I was young.
For some reason, I always admired it, and wanted to get one when I grew up.
41 years later, I ended up with the very car!
I am the third owner, the second bought it from the widow of the original.
Oddly, the second owner bought it because he used to see it as well when passing by on the way to school.. He got it with 70k on the clock and put on only 3k more.
He stopped using it, and stored it in a pole barn from 1994 to 2011, I cleaned out the fuel lines and tank, changed the fluids, and the old girl started up and runs fine!
Both the '69 and '72 were Jefferson built.

[quaddriver]

In one of my issues of 'Classic Trains' mag, is a photo of 86' 3 tier auto racks packed with these....brand new. I would love to go back in time and get them and move them to know - id win every demo derby for life....those were built like tanks. Tanks I tell you.

[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.

[DavGoodlin]

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.

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.

[DavGoodlin]

Doug's interior on the '71 Sport Fury was a flashback to my first car, a '73 Fury II with a 400 (B-block bored-out 383) 2 barrel Holley not-their-best-work carb, 727 with stand-alone trans cooler and green-green-green colors.
After getting a '68 Mustang, I missed the bulletproof nature and TV-hauling utility of the beast and found one 2 months older with the 440-4V U-code RB block as my winter driver, an red fire chiefs car with Fury I police trim. That monster moved me to TX, where I had it painted white traded it on a 72 Grand Prix. My last MoPar then remained in the land of no more rust to live out its days...

If I ever found another full size of this carline, I would be very happy with the 318 or 360 "LA" small block with the Carter super-simple 2 barrel carburetor. Those beastly B-RB engines were more than enough on the highway and much much more fussy in cold-damp weather shlepping-around drive. And dont forget the leaking rear main bearing oil seals on big blocks was an infernal PITA also. .

I do not think that Chrysler started offering the 360 LA block in C-bodies until the 1974 models, but that was enough engine for sure.

[captainmoody]

Doug just got a low mile original '72 Fury.. Let's see if he posts some pics!

[AUdubon5425]

I had a '66 Newport for almost twenty years. Sold it when my first child was on the way about a year after I lost covered storage for it. A guy three streets over bought it and hasn't really done much with it except put it in a few movies. It had a 383, power steering, air and manual drum brakes, which never were great performers.



From the "Dallas Buyers Club"

[CoogarXR]

My wife had a 65 Fury with the slant-6 for her daily driver not too long ago. We sold it maybe 5 years ago. It was a good ol' car. Nice one-pinky steering, it just floated down the road.

[Jon A.]

I'd like to have a 1972 Dodge Polara made to look like the sheriff patrol cars in the original Walking Tall.

[Olorin67]

in high school a friends family had a 73 new yorker and 2 73 imperials went on a few trips in those.
I eventually ended up with the Imperials which i drove through college.
now I have a 69 Newport.. its 1300 lbs lighter than my 73 imperial. one of the imperials had every option available, except the sunroof. It had 4 wheel antilock brakes, rear air, and automatic headlights.
Another college friend had a 73 Newport- we used to go railfanning in that all the time, even when it was -20F we would chase trains from Milwaukee to green bay.

[captainmoody]

I worked on several Imperials through the years for friends, but was never allowed to have one. (Only Detroit UAW employees can purchase and own one..) (LOL! Inside joke!) Another favorite of mine was the '73 New Yorker.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Olorin67

Another college friend had a 73 Newport- we used to go railfanning in that all the time, even when it was -20F we would chase trains from Milwaukee to green bay.

Hopefully it fared better than the 1971 Pontiac LeMans in The French Connection.

[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

[captainmoody]

I haven't looked at any of the sales brochures for that year, maybe only for models with the hidden headlight option? If anyone would know, it would be Carmine!

[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!