Any Chrysler C-Body Fans?
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

THe 71 imperial had headlight wipers too. My 73s had mounting points for them behind the headlight doors, but they were not listed on the list of options in the factory brochure.

I've always been a fan of '69-'73 C-body Mopars. Here is my 1971 Plymouth Fury III. I bought it in August, 2013. All original survivor with a 318. The original owner drove it sparingly from 1971 thru 1984 when he passed away. After that, the car sat in his widows garage untouched for the next 30 years.

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Doug has a Time Machine ! ! ! Doug has a Time Machine ! ! ! Doug has a Time
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The inside is sooo clean he must drive it with fuzzy slippers on.....

I'd like to stumble on a deal like that for like a '71 4 door Dart A/C 6cyl. Auto...

I remember seeing a lot of those, but not with the rubber bumper guard
under the headlights..... Nice clock too.....

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We gotta stop letting you have coffee....

That is one serious drool inducer you've got there Doug. I wish my 78' Lincoln Mark V was as clean as your Plymouth....Although I think my odometer is still a bit lower...

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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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! :scratch2:

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!


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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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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. :)

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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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.

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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.

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!

Yes, I would enjoy having a C-body wagon! Almost impossible to find a clean survivor today.

Here's a few more C-body photos. The Chicago Police department always used Mopars too. Here's a few Dodge Polara examples in order; '71, '72, and '73. They of course wouldn't be complete without the Motorola Motran UHF transceivers!

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I bought a '71 Plymouth Custom Surburban, new in August 1971. It had most of the options except power seats and windows. It just wasn't one of their better efforts. All kinds of pesky little problems, I managed to repair myself. Wasn't a practical car, for mostly city driving, as it had a 383 big block. I drove it for six years and 80K miles and it went to the junk yard. It shot a timing chain and was vandlized, where it was parked.
I replaced it with a base model '74 Plymouth Satellite wagon with 30K miles. That car was totally different! Very little went wrong with it in the 95K miles I put on it myself.
I still have two Mopars, so it didn't sour me too bad. :thmbsp:

I have the Motran UHF transceiver from '69.. Just need the Polara to go around it.. LOL!

Gotta love the Mars Skybolt light bars (and the Federal Signal model 11s used in Walking Tall). I really like those with the two-color vertically-striped beacon lenses.

I really like the 1969-73 C-Bodies. Among them. the 1970 Sport Fury GT coupe would be my favorite model but I'd be happy with a Sport Fury hardtop coupe or hardtop sedan! The first V8-powered car I ever started when I was a kid was my aunt's 1973 Fury III hardtop coupe. I never owned one but a few years ago, I drove a friend's low mileage (I think it had 14,000 miles!) 1972 Fury III 4 door hardtop for over an hour.

I'd also like a 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst.

As for NewYorkers/Newports, I'm a big fan of the 1974-78 models with the full width taillamps.

Here's the 1972 Fury III that my friend had.

Who could forget the famous Bluesmobile? Just before it came the police cars from CHiPs which were virtually identical, the main difference being their Federal Signal TwinSonic light bars.

Wonder how many Bluesmobiles got eaten up for the movie ?

Thirteen I believe.

That Chicago PD cruiser's Mars light getting smashed by the Bluesmobile's rear wheel was no accident. The stunt driver was bribed into trying to do it.

1974 though and the next generation body style.

Had a 1970 Fury III 2 dr. htp, and 1972 and 73 Polara 4 door htps. I think the 69's looked the cleanest, Plymouth, Dodge, or Chrysler. I think the 69 Monaco 2 door htp. is my favorite.

I had to look it up.....

Turns out the blues brothers 1980 movie had a relatively low body count
on the dead car movie list.....

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103 old 1974 or so Dodge Monaco's for the original.....

"" 103 cars were wrecked during filming, a world record at that time. This feat was exceeded two years later, when 150 cars (and a plane) were crashed for H.B. Halicki's The Junkman (1982). That record in turn held for two decades, until over 300 cars were wrecked during the filming of The Matrix Reloaded ""

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"" CBS/Landov

Over seven seasons, the General Lee went airborne more than 150 times. Although it seemed fine on screen, the General rarely survived a jump. Warner Brothers totaled an average of two Chargers per episode. By the time filming ended, an estimated 300 Chargers had starred as the General Lee. What happened to all those cars?

WB salvaged the most beat-up vehicles. Mechanics saved the doors, the rebel-flagged roof, and engine parts, which were cannibalized by future Generals. The car’s wrecked remains were then sent to a junkyard crusher, where it was crumpled beyond recognition. An estimated 75 to 220 Chargers went to the car yard in the sky this way.

Chargers that weren’t as badly damaged often became props, called “bucks.” Mechanics rebuilt and repainted the battle-scarred autos, which reappeared as town or chase cars. By the end of each season, these Chargers also retired to a car graveyard.

When Dukes' Nielsen ratings sunk in 1986, CBS pulled the show. Warner Brothers abandoned 18 General Lees at the set, and the cars gathered dust for five years. In 1991, WB sold 17 of those cars to private owners.""

http://mentalfloss.com/article/30999...-dukes-hazzard

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