I just wanted to mention that when I was working with Mike at Performance Car Graphics he was really good to work with in reproducing that particular label for me.
NOT MINE 1971 NY FB 4dr U code
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Do you have a thread on your restoration?
RWCearley
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My restoration thread is my welcome page. You can find it here in Ayilar's post on other U code Chryslers.
1971 Chrysler New Yorker 2dr HT 440 TNT. CH23U1C167133 @RWCearley
1971 Chrysler New Yorker 2dr HT 440 TNT. CH23U1C167133 @RWCearley
Mr C
Senior Member
Sorry, no I don't have any pics of that EBay car or the tag.
Clover
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I ran across a ‘71 U-code four-door Chrysler in a local junkyard, back in the 80s and bought the engine. I don’t remember if it was a NY or a Newport. I sold the engine years ago.
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Here you go..........................
In addition to the FY1 Lemon twist paint color, and the sunroof plus U code engine, the R36 AM/FM stereo plus the transmission hump mounted stereo cassette and CB was a rare option as well. The original owner of the car was a Chrysler dealer in the Los Angeles area and he ordered it new for himself and as dealer demonstrator and he always used a dealer plate on the car and drove it around as his personal car on dealer plates. When he passed away his kids sold his car to me. As such, I became the first registered owner of the car when I bought it from his kids and titled it with the state of California. In the trunk were some original dealer license plate plastic surrounds or holders that are on the car still.
fury fan
Old Man with a Hat
Is there a thread specific to 70-71 U-code cars?
If so, I would put the info from mine in there.
fury fan
Old Man with a Hat
Wow, an intact heat stove on an HP manifold.
That's not often seen.
That's not often seen.
I was out at the seller's property and saw this 71 New Yorker. It was way beyond saving....had significant floor rust, the interior was trashed, and also had fender and quarter rust down low so it looked like it may have spent time in the rust belt somewhere. Had a huge trailer hitch on it. The dual exhaust were still there. definitely just a parts car.
I just couldnt drag this one home.....not looking like that.
My son and I ended up loading up a 1979 Chrysler Newport A38 car (that's the reason we were out there). Got a really fair deal on it and it's very solid being a TX car. With some tinkering he already got it to fire up after a 30+ year slumber.
I just couldnt drag this one home.....not looking like that.
My son and I ended up loading up a 1979 Chrysler Newport A38 car (that's the reason we were out there). Got a really fair deal on it and it's very solid being a TX car. With some tinkering he already got it to fire up after a 30+ year slumber.
Slicktop80
New Member
Texas DPS used Newport A38's in '79. Is it a former marked or unmarked unit?
Too bad the New Yorker is so rough. In that color combo with all those options, it must have been quite the looker!
Too bad the New Yorker is so rough. In that color combo with all those options, it must have been quite the looker!
It's marked.....still in what's left of the Black&White paint scheme. Unfortunately a previous owner heavily sanded off where the decals would have been on the doors so we can't see what it said at one time.
330dTA
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In Finland there was a black 4d Sedan with a black vinyl roof, CH41U1C154892, which was originally ordered by the Finnish oil company Neste as their company flagship car. Contrary to the custom back in the day, it was a car which was loaded with options. The U-code engine blew up in the eighties (they say the crank broke down), and was replaced with a regular T-code. It is still around, in a battered state. The guy who owns it, is supposedly refreshing it up to make it roadworthy. - Sorry, I don’t have any photos of it.
Then there were two Newport Custom four door Sedans, CE41U1C134722 and CE41U1C134723, both TX9 black plane jane cars with no other options beside the U-code engine and rear window defogger. (All Chryslers imported to Finland got PS, PB, and front disk brakes as ”standard” equipment.) They were originally ordered as company cars by Tampella, a big metal factory which used to make artillery and such.
Both of those cars are still around, in battered state. Both U-code engines are long gone. Number ”2” has a Chevy 350 in it (poor thing). Number ”3” has not been on the road since 2007. I do not know it’s whereabouts.
330dTA
Senior Member
It might have been. I’ll try to find out. It has been with a single owner since it was sold in auction in the ’80’s.
330dTA
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Correct. - The former Finnish presidential limo, CH41U1C252427 (in active duty 1972-1979), was built as a limo by a Swedish coachbuilder ”Heinel Karosserifabrik” in late 1971. It was delivered to the presidential office on 14.1.1972, and taken in active duty on 1.3.1972. It is X9 Black Sedan with the optional H3A6 broadcloth interior in light blue, and as said was stretched by 30 inches (763 mm) by the Heinel coachbuilders.
There is a dividing wall between the driver and the passenger compartment, with a dividing power window operable from both front and back. The weight of the vehicle went up by 1750 lbs (800 kg) because of the conversion, so the suspension has been beefed up, too.
Besides the U-code engine it came from the factory with most of the options available at the time: Power Windows, Power Vents, Power Seats up front, Power Deck Lid release, Power Door Locks, Tilt n’ Telescope Steering Wheel with Rimblow Wheel, Rear Seat Heater and Rear Window Defogger, Air Conditioning (with separate systems for front and rear compartments, built by Heinel), Automatic Speed Control, AM-FM Radio with Stereo Cassette Player (with the Cassette Player and Recording Unit installed in the rear compartment) and Stereo Rear Seat Speakers, Power Antenna, Safeguard Sentinel Lighting, and Deep Dish Wheelcovers. Heinel installed a pair of retractable safety belts for the rear seat passengers, an item which was not available from the factory at the time, but already a standard feature in Swedish cars like Volvo.
The car has been with its collector owner since 1991, when he bought it from the President’s office. It had 71 thousand km at the time (42 thou mls). Today it has about 84 K km (52 K mls), and it is still in showroom condition.
330dTA
Senior Member
There are several anecdotes regarding that limo. President Kekkonen, born in 1900 (in office 1956-1981) did not own a driver’s licence, but he had been driving Harley Davidson motorcycles in his youth, and he liked moving fast. There were several occasions where he had been travelling in a convoy, usually led by a police car, perhaps a gallant Valiant going as fast as it could at perhaps 100 mph, when president Kekkonen grew tired in crawling, and told his driver to step on it. Who would, respectfully, try to refuse, on the grounds that it was a narrow two-lane, and they were already going quite fast. ”I’m the one here who decides what speed is enough. Now floor it.” Which the poor driver had to do, passing the lead car, and leaving it to eat the dust.
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