NOT MINE 1955 Chrysler new yorker 2 door HT $7,500 Listed a day ago in Pioneertown, CA

[marty mopar]

PLEASE READ. LISTING FOR A ELDERLY FELLA.1955 Chrysler New Yorker. 2 door coupe. Hemi car numbers matching engine and trans car last ran Nov 2023 when parked had gas tank removed to have cleaned out but has not been reinstalled. The interior is very very clean for its age was reupholstered over 20 years ago but still looks great. Has alot extra parts that with the car new light lenses some trim pieces nothing missing just needs to be reinstalled. Some of the chrome is pitted but its original 50+ year old chrome. Brakes worked well when parked as it was driven to the location its parked. Wount tale much to get on the road. NO RUST ON THE BODY OR Underneath paint is flaking off in spots. $7,500 obo. Title in hand.

 

[azblackhemi]

How 'bout a link there Marty?

 

[crv]

There you go: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker

 

[azblackhemi]

If I was looking for a nice easy project I'd be all over this one. With a brand new shiny two tone paint job she'd be sharp!

 

[amazinblue82]

Not a a player here, but reasonable ask for what it appears to be an "easy" project like @azblackhemi says.

bummer I'd have to move it nearly coast-to-coast (2,500 miles), which is $2 grand on top of whatever it transacts at. Crikey!

BUT, more practically, I dont know these cars (other than buses, nothing in the fleet older than 1965), and how much "unobtainium" is on them. EZ projects? great. "sinkholes"? --- nah, no more at my age.

hope it finds a good home.

 

[57fury440]

That looks like a nice car for the asking price.

 

[crv]

Seems to be little interest in these early to mid-'50s Chryslers.

 

[noah300g]

Not a a player here, but reasonable ask for what it appears to be an "easy" project like @azblackhemi says.

bummer I'd have to move it nearly coast-to-coast (2,500 miles), which is $2 grand on top of whatever it transacts at. Crikey!

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BUT, more practically, I dont know these cars (other than buses, nothing in the fleet older than 1965), and how much "unobtainium" is on them. EZ projects? great. "sinkholes"? --- nah, no more at my age.

hope it finds a good home.

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I restored a 55 C300 as a year of birth car, and learned the following-
55 is 6V positive ground electrics, kingpin and coil spring front suspension, 2 speed Powerflite transmission, and a one year only master cylinder/booster for brakes.
By 1957, Chrysler had 12V neg ground electrics, ball joint and torsion bar suspension, 3 speed Torqueflite transmission, and a master cylinder/booster assembly that was more common from 57 to 61. A lot of stuff happened between 55 and 57 to make a more modern automobile.

 

[commando1]

Seems to be little interest in these early to mid-'50s Chryslers.

Those that had interest in these are dying off.

 

[ayilar]

Those that had interest in these are dying off.

I am alive and well. The 1955-1956 Chryslers are the very cars that first got me interested in the brand. But now that we’re well past the time when they first were on the road, I won’t get one — for the reasons that @noah300g pointed out.

 

[noah300g]

I am alive and well. The 1955-1956 Chryslers are the very cars that first got me interested in the brand. But now that we’re well past the time when they first were on the road, I won’t get one — for the reasons that @noah300g pointed out.

Indeed. When I restored my previous 55 C300, it was because it was the first year for the 'Letter Car' 300, and it was a year of birth car for me as well, and it was back in 1992. Even then, the first 300 was already a 37 year old car that was a bit past its prime (which made it cheap to acquire), and I had tons of energy and enthusiasm as a 37 year old myself. Parts availability was already getting scarce, but still a lot easier than it is today, some 32 more years later. When I was 37, a 69 year old car would have been something built in 1925, which I would have had absolutely no interest in. That is the main issue with all cars of the 'golden age' of the mid fifties and even up to the early 70's. Many younger car people in their 30's never got a chance to see these cars roaming the streets when they were kids. They were looking at cars of the 80's and 90's in their 'youth'. As of next year, the AACA will start recognizing cars built in the year 2000 as 'antiques' and eligible for their shows. Crazy! Now I know how those Model A and Model T guys felt when everyone was looking at 55 T-birds and 57 Chevys at the car shows in the 70's and 80's instead of the cars they brought to the show. ;-)
If anyone had asked me in 1980 if I was ever going to be excited about owning a 63 year old or 54 year old car (which my 61 300G and my 70 Hurst are now), my gut instinct would have been to say, 'No way!'. Time marches on. Get what you really like and enjoy, and pay no attention to the 'market', unless you're only in it as a speculator and not a fan.