NOT MINE 1973 Chrysler Newport 2dr - $3,500 (York) PA

[coco]

Is this saveable ? must have looked amazing when new

1973 Chrysler Newport for sale - York, PA - craigslist

For sale is a 1973 Chrysler Newport , 2 door . This car is sold As-Is , does not run . This Chrysler is 8 cylinder , automatic transmission , power steering , power brakes , and air condition . This...

york.craigslist.org

 

[Marv]

@Lycidias you should go for it and drive your neighbors crazy

 

[ayilar]

Thank you for posting CL23M3C131616 -- It looks like there is water ingress into the driver's compartment, I see some puzzling surface rust on the sides of the trunk, and I see some rust in an important areas (highlight below), but @71Polara383 can probably comment on whether this JB1 Newport 2dr can be saved.

 

[71Polara383]

Sure it can be saved. Assuming the stub is the worst of the rust, and you are willing. Sub replacement isn't too difficult, just time and space consuming.

Looks like the rear window may be leaking too.

If I were after it, I would source a stub frame and plan the swap. Regasket/paint the engine. Rebuild the front suspension. And the front of the car should last another 50 years.

 

[Big_John]

Definitely savable. In fact, I think I could make a pretty good argument for fixing what's there with some fresh steel. The torsion bar section forward doesn't look too bad and really that's just the body mount.

Of course, the right way would be to replace the stub frame.

 

[amazinblue82]

Even my decrepit a** is more where @71Polara383 & @Big_John are as to saveability. Unless this one after you get into it, you start finding other stuff (e.g., if the water in the driver floor is NOT coming from where we think?).

I aint a player here at any price, but this one appears mechanically salvageable with reasonable effort in skilled hands.

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ASIDE:

TO ME, this one may fail MY personal "acquisition cost vs investment (to make a driver) ratio". My formula for 40 years, right or wrong. I have violated it, but try not to.

Example I like that ratio to be equal/less than about 0.25 (meaning agreed upon price plus transport divided by driver quality investment level equals .25 or less.

I am cool with whatever sellers want, and what I wanna do after I buy is none of their concern (I dont beat them down cuz of what I wanna do after i buy). If we (me and seller) dont agree, cool, we just respectfully move on to the next deal.

So, TO ME, a watcher not a player here, for THIS one I'd pay $2,500 to put a roof over its head for a decade, and UP TO $10,000 in body/mechanicals to make a nice driver, and turn the detailers (my low-skilled guys/gals who work for pizzas) loose on it to clean it up.

Is it worth more/less than $2,500 as it sits? Dunno, dont care. Thats my come-to-the-party/go-home-without-it number, all things considered - if I were a player and again I am NOT.

I DO hope it finds a good home in any event.

 

[Big_John]

Is it worth more/less than 2,500? Dunno, dont care.

I think $2500 is a good number for this one.

 

[Lycidias]

@Lycidias you should go for it and drive your neighbors crazy

If it's 2500$ in Germany I would like to have this one for spare parts, not to save it. Parking it on my ground in front of the house "in the green" so my neighbours have to look at it every day

 

[cuda hunter]

CL23M3C131616

Good looking car. Savable.

 

[cuda hunter]

M&M Inc of York
2875 East Prospect Rd
York , Pa 17402

717-755-3841

 

[cuda hunter]

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