For Sale 1987 New Yorker

[tbm3fan]

Just something so wrong about a 4 cylinder New Yorker


http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/4759152455.html

Here folks, we have an extremely rare classic New Yorker that is about to be junked. And it would be such a waste of such a good classic, luxurious economy K-car of the 1980s. It is being junked for two silly reasons. The owner thinks it won't pass smog (not true), and a leaky radiator (well fix it). It also needs a new back window. Other than that, the car runs, drives, and is all there. It has only 134,000 original miles. It needs a new home and someone that will appreciate it, use it as a classic daily driver, or bring it to car shows. It has leather interior, digital dash, and gets 25mpg. California is offering $1000 to destroy another classic car. This car is for sale for $500. It is worth $4000 according to classic car guide in mint condition. For the contact, register at the link below. Copy the link below into your computer browser, click it, scroll to the bottom of that page, and give us a little information.

http://kcarsforsale.weebly.com/california-only.html

And remember, if you buy this car, join the Chrysler K-Car Club at www.chryslerkcar.com. We know the secrets to prevent these cars from overheating. Overheating was a problem back in the 1980s. They are cheap fixes, like drill the thermostat Mr. Mechanic. If interested, you will be connected to the CoPart ad with bidding guidelines.

 

[commando1]

Not to worry. It's not really a New Yorker.
The only people they fooled were people like my father.

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[70bigblockdodge]

That's a classic alright.

 

[68Bigred]

My god, my parents had 2 K cars. 1983 reliant wagon and then a 86 wagon (both were strictly winter cars). I used to be so embarrased to drive them and that is considering my car was a 83 Renault Alliance! We called them weenie wagons. My step-mother smashed the 83 on purpose because she hated it. My father punshished her by buying the 86 to replace it. I remember it almost caused them to get divorced, we still laugh about the day he presented her with the 86, first and only time I heard her use the F word. She didnt come out of her room all weekend. Thing is he got suck with it and she took his 79 olds tornado winter car becuase it was alot nicer. Ah the days of that knocking 2.2L engine. After that they started buying new cars every 2-3 years and dropped the whole winter car thing.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Winter cars in Austin tx.?

 

[classicfan1]

"Just something so wrong about a 4 cylinder New Yorker"...do you have any idea what the big land barges were doing to Chrysler in the 1970s? The 4 bangers saved the company! WE ALL need to remember that car companies DO NOT cater to "car guys". they never have and NEVER will. The people that keep them in business are the general public and that is how it will always be. Muscle cars were what the public wanted in the 60s, so they built muscle cars. Economy cars were what people wanted in the 70s, so they tried to build economy cars and failed miserably. People wanted reliable, efficient cars in the 80s so car companies tried to do just that and Chrysler did pretty damn good job considering they paid off their loan debt 7 years early with these.

To somebody in their 20s and 30s, this IS a classic car, it's old and it's what they grew up with. Nostalgia is what fuels the car hobby now, like it or not. People want the cars they remember or wanted when they were young. It could be a car their parents had or they drooled over as a teenager in the show room. Perhaps it was their first car and that has a memory that never goes away.

Besides, what do you expect younger people to restore when the previous generation CRUSHED all the old A, B, C, and E Bodies back when they were just "used old cars", like this New Yorker? Now you can't restore a "traditional classic" without blowing at least $10,000 to have the engine and trans rebuilt to make it drive, not to mention the thousands more to replace all the worn out cosmetic stuff and rusted out sheet metal! You can't go to junkyards anymore and find parts for those older cars much less BUY a complete one that is fixable. Big brother laws have ended that practice!

I try not to bash younger people for fixing up a car from the 70s or 80s. It could be worse. They could be the stereo typical hipster out doing drugs. The cars you mock and smash today could be the next $100,000 classic in the future.

And before I'm dismissed as a 20-something with his head up his butt...remember...there was a time when '58 Dodges and Plymouths were lemon cars that cost Chrysler millions in repairs and they all were thrown away by the 70s. The movie "Christine" saved what few survived. Big block muscle cars were DRIVEN to junkyards because they were worthless gas guzzlers in 1973-1978.

 

[classicfan1]

Personally, I find the talking Mopars from this era intriguing. The only ones worth any money now are the LeBaron convertibles, with nice ones hitting around $7,000-$14,000. They aren't big money cars like the poster claims. I know who is posting that ad and he gives people from turbododge.com a bad name. I remember reading somewhere that this guy found a woman driving a Plymouth Reliant and he chased her down just to give her a flier about his little K-Car Club...weird kid. He was actually banned from the turbododge, L-Body, and K-Body car collectors forums. I think he was also banned from AllPar.

 

[AceofSpades]

I've seen quite a few of these when growing up and even then I found them hideous.

 

[tbm3fan]

To somebody in their 20s and 30s, this IS a classic car, it's old and it's what they grew up with. Nostalgia is what fuels the car hobby now, like it or not. People want the cars they remember or wanted when they were young. It could be a car their parents had or they drooled over as a teenager in the show room. Perhaps it was their first car and that has a memory that never goes away.

Besides, what do you expect younger people to restore when the previous generation CRUSHED all the old A, B, C, and E Bodies back when they were just "used old cars", like this New Yorker? Now you can't restore a "traditional classic" without blowing at least $10,000 to have the engine and trans rebuilt to make it drive, not to mention the thousands more to replace all the worn out cosmetic stuff and rusted out sheet metal! You can't go to junkyards anymore and find parts for those older cars much less BUY a complete one that is fixable. Big brother laws have ended that practice!

I try not to bash younger people for fixing up a car from the 70s or 80s. It could be worse. They could be the stereo typical hipster out doing drugs. The cars you mock and smash today could be the next $100,000 classic in the future.

And before I'm dismissed as a 20-something with his head up his butt...remember...there was a time when '58 Dodges and Plymouths were lemon cars that cost Chrysler millions in repairs and they all were thrown away by the 70s. The movie "Christine" saved what few survived. Big block muscle cars were DRIVEN to junkyards because they were worthless gas guzzlers in 1973-1978.

Actually my two nephews, who grew up around cars, think those cars are junk. One nephew had a 67 Cougar but lost interest in it and now views a car as basic transport. The other nephew thinks the mid-80's Camaros are nice. So that car I mocked above is a car that is not going anywhere especially in California and especially with the under 35 year age group. One the smog law means those 76 and newer need to be tested every two years. First, these cars won't be easy to pass out here. I have a 91 Mazda 626 and the egr valve is unavailable now. Second, I don't know about other states but in my region tech rules and these cars aren't tech and they aren't the coolest thing.

 

[classicfan1]

It could depend on the state you live in. California often as tastes that are all their own though. There's quite a few people in the Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky areas who have restored Mopars from this era, but most of them or L-Bodies, or convertibles and wagons. Cars like the one is question are regarded as grandma cars. Many people, even older collectors, in the muscle car world look at all the 60s and 70's big body American cars as grandma cars. From Imperials and Dodge Monacos to Mercury Montegos and Chevrolet Caprices!

The general public views this no differently. The difference between this car the large V8 mopars on this site are just that: the size and the engine. The typical car guy with a '67 Camaro won't view either vehicle differently.

Don't get me wrong, I love any old car. I especially love one that either goes fast OR I sit in and spoils me rotten as I feel like I'm floating on air. But I'm just trying to point out the hypocrisy in this thread. We mock a 1987 Chrysler New Yorker that most car people think of as an old man's car and yet we care for and restore a 1977 New Yorker Brougham?

 

[78Brougham]

I bought a LeBaron convertible brand new in 82... first convertible Chrysler made since the early 70s. I loved it, I also owned an 87 T&C that was a great car. The cars served their purpose in mopar history, it is what it is, could have been worse...

 

[53ryder]

Hey, I'll take a mid to late 80's Chrysler Town & Country Station Wagon, even with the fake wood.

Glenn