For Sale 73 New Yorker-Auction-estimate 12-16k
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
It will hit 75 hundred and die there.
No Sale. Next on the block is....
No Sale. Next on the block is....
- Said to have been ordered and owned by a Chrysler executive
That'll get it to $16k easy! LOL!
polara71
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The Auburn Labor day auction is a must see for every car guy
I know a guy that sold this 30K mile example in Europe within one week last month for 12.5K, and others there were saying he should have asked for more. You just can't get that kind of $$ here in the U.S. The folks in Europe like C bodies much more than the folks here in the U.S. because they are more discerning about what a good car really is. They like the B & E bodies too, but they don't shun the C bodies like the "follow the pack herd mentality" of the guys here. And the Europeans also realize that low mileage, mint condition vehicles just can't keep coming out of the woodwork any more. I saw that blue one in person, and I have rarely had the feeling of really being transported back in time as with that car perhaps more than any other I have experienced in the last 10 years. The gleam to everything and the smell were like it was in a showroom 45 years ago. Really a funny feeling it was that nice. The blue one that sold was about as nice as this one for sale in the auction it appears:
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
The American market and European market are vastly, vastly different. To say Americans don't care is not accurate. More accurate is that Americans have grown up with these cars and seen these cars over many years and so they don't register all that much. Pretty typical response to something that is in abundance that one takes it for granted. Then there is the fact that how we perceive the price of gas to how they do is also vastly different. No one here wants to pay $3 a gallon and is conditioned to that while over there they are conditioned to have always paid much more. Demographically people under 40 could pretty much care less while over there they see things differently which has been the case for a long time.
On the other hand the average European had to be satisfied with smaller cars with their typically small engines. To get a V8 or V12 one needed to spend some very serious coin on a European car that was out of reach for most. However, the desire to have a big V8 car would seem to be universal and with steadily improving economies, over the last 30 years, Europeans can now get their desire fulfilled. When I was there in 1976 most of the cars I saw in Sweden happen to have been left there by Americans. Almost none imported like today. One can still see many American cars around the old Clark Air Base in the Philippines to this day. Airmen headed home and sold their car before leaving. Many US bases in Western Europe back in the 60's and 70's.
So to say that they are more discriminating in their taste isn't it. With the increased value of the Euro over time many can now indulge in a long pent up desire. That is driving a big V8 car and cost be damned. What better representative is there than an American full size? Those guys like cars as much as us and can now expand their range. Just read some of the stuff that the fellow who does Curbside Classics. He moved over here from Austria around 10 or so, in the 60's, and was just fascinated by all the big American cars. He was always disappointed when his father bought a frugal smaller car. Plus they haven't forgotten their roots as I had a friend who imported older Porsches, BMWs, and Mercedes back to Europe because all theirs from the 70's were pretty much gone from the roads.
On the other hand the average European had to be satisfied with smaller cars with their typically small engines. To get a V8 or V12 one needed to spend some very serious coin on a European car that was out of reach for most. However, the desire to have a big V8 car would seem to be universal and with steadily improving economies, over the last 30 years, Europeans can now get their desire fulfilled. When I was there in 1976 most of the cars I saw in Sweden happen to have been left there by Americans. Almost none imported like today. One can still see many American cars around the old Clark Air Base in the Philippines to this day. Airmen headed home and sold their car before leaving. Many US bases in Western Europe back in the 60's and 70's.
So to say that they are more discriminating in their taste isn't it. With the increased value of the Euro over time many can now indulge in a long pent up desire. That is driving a big V8 car and cost be damned. What better representative is there than an American full size? Those guys like cars as much as us and can now expand their range. Just read some of the stuff that the fellow who does Curbside Classics. He moved over here from Austria around 10 or so, in the 60's, and was just fascinated by all the big American cars. He was always disappointed when his father bought a frugal smaller car. Plus they haven't forgotten their roots as I had a friend who imported older Porsches, BMWs, and Mercedes back to Europe because all theirs from the 70's were pretty much gone from the roads.
Golden Banana
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We all want a piece of 'The American Dream' we HAVE to buy that over here ...... A way for us to switch off from all the b*****it and take our minds to a better place! ....what better way than in a big ole Chrysler!
I look at the euro jap crap you can buy new here at £10,000 plus and compare that to a low mileage $10,000 Chrysler and i could still ship it in and have change for a full tank of gas! ....just!
I just dont have 10,000 of any currency at the moment lol!
I look at the euro jap crap you can buy new here at £10,000 plus and compare that to a low mileage $10,000 Chrysler and i could still ship it in and have change for a full tank of gas! ....just!
I just dont have 10,000 of any currency at the moment lol!
Wile E Coyote
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I'd like it better without the repaint. Looks like they took 5-gallons of ArmorAll to the whole thing. Odometer has rolled over 100k too... the shimmer of white above the first digit is a tell-tale sign. Moving on....
You clearly have a better understanding of the dynamics of C bodies compared to B or E bodies than the rest of us, even here in the U.S. and how they play out in the rest of the world.
Could we see some of your cars? I can't recall seeing any before.
That would be great.
polara66hardtop
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I have made a few half hearted efforts at selling my 67' New Yorker. But When I drive the Polara, I forget all about it. C Bodies are great cars.
Very sturdy, smooth, and reliable. Which is why we love them. And they aren't $25,000 Dollars!
Very sturdy, smooth, and reliable. Which is why we love them. And they aren't $25,000 Dollars!
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
American Dream hit the nail on the head. We have had it all these past years as exemplified by the big American car. Move up from a Plymouth to a Chrysler or from a Chevrolet up to a Buick and show the world you are on your way up. The American Dream.
I can completely understand your attraction to the American Dream and to have a piece of it. Only today there are maybe less than 0.0001% in the U.S. who see these cars as they were in the 60's and 70's. Probably the same in the UK. No surprise as the American Dream is going to be interpreted differently by each succeeding generation. New in and old out has been more of the American way. That is one thing I like about Europeans in that you value your old history, such buildings, more than we do.
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