For Sale '73 New Yorker for sale from estate, save it from the derby

[The Moffittman]

Hi all,

Two years ago, I helped a hundred year old lady when I put rear door glass in her New Yorker. She's just passed, and her grandson has offered me first right of refusal on the car. It's a green four door, the 440 runs, the trans wants the car to move, but the brakes are stuck. I managed to move it under it's own power when I put the glass in. There's minimal rust, the interior is in great shape, but there's a huge swipe down the driver's side where some mouth breathing snow plow driver hit it years ago. The car is in Gore, VA on the eastbound side of rt. 50, you can't miss it. I'm going to look at it on Monday, and get photos. They only want a couple of hundred for it.. $140 on Rock Auto rebuilds the entire brake system... Somebody needs to snap this up before some knuckle dragger smashes up a bunch of good parts in a saveable car at a demo derby, which is the only other option for this thing in this area. Anybody want it? I've already got eight cars, in a two car garage and a shared driveway with my neighbor.. Another twenty foot land mass would be pushing it.

Matt

 

[commando1]

Thank you for your efforts in trying to save it.

 

[The Moffittman]

I don't even mind if somebody gets it and parts it out so it can keep other cars on the road. I just won't see it go to some meathead demo derby who's going to smash up a bunch of useable body panels and redline a perfectly good 440 with a crunched up radiator for 45 minutes, after they rip out and throw away an interior that's nicer than any I've had in any of my cars.. I really despise it. It's such a sadness

 

[78Brougham]

Put some pics on here somebody will save it!

 

[saylor]

if we all chip in 5 bucks and buy it, where do we keep it? nicks tent?

 

[The Moffittman]

 

[polara71]

I want it but Id only part it

 

[Mr C]

I don't see any cracks in that steering wheel...remarkable if true.

 

[streetmachine]

Wait a second how much do they want?

 

[commando1]

Wait a second how much do they want?

they only want a couple of hundred for it.

.

 

[Samplingman]

Someone can bring this back to life for few bucks. It's got cruise and AC!

 

[Badvert65]

PM sent.

 

[The Moffittman]

Update:

I bought the damned thing for $500. I went out there with a fresh battery, primed the oil pump, turned the key, and it fired after twenty seconds. It mosquito fogged four lanes of rural highway for ten minutes, but settled right into an idle. After it warmed up, I put it in gear, and it tried to move... Same with reverse. I rocked it between gears, got it out of it's ruts (3" deep). It was rolling backwards, I hit the brakes and it stopped, and had a good pedal. When I let off the pedal, it rolled again. I drove it the twelve miles to my house. It did seventy on the highway, the tires aren't flat spotted because it sat in rounded out dirt ruts, it didn't overheat, the cruise control worked, and it was happy to run on the varnish in the tank. I've had it for a month, gave it a tune up, put in two tail lights, changed the oil (the sticker in the window was due in 2001, but the oil was clean) and it's running decently.. The master cylinder and one wheel cylinder are weeping just a little, I've bought the parts to overhaul everything anyway. It's got 74,xxx miles, the shocks are good, the seats are great, and everything works except for the A/C and the rear defroster. It drives better than half the crap I've ever owned, and it lived in a field for ten years.. It's got four pinholes in the driver's floor, no rust in the trunk, and only a little swiss cheese in the quarters. I threw a deep charge on the battery (was disconnected for years) dated '06, and it starts strong now. I'll probably overhaul the Thermoquad in a couple of months if running clean gas through it doesn't resolve it's minor issues. It currently starts on the second revolution of the starter, every time. My wife even likes it.. So, that seemed to turn out well...