For Sale Forward Look Priced Too Low - Nice

[saforwardlook]

I don't understand why such a nice looking 1960 Chrysler Windsor 2 Door is priced so low? What am I missing?

Stan, you are fairly close - go buy it! You would look debonair stylin in this!

1960 Chrysler Windsor 2-Dr. Hardtop With Factory AC
$16900 S. Georgia

1960 Chrysler Windsor 2-Dr. Hardtop-

Exterior paint presented in White complemented by a Blue cloth & vinyl interior.

Features include:

* 361 C.I. 2-bbl. Polyspherical Head V8 engine
* Push button 3-speed Torque-Flite automatic transmission
* Power steering
* Dual master brake cylinder
* Rare factory AC
* Wide whitewall bias ply tires
* Optional continental style rear deck lid
* Dual fender mount mirrors
* Radio, clock & heater
* Padded dashboard

Recent refurbishments completed by our get ready shop include:

* New base coat / clear coat paint
* New Coker Wide White Wall bias ply tires
* Brake overhaul
* Carburetor rebuilt to be Ethanol gas compatible
* New exhaust system
* New interior carpet
* New carpeted trunk liner
* Detailed engine bay

Overall a nice #3 condition driver quality early 60's wing Chrysler that you will be proud to take to your next local show or cruise in. Mechanical condition is superb. Body & undercarriage are rust free. Very nice chrome & brightwork. Original interior shows like new.
Not many of these 1960's Chrysler Windsor still around & this one has rare factory AC. This one is an extra clean & offered at a very reasonable price for the overall condition it is in.
Please call Stuart @ 305-494-2314 for complete details.

I have noted that the inside hood release handle is missing, the seats are not original coverings, and it needs a dashpad (available from RD Autoline - they are excellent reproductions) and the engine is probably really a 383-2 bbl wedge engine if it is original. I don't see much else it needs.

 

[cantflip]

I don't understand why such a nice looking 1960 Chrysler Windsor 2 Door is priced so low? What am I missing?

Stan, you are fairly close - go buy it! You would look debonair stylin in this!

1960 Chrysler Windsor 2-Dr. Hardtop With Factory AC
$16900 S. Georgia

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1960 Chrysler Windsor 2-Dr. Hardtop-

Exterior paint presented in White complemented by a Blue cloth & vinyl interior.

Features include:

* 361 C.I. 2-bbl. Polyspherical Head V8 engine
* Push button 3-speed Torque-Flite automatic transmission
* Power steering
* Dual master brake cylinder
* Rare factory AC
* Wide whitewall bias ply tires
* Optional continental style rear deck lid
* Dual fender mount mirrors
* Radio, clock & heater
* Padded dashboard

Recent refurbishments completed by our get ready shop include:

* New base coat / clear coat paint
* New Coker Wide White Wall bias ply tires
* Brake overhaul
* Carburetor rebuilt to be Ethanol gas compatible
* New exhaust system
* New interior carpet
* New carpeted trunk liner
* Detailed engine bay

Overall a nice #3 condition driver quality early 60's wing Chrysler that you will be proud to take to your next local show or cruise in. Mechanical condition is superb. Body & undercarriage are rust free. Very nice chrome & brightwork. Original interior shows like new.
Not many of these 1960's Chrysler Windsor still around & this one has rare factory AC. This one is an extra clean & offered at a very reasonable price for the overall condition it is in.
Please call Stuart @ 305-494-2314 for complete details.

I have noted that the inside hood release handle is missing, the seats are not original coverings, and it needs a dashpad (available from RD Autoline - they are excellent reproductions) and the engine is probably really a 383-2 bbl wedge engine if it is original. I don't see much else it needs.

WANT... can't have...

 

[polara71]

If it is truly the bargain, it wouldn't still be listed. Something is not right

 

[Chryslerdude]

Oh, it's truly beautiful, and the price is beautiful too! Someone lucky / determined, will be "going forward" soon, with a big grin !

 

[detmatt]

It does seem too good to be true. And that's the asking price...

 

[commando1]

At that price, a scumbag classic car dealership would have snapped it up 5 minutes after the posting

Dammit, it has A.C.

 

[detmatt]

I'd be surprised if it wasn't already sold.

 

[1978 NYB]

Looks nice.....but might have a surprise.

I agree that if it was a true bargain it would be gone in 5 seconds

 

[bluefury361]

Looks like "flipper fodder". It will reappear at a much higher asking price, soon.

 

[bluefury361]

My guess, It's an estate and the family does not realize the true value.

 

[commando1]

My guess, It's an estate and the family does not realize the true value.

I did some deep Googling. This Stuart guy has been around antiques and classics for a looooooooong time.

 

[bluefury361]

Even the pictures show this car to have a lot of integrety.

 

[saforwardlook]

It just seems to me from the way the listing is written the work was done by an older fellow perhaps with some knowledge of these cars mechanically but not necessarily real knowledgeable about interiors and the like, and doesn't possess an inflated ego nor does he want to make big $$ on the car. The cars is listed as a #3, and it probably is between 2 & 3 at this point. Lakeland would have listed it as a 1- perhaps. Having done the total contact brakes, and having a dual master cylinder also indicates some interest in the safety of the car. Its a "feel good" ad for me, kind of refreshing after all the other stuff we see. But only a personal call will make these thoughts a potential reality. I hope he gets what he deserves from the car after all the work done on it.

 

[commando1]

I see Steve posted this over at FL.net
I'm surprised that there is almost no chatter about it.
What's up? Everybody dying off over there?

 

[Snotty]

It's a nice car, but it's a 361 automatic Windsor. Why do some of you think it's priced low? I'd say it's high.

 

[detmatt]

Let's come up with some comps for it, I'd be glad to eat my sneakers.
The more I read that the more it doesn't make any sense, what I wanted to say to snotty was if you think this car is priced to high you're off your rocker!

 

[MoPar Maniac]

It has a 361 poly?

 

[saforwardlook]

It has a 361 poly?

At the very end of my first post I noted that from the underhood photo of the engine, it is clearly a B engine, and that the Windsor in 1960 came standard with the 383 wedge B engine, which is what this car appears to have. With the listing of a 361 poly, this is what makes me think the guy selling the car isn't all that knowledgeable about them or he wouldn't have made the mistake he did about the engine and also saying the interior was all original - clearly the seat covers are not original, but redone. If they were original, the upholstry would have matched the cloth on the door panels, which is original and correct. It also wasn't so easy to find this listing, as I had to resort to my extreme search engine (to remain secret) to find it, so maybe that is one reason it hasn't moved yet!

 

[has2bmopar]

Looks nice.....but might have a surprise.

I agree that if it was a true bargain it would be gone in 5 seconds

Fresh Base/Clear is always a red flag for myself. When someone paints something to keep, it is on a whole different plane of preparation and expense, quality of materials etc. than when they are painting to sell.

There is no mention of condition or pictures before paint, so there could be any degree of metal work, mud work etc.

I believe the engine should be a RB 383 with the 3.75" stroke. My Dad had a '60 Saratoga and without actually looking up the actual specs, I expect the Windsor would have had the same engine.

 

[saforwardlook]

Fresh Base/Clear is always a red flag for myself. When someone paints something to keep, it is on a whole different plane of preparation and expense, quality of materials etc. than when they are painting to sell.

There is no mention of condition or pictures before paint, so there could be any degree of metal work, mud work etc.

I believe the engine should be a RB 383 with the 3.75" stroke. My Dad had a '60 Saratoga and without actually looking up the actual specs, I expect the Windsor would have had the same engine.

It never hurts to inquire regarding whether there was any body work done on any recently painted vehicle and better yet to inspect the vehicle in person with a coating thickness meter. I just didn't see any sloppy work or wavy body sides that would tip me off to a crappy job, and the chrome is just too nice to have been a rust bucket it seems to me, and the engine bay also suggests it is a clean dry car. But as always, caveat emptor.

You are definitely correct, as any 383 in a 1959 and 1960 Chrysler Windsor or Saratoga would have been the raised block B engine (or more correctly RB) that was also used for the 413s. The Dodge and Plymouth versions got the 383 lower block B engines. Because the demand for the 383 engines was so high in 1959 and 1960, the lower block B engine line couldn't meet demand (the lower blocks were produced on one engine line at the Trenton Plant, and the raised blocks were built on the only other big block line at Trenton). So they engineered a raised block version of the 383 on the raised block line and those engines only went in the Chryslers in those 2 years in order to meet demand. They too were great engines.