Has anyone seen this Wild and Crazy New Yorker in person?

[DocMcNeedy]

I believe this is a 1960 New Yorker. What do you think?

 

[Fratzog]

Spent all his money on paint and wheels then cheaped out on the rear suspension?

 

[polara71]

That looks like an older photo, the suspension is done the way they did it then , I think

 

[detmatt]

I'd drive it.

 

[Carmine]

I'd wear out a DA sander.

 

[DocMcNeedy]

Spent all his money on paint and wheels then cheaped out on the rear suspension?

 

[live4theking]

I'd wear out a DA sander.

X100

 

[johnny ga]

reminds me of the sixties

 

[Carmine]

reminds me of the sixties

They say if you remember you weren't there.

But what do I know? I'm happy to remember some of the 70s.

 

[polara71]

I'd drive it.

I'd love to own it, gotta wonder where it's at. Presumably restored to a boring original

 

[jct]

they need to lower the rear end looks like ***

 

[polara71]

Wow....

 

[Carmine]

I'd love to own it, gotta wonder where it's at. Presumably restored to a boring original

Needs more skulls, dragons or whateverthefck is painted on it.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Old school cool....

 

[saforwardlook]

Waste of a 2 door New Yorker - way too hard to find for one to end up that screwed up! I would love to make it as boring as hell original, and showroom.

 

[Big_John]

That's a good example of the wild paint that was going on in the seventies.

People now look down their nose at the paint, but in reality, that's what was popular in that era. Not a lot of examples survived... The multiple coats of clear lacquer broke down and cracked after a few years and the wild custom paint jobs fell out of popularity.

I'd get rid of the long shackles and drive it like it is. I'd like to see a good pic of it.

 

[Ironwolf]

Them there are some sharp looking fins ......

 

[330dTA]

It looks the way they used to be treated in the early seventies. I didn't like it then, don't like it now. That's a period photo, for sure.

This poor Newport used to look a lot like it. Good thing is they came to their senses:

 

[ceebuddy]

This car was "customized" for an illustrious German named Bernd Wollersheim who owned this car since the late 1980's I guess. He ran a somewhat famous brothel in Düsseldorf. Over the years he also owned other eye-catching <*cough*> cars until experiencing financial difficulties. As far as I know the cars were sold in 2009.

You can also see the Chrysler in the background in this photo:

 

[Carmine]

Oh good lord.

While I enjoy the reaction that Obama would have...

Our taste as a nation isn't that awful.