Need advice on parting with my '72 New Yorker 2 door

oliver

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Hi Everyone,

I am hoping you can give me some advice as I need to say goodbye to my '72 NY CH23T2C254070. I will be relocating far away in a few months and am not taking the car with me. The first piece of advice I'd like to ask is what would be a reasonable price to ask and the second piece of advice is what would be a good venue for selling the car. I know there aren't many FCBO members in the NYC area.

It's a 2-door base New Yorker with roll up windows and manual seats. I've owned the car for 40+ years during which I've only driven it approximately 4,000 miles. I am the third owner of the car and got it in 1984 from a family member who owned a few big Chryslers at the time. He didn't like the '72 NY because it was a 2 door and let it sit in his yard from 1978 to 1984, primarily using it as a storage shed. After becoming the new owner in 1984, I put the car in dry storage and started fixing it up little by little. At the time I acquired it, the car showed 48K on the odometer, it now shows 52K. Impossible to prove it's original but I believe it is. There is no perforating rust on the car. There was a little rust in the lower front fenders at the the time I got the car but the fenders were replaced in the eighties with a pair of rust free fenders. Never any rust in the rear quarters. The passenger side door was also replaced in the eighties due to a dent. The car had a respray in the late eighties and also received a vinyl top with incorrect grain and color. I did not know at the time that it was a non-vinyl car from the factory, it had a dealer installed top. The rear window surround molding was never reinstalled. I never really had the time to accomplish what I hoped to to and mostly contented myself with keeping the car out of the elements (it has not seen a drop of rain in 40 years). In 2016, I took the car to a shop and had the brake system rebuilt with new calipers, wheel cylinders, master cylinder, brake lines, rotors and drums, and I had work done on the fuel system as well (new fuel lines, drop and clean tank, carb rebuilt). Due to major events, I haven't done much with the car since.

The car runs and drives well and essentially could use some cosmetic work (but no rust repair). A couple of paint touch-ups, putting the trim back, a front seat cover. The bumpers are fair but I have a re-chromed front bumper that comes with the car as well as a rear bumper that's nicer than the existing one. I do have all the body side moldings (in duplicates) that are off the car at the present time and plenty of spare parts such as doors, glass (James if you're reading this post, you'll know which parts I am talking about), NOS moldings etc, about 12 extra incomplete road wheels and misc. items. Floors, trunk floor are super solid. Trunk mat and cards were lost 40 years ago.

Your opinions and advice would be valued and greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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I'd start at $15000 OBO and put the car on facebook marketplace.
BTW. Great to hear from you, Oliver. Hope everything is going OK.
 
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A lot of time wasters and endless 'is this available' messages on FB marketplace, I'd advertise right here once you work out a fair price, bring a trailer maybe?
 
Marketplace reaches tons of people. The endless " is this available " messages comes from bumping the button.
I prefer Hemmings Motor News on line for advertising vehicles.
 
Great looking '72! Yes I remember the parts well, I'm sorry to hear you have to let it go, but life must go on. I would put it on multiple sales venues like FCBO, FB marketplace and Hemmings. The hardest part will be coming up with a price. A good gauge on price would be eBay with a high reserve and see where the bids go. There is also a consignment dealer in Morgantown PA called Classic Auto Mall. I pass them when going to York and Carlisle each year and they have a presence on eBay. I'm guessing they are about 2 1/2 hours from you.
 
So, M VON would be a sales bank car. Correct?
I see no Y code so it must be on the broadcast sheet.

Not many of these cars without a vinyl top. That alone is pretty cool and seemingly rare.
 
I don't have a versed opinion on the car's value.

Your timeline of years the car was sitting unused supports the mileage, but 52k does not match that seat.
If the seat got damaged during the years it was used as a storage unit, you should mention that.

Otherwise, looking at that seat, I would believe 152k on the car.
 
I believe 52K is correct because of the pedals and general tightness of the car. It was also the opinion of mechanics who worked on the car over the years and of other people who knew the car. My uncle got the car in 1977 and used it very little until 1978, then it was used as a storage shed until 1984. At the time I got the car, the last registration was from 1978 and the odometer showed 48,326 miles; now 52K as I've barely driven the car. My uncle had stored lots of stuff inside including tools, lumber, and pieces of machinery, which contributed to destroying the front seat cover. The way the car was parked in his yard did not help either, with the afternoon sun beating on that side and the driver's window not being closed all the way. Of course, I cannot prove any of that and at the time it was just an older car and my uncle was rather neglectful. I was absolutely in love with the body style, as I still am today.
 
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Thank you all for your good insights, I value your opinions.

I think as a first step I am going to make it available to the C-Body community and list it on FCBO. I will copy my original post here into an ad with an asking price of $7,500 OBO. I don't want to be too greedy and we'll see what happens.
 
My uncle had stored lots of stuff inside including tools, lumber, and pieces of machinery, which contributed to destroying the front seat cover. The way the car was parked in his yard did not help either, with the afternoon sun beating on that side and the driver's window not being closed all the way.
That's the explanation that I was prodding for.
Most folks don't read critically anymore, so they won't correlate storage-shed to seat damage. The way you wrote it the 2nd time will resonate better.
It doesn't undo the seat damage, but makes the mileage on the car believable.

I think your $7500 is a reasonable price, and with some decent pictures you should be able to stand pretty close on that.
 
Well, I don't know you, but I wish you the best of luck.
I have a co-worker moving there in January, and he's planning on selling almost everythign he owns. Not a trivial endeavor!

I see your car is now listed FS, be aware that moderators allow very little discussion in the FS of a member's car.
Questions can be asked, but complements and well-wishes get deleted.
So if your description is good and there are no questions, it might seem like nobody cares, but that's just how the rules play out.

@ayilar
For Sale - 1972 Chrysler New Yorker 2 Door, Base, very solid, $7,500 OBO
 
Well, I don't know you, but I wish you the best of luck.
I have a co-worker moving there in January, and he's planning on selling almost everythign he owns. Not a trivial endeavor!

I see your car is now listed FS, be aware that moderators allow very little discussion in the FS of a member's car.
Questions can be asked, but complements and well-wishes get deleted.
So if your description is good and there are no questions, it might seem like nobody cares, but that's just how the rules play out.

@ayilar
For Sale - 1972 Chrysler New Yorker 2 Door, Base, very solid, $7,500 OBO

Thank you for letting me know and for your good wishes. It's a very difficult endeavor in many ways, especially psychologically. I had contemplated moving the car but while it would (barely) make it in the garage, it would not make it in the driveway leading to the garage. Long-term storage for a barge that size is hard to find and quite costly. It probably wouldn't improve the quality of my life...but I also wonder about the results of no longer owning that Chrysler. Altogether, utterly frightening!
 
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