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[Rajacic]

Hi everyone from a fellow car nut. Originally from Chicago and now in Reno, I have owned many Mopars. Bought a new 1969 Dart 340 Swinger and went on to buy and sell 7 more 1969 Darts. I owned an original Mr. Norms 1971 Demon GSS that I took to the first ever Musclecar Nationals and won first place. Had a couple of other A and B bodies along the way. But the reason for joining your group is because in 1978 I bought a 1976 Chrysler New Yorker St. Regis with 6000 miles. It was beige with a dark brown padded top and velour interior. I loved that car and the ride was like on a cloud. Because of a layoff from work I had to sell it in '83 and now I am ready to get another one. I am hoping to make some C body friends and ask for help in finding and enjoying my new New Yorker. Joe

 

[polara71]

Welcome............. They post a ton of for sale ads here...

 

[tallhair]

Welcome Joe

 

[detmatt]

Welcome to the site from the Motor City!

 

[C Body Bob]

Welcome!

 

[commando1]

Welcome to FCBO, Joe.

What's your price range for your next one? I know a few for sale that aren't listed anywhere.

 

[Rajacic]

I am willing to pay for quality. I know what it costs to restore a car and I would rather pay a premium for a clean, low mileage, no rust car. I see most going for the $3000 - $5000 range so I expect to pay double that or more. I have also looked at the NYB in the midwest at the Jensen dealership offered at $12875. That may be high but I don't know. Yellow is not my color for an interior so I don't think I will be making an offer on that one. Let me know what is available.

 

[1978 NYB]

Welcome.......nice car!

I love Formal's!

 

[Stormer]

Welcome...

 

[Rajacic]

Thanks for the welcome. I am still looking at New Yorkers for sale and have found quite a few. Looking at some of the photos here of the C bodies - is the stock 1976 NYB 3 spoke steering wheel that rare? Most of the cars have the 2 spoke padded wheel.

 

[commando1]

3 spoke is the standard steering wheel and 2 spoke is the optional tilt and telescoping steering wheel and they are not interchangeable.
Just about all the NYB's had the optional T&T and many of the Newports.
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[1978 NYB]

Thanks for the welcome. I am still looking at New Yorkers for sale and have found quite a few. Looking at some of the photos here of the C bodies - is the stock 1976 NYB 3 spoke steering wheel that rare? Most of the cars have the 2 spoke padded wheel.

My 78 Newport has a no tilt or telescoping steering column but has a 2 spoke wheel. Why doesn't it have a 3 spoke wheel? I'll have to research this a little further. It also has the top of the line seats and door panels.

 

[Rajacic]

I have the dealer albums from 74-78. I will look up this steering wheel vs tilt and tele and see if there is anything there.

 

[commando1]

 

[Rajacic]

I looked at all my Data Books and it seems that when you ordered the optional Tilt and Tele column you got the 2 spoke steering wheel. Has anyone seen the 3 spoke wheel on a non-tele car? Mine had the 3 spoke and it was non-tele.

 

[Rajacic]

Thanks for the picture Commando1

 

[Mr C]

The 2 spoke wheel is the Newport/ T&C non-tilt wheel. The 3 spoke is the NYB non-tilt wheel (1976 and up, I think- that 2 spoke non tilt came out in 76 as I recall up to 75 a non-tilt wheel was a 3 spoke that looked like this with or without horn ring)