The 1973 Chrysler Thread

[oliver]

Thank you! This is the confirmation I needed that the 3-spoke steering wheel crest is the same for 1972 NYer and 1973 NYB.

It also was the same on a ' 72 Newport Custom and a '72 Newport Royal as well as a '71 Newport. I owned those cars aeons ago but clearly remember many of the details

 

[oliver]

Funny that you should ask. I was focusing on the crest, but wondering also about the texture of the rim. How’s yours?

Smooth and shiny finish (so was it on all fuselage era C-Bodies I've owned in the past). Never saw a textured rim on a Fuselage C.
I believe the steering wheel you are currently using came from a B-Body.
Someone please prove me wrong

 

[ceebuddy]

C-body steering wheels had a smooth surface. 1971 and later B-body steering wheels had a textured surface. According to my superficial and unfounded observation, the textured wheels seem to withstand sun and heat better without cracking than smooth ones.

 

[ayilar]

I just got word that this car went to Germany.

Here is another JF1 Mist Green NYB. CS43T3C212236 seems to be on sale again on FB in Indiana. She has been for sale a number of times, with a decade-long owner's selling it and then buying it back before posting it again in the past 5 years. Here is a thread with links. Here is another from 2018. I have several others in my records -- love the color combo, but I already own a 1973 NYB (Ming) and don't need another.

The engine pic shows the fender tag and confirms that this JF1 is one and the same car. 96k miles, engine and trans rebuilt, ask is $12k. From the ad:

"1973 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4 door hardtop. Rust free, from Arizona. Rebuilt engine & transmission, less than 500 miles ago. 440 V8, TorqueFlite automatic. The engine and transmission have been rebuilt. I've just changed the engine oil & filter again. The power windows need a thorough exploration. Everything is there, yet the wiring is messed up. You'll notice that 2 letters are missing from CHRYSLER on the front panel, but they are in the trunk. Carburettor has been converted to manual choke. "

 

[ayilar]

Here are a few photos of CM23M3C163864. I posted a thread about the car here as it is for sale as of a few days ago. Here are, for records, some photos that I have not posted in that thread:

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

Going camping

 

[ayilar]

Thanks to @67newport we know about CM43M3C198408 -- a 1973 Newport Custom 4dr hardtop that has been listed for sale near Vermontville (on FB) in MI for a few weeks. Seems to be GE7 paint with V1L parchment vinyl top and D7L3 Corwin cloth & parchment vinyl interior.

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

That looks like it may be pretty good. Hopefully we see more of it here in a project update.

 

[Boydsdodge]

That Newport would clean up pretty nice, new top some good cleaning. Bet the seat gets torn before it's sold.

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

Interesting story on an interesting car.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/horse-trailering-1973-chrysler-wagon/

 

[73Coupe]

^^^^ This this is awesome!

 

[Boydsdodge]

^^^^ This this is awesome!

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It reminds me of the one that got away here in Ontario. There was a post about it on here, but I cant seem to find it.

 

[ayilar]

@Newport Woerden recently posted the most original photos of the 1973 front end (on a NYer sedan that he recently sold, CH41T3C252517) that I have seen, here. @78Brougham will most likely comment

 

[73Coupe]

@Newport Woerden recently posted the most original photos of the 1973 front end (on a NYer that he recently sold) that I have seen, here. @78Brougham will most likely comment

78Brougham has been MIA for a while unless I've missed a recent surfacing. In the particular case with the photos mentioned above, he might stray from his previous complaints regarding the "features" on the front ends of the '73.

 

[Daly]

Here is my 73 Newport, painted Rumble bee yellow. And sorry guys, the more I look at it, the less I care about re-chroming the front bumper.

 

[Boydsdodge]

Here is my 73 Newport, painted Rumble bee yellow. And sorry guys, the more I look at it, the less I care about re-chroming the front bumper.
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Wow! Did your Newport come yellow originally?

 

[Daly]

Wow! Did your Newport come yellow originally?

The original colour looks to be, in the few spots I can find it, either beige or a pastel yellow. I have not looked to find the paint code. I won't be painting it, so I'm not in a rush.

 

[ayilar]

The original colour looks to be, in the few spots I can find it, either beige or a pastel yellow. I have not looked to find the paint code. I won't be painting it, so I'm not in a rush.

If you post a photo of the fender tag, we can easily tell you. Nice car!

 

[73Wagon]

Just got back into the Mopar Club after having owned a few in the past. The wife told me about a Mopar wagon at a garage sale I frequent and then said I couldn't bring it home, just go look at it. Like that was going to happen. Needless to say, I'm getting ready to start work on a 73 Fury III Suburban Wagon. Solid floors, frame, paint faded, some rust, seen worse. 400 motor, automatic, doesn't smoke, slip or grind. Needs some interior "help" lol.

 

[shooter65]