The 1973 Chrysler Thread

[Marv]

Wow kind of an unusual color combination too. Yellow with white top, green inside that's not often seen

 

[Straight eight]

Indeed, and a great color scheme -- very 1970's. It'd be great if you could post the fender tag and more shots of the interior! What did you do to the A/C?

...sorry no fender tag picture on my computer....i will post it later. Also very few interior shots...but you get an impression...

 

[Straight eight]

....some more....glove box...ash trays...trunk compartment is super clean!

 

[3175375]

....some more....glove box...ash trays...trunk compartment is super clean!
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Wow!

 

[Samplingman]

That is a great color combo. Even though I favor the coupe fuselage style of '69-'71, the '73 carries the four-door better.

 

[Straight eight]

Indeed, and a great color scheme -- very 1970's. It'd be great if you could post the fender tag and more shots of the interior! What did you do to the A/C?

Here is the fender tag of my 1973 Chrysler New Yorker....can anyone decode it?
Thanks!

 

[Marv]

CH43:
Chrysler, High, 4 Door Hardtop

T3C: 1973 Jefferson Avenue, MI, USA

222106: Sequence number

E85: 440 cid 4 barrel V8 350hp
D34: Light Duty Automatic Transmission
DY2: Sun Fire Yellow Exterior Color
E9F6: Trim Cloth & Vinyl Bench Seat Green
HF6: Green Int. Door Frames
207: Build Date: February 07
300117: Order number

V1W: Full Vinyl Top, White
H51: Air Conditioning with Heater
R13: Deluxe AM Radio (5 1/2 Watts)
L31: Hood/Fender Mounted Turn Signals

M45: Fender Skirts
S61: Tilt/Telescopic Steering Column

G11: Tinted Glass (all)
V7X: Accent Stripes, Black

Interesting E9F6 was available but not recommended with DY2 ext color

 

[ayilar]

@Straight eight -- thank you for all the pics, can you share what you know of CH43T3C221106 's life story? (Note: I could still edit my initial post in this thread, and so I've just added your @ to the list of 1973 Chrysler owners of whom I am aware).

@Marv -- thank you for the decode. One small clarification: if memory serves, D34 is the code for any auto on a 1973 C-body, not just for a light-duty one (the online decoder makes that mistake, though). AFAIK, all 1973 NYers have a 727 trans.

Here are a couple of pics (courtesy of the Hamtramck Registry) of the interior in the dealer materials:

 

[Olaf Seiler]

As is usual it seems, the more I research this stuff, the more confusing it becomes. I found this on Hamtramck-Historical which seems to contradict the other document you referenced above. This one indicates that the H5 vinyl insert molding was not available on the NY & NYB.

https://www.hamtramck-historical.co...973/73_Chrysler_Tops_Stripes_Accents_0004.jpg

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But looking at this thread, the Black NYB seems to have it.
Hagerty: 1973 Chrysler New Yorker, was the final fuselage article

What’s further confusing to me is this looks like a white vinyl insert but there is no V5W option in the document above.

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The Hamtramck sheet says: (Not available on New Yorker Brogham or New Yorker Models)!

 

[ayilar]

@Olaf Seiler: the confusion comes from the fact that the page from the color and trim book found by @shooter65 states (as he and also you have noted) that vinyl inserts were not available in 1973 on either NYers or NYBs -- while the page from the dealership databook (shown below) to which I referred lists them as optional.

 

[Olaf Seiler]

@Olaf Seiler: the confusion comes from the fact that the page from the color and trim book found by @shooter65 states (as he and also you have noted) that vinyl inserts were not available in 1973 on either NYers or NYBs -- while the page from the dealership databook (shown below) to which I referred lists them as optional.

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This is interesting, could they have changed that in the course of production?

 

[Olaf Seiler]

Since we are talking about the trim strips, does someone have photos of the clips or maybe even know how to buy them?

 

[ayilar]

I have yet to find pictures from a '73. To the best of my knowledge, furthermore, none of the FCBO '73 NYer or NYB owners has the V5 option.

But... I have found a 1972 NYB sporting V5T side mouldings with tan inserts. Assuming (and that's the key) that the moldings on this '72 are all factory, then it would mean that in 1972 the V5 option would not have replace the mouldings with filigree inserts -- instead, they would have come in addition to the latter.

Edit (6-7-2020): However, this assumption is most likely incorrect. After reviewing the 1972 and 1973 Parts Manuals, I have concluded that the top-most set of mouldings (about half-way through the white car's body side panels) in the 1972 pictures below is most likely an add-on. The 1972 Parts Manual (p. 23-232) describes the middle moulding seen in those pictures as the "upper" side moulding. If the factory had produced three side mouldings, then the middle one would not have been described as "upper." Thus, there must have been only two.

That New Jersey '72 NYB has a whole lot of side line as a result of the addition!

 

[shooter65]

I first saw this pic on pinterest a few years ago and though someone added the addition trim to it. I actually don't care for it, it looks like a JC Whitney add on but after your post of the 72, I'm thinking this may be V5L Parchment? Looks white but I'm not sure.

 

[Rustyrodknocker]

Sliding in here with the question.
What is the hierarchy of these cars starting from the lowest package Newport to the top car, be it a New Yorker special model or what have you?

 

[Carmine]

I first saw this pic on pinterest a few years ago and though someone added the addition trim to it. I actually don't care for it, it looks like a JC Whitney add on but after your post of the 72, I'm thinking this may be V5L Parchment? Looks white but I'm not sure.

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Those drill-on side moldings are a crime against humanity. My '69 Imperial had side moldings added, but thankfully they were stick-on (or I wouldn't have bough the car). I tore that sh*t off within the first thirty minutes of the car sitting in my driveway. I probably won't touch it for years, but I couldn't even stand those while I stored it.

BTW, the filigree moldings are a neat detail I love for 1973. Probably the same guy who did the stripes on a '76 Cordoba...

 

[shooter65]

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Sliding in here with the question.
What is the hierarchy of these cars starting from the lowest package Newport to the top car, be it a New Yorker special model or what have you?

This does not include the Imperial.

1973 Chrysler is from highest level trim to lowest level trim:
New Yorker Brougham
New Yorker
Town & Country wagon
Newport Custom
Newport

Directory Index: Chrysler_and_Imperial/1973_Chrysler/1973_Chrysler_Full_Line

 

[ceebuddy]

The 1973 Chrysler sales brochure also lists the chrome trim with filigre inserts as standard equipment for the New Yorker and the New Yorker Brougham.

I don't see a contradiction to the respective page from the Color and Upholstery Selector (depicted above). Since the chrome trim w/ filigre insert was standard on the New Yorker, the trim with color-keyed vinyl inserts was simply not offered on the 1973 New Yorker or New Yorker Brougham.

 

[ayilar]

The 1973 Chrysler sales brochure also lists the chrome trim with filigree inserts as standard equipment for the New Yorker and the New Yorker Brougham.

Agreed.

I don't see a contradiction to the respective page from the Color and Upholstery Selector (depicted above). Since the chrome trim w/ filigre insert was standard on the New Yorker, the trim with color-keyed vinyl inserts was simply not offered on the 1973 New Yorker or New Yorker Brougham.

I beg to disagree. Let me try to explain why.

Here is the diagram of NYB body side trim on p. 23-214 in the 1973 Parts Manual (courtesy of MyMopar.com):

The above drawing only shows two sets of side mouldings. Furthermore, in the next drawing below, p. 23-230 of the 1972 Parts Manual likewise shows only two sets of side mouldings (again, not three unlike what we see in the '72 NYB from New Jersey posted above):

Yet, the fender tag of CS43T2C268554, the 1972 NYB of whose passenger side I posted three pics yesterday, has the V5T code on its tag!

In addition, the 1972 Dealership Data Book (courtesy again of the Hamtramck Registry) shows that the V5 body side moldings with vinyl inserts were mandatory:

Finally, the picture of the blue 1973 NYB posted by @shooter65, which AFAICT is a car that was advertised on Hemmings back in 2013, shows two sets of side mouldings (one set located a few inches above the other set) but the topmost one is not at the same spot as on the white 1972 NYB from NJ.

Taken together, these facts suggest that:

1. there were only two sets of body side mouldings in 1972 and 1973: I’d say it is most likely that the third (topmost) BSM on the NJ 72 and on the blue 73 from Hemmings are non-factory add-ons;

2. the moulding was filled with a 3-D color-coded vinyl insert in 1972 (V5 code, no exceptions) but came standard filled with a 2-D filigree insert in 1973 (no code).

3. AND (and this is where we disagree), from the 1973 Dealership Data Book page that I posted above, I would say that it was possible to specify (as an option) a color-coded 3-D insert for the upper moulding on NYer and NYB in 1973 (in replacement of the filigree insert).

 

[ayilar]

Thanks @Olaf Seiler for posting the tag of CS23T3C279100 and some of what you know of her history. That's a very well equipped, good looking GE7 2dr NYB you have!