A lot of the motoring public was shifting to smaller, more fuel-efficient cars in the mid-1970s. And yet there was still a market for large luxury automobiles. Case-in-point: the Chrysler New Yorker. It was as big as they came and the company built more than 62,000 copies in 1977, including the seller’s 2-door Brougham. This well-kept, low-mileage survivor should do a great job in spoiling you on the highway, as long as you don’t mind frequent stops at the gas station. Located in Columbia Falls, Maine, this beauty is available here on eBay for $17.995, or you can make an offer if you dare.
The ’77 New Yorker was little changed over the prior year’s model. Chrysler continued to promote “Torsion-Quiet Rides” with these land yachts, and the options were few since almost anything you can think of was already standard equipment. The St. Regis package added a formal Seneca grain padded vinyl canopy on the forward-half of the roof, opera windows, and color-keyed molding trim for roof and opera windows.
Engine displacement was capped at 400 cubic inches, which in the 1970s detuned fashion was good for 190 hp. These Chryslers had an “Electronic Clean Burn System with a Solid-State Spark Control Computer” which was a fancy way of saying that they were trying to reduce the amount of fuel these big cars were consuming. We’re told the seller’s motor starts effortlessly each and every time. How a car like this comes to have only 20,000 miles on it is not discussed, but it looks to have spent a lot more time inside than out.
The body is straight and narrow on this Chrysler and the paint presents well although there are a few chips as you might expect after 45 years. The vinyl top has no issues, nor does the big, expansive leather interior. If you still have any 8-track tapes lying around, you can play them in this car! The only thing that doesn’t work is that the power windows don’t go up or down and the seller is hoping to get that fixed. If you have the room in your garage for this beauty and are a fan of 1970s technology, maybe this Chrysler is the one for you.
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