As with a lot of online sales, you’re going to have to use your imagination for a lot of what this car looks like. The photos aren’t the best, but from what is shown of this 1977 Chrysler Newport it looks like it’s well worth the $3,500 or offer price. It’s listed on eBay and is located in Saint Charles, Michigan.
We know that the driver’s side looks good, but there isn’t one photo of the passenger side at all, so you’ll have to get in touch with the seller to ask for photos. Or better yet, personally inspect this car if you’re in the area. The sixth-generation Newport was made for the 1974 through 1978 model years and the timing of these 4,600-pound cars could not have been worse with the recent oil embargo. Today, a lot of people drive a giant SUV that’s even bigger and heavier than this generation of Newport was and they probably don’t get much better MPG. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The interior photos are a mish-mash of close-up shots and sideways photos, so again you’ll have to use your imagination. But, also again, what is shown of the interior looks pretty good! The seller says that this car has had one owner and it has 106,000 miles on it. And, it has been parked since 1993. That may have helped hold the rust at bay and they say that it only has minimal rust. There is a crack in the windshield so you’ll need to track down one of those, and the AC doesn’t work, but it can hardly be expected to work after all of those decades.
In a twist of fate more unusual than coming upon Sasquatch riding a unicorn through your backyard, the seller has added four engine photos! Nice. Like the body and interior, the engine looks like it could use a bath but it looks great to me, at least cosmetically. This engine is Chrysler’s 400 cubic-inch V8 which would have had 190 hp and 305 ft-lb of torque. 290 hp would be nice in a car this heavy. The seller says that this one “DOES RUN” but you’ll need to go through it with the usual belts, hoses, fluids, tune-up, etc. Have any of you owned this generation Newport, or any Newport?
Well stated regarding the SUV comparison. I remember Ford being lambasted over the Excursion.
My grandmother had a 1977 Newport. Forest green paint with forest green vinyl top and forest green paisley/brocade interior.
I got to drive it occasionally….I would navigate using the hood ornament and fender mounted turn signal repeaters as guides. I always liked the sound of the Mopar starters.
Great memories…
My buddy’s dad had a 76 Newport, but it was a two door. Had an indian print pattern on the bench seats. Also, had the floor mount radio switch, you could change stations by tapping it. Cool, smooth driving car, when the lean burn was working, which wasn’t too frequent. Would stutter, stall with damp weather, Chicago area.
Almost my first car back in 1986. I knew a guy back in the 80’s who had nitros on one of these, and also on his Yamaha V-MAX.
$3500 almost sticker price in 1976. These handled and rode so much better than their domestic competition.
I was given a green two door back in 1984 , there was this old guy in my beat , living in a travel trailer, in a vacant lot . I stopped by one day and did a welfare check, he had Indiana tags and it was just him , and he was kinda down on his luck , so I gave him some money to help with fuel and food, you could see he was in bad health. I was able to get him to see a doctor a few time and I had gotten to the point where I was feeding the old fella three and four times a day , but he also had a drinking problem . He had family, a daughter and a brother, that had given up on him . I kinda did what I could for him by feeding him and keeping a few dollars in his pocket. One day he disappeared and nobody knew where he went , car and trailer was still there , I came back a week later and a guy was cleaning out the trailer, and he called me by name it was the old guys brother, he had passed away while I was on vacation, but left the car and the trailer to me , I was shocked and saddened , his brother asked if I wanted to sell the trailer, I told him he could have it and I kept the car , if I remember it was a 1977 model, I had it cleaned up and sold it , that’s how I came across a Green Chrysler Newport two door sedan 1984 ….
Thanks for the story Al. Made me smile. Once again, it’s not always about the cars.
I feel like $3500 is a little high in my opinion. I’d say between $2500-3000. But that’s just me.
My Dad used to say, “a dog could piss on a fire hydrant a block away, and a Chysler wouldn’t start”. Every time I hear the “ching, ching, ching, ching, ching, of a Mopar, it makes me smile.
I was 19 and my parents bought a brand new 1974 Chrysler Newport sedan. It had rear skirts, road wheels, a 400 cubic inch V-8, diodes on some instrument displays, light yellow body, white vinyl roof and full white vinyl interior. It was a cool car. I made it cooler when I bought the New Yorker spring mounted stand up hood ornament and paid the dealer to install it. It was a cool looking car. We took it from Kansas to Colorado that summer for vacation. It made it up the mountains but was not nearly as powerful as their dark green 1969 Newport four door hardtop. And the dash rattled on that yellow Chrysler. That was annoying. In 1977 I bought a new Chrysler LeBaron coupe in dark grey with a silver top and interior. I swapped the new tire for the wider whites as well. That car was cool. Lean burn sucked though. My local dealer couldn’t work on it. The car would be going down the highway at the legal 55mph and the engine would just quit. This was so scary. I never bought another Chrysler until 2006 when I bought a Jeep Commander Limited in black with the brown leather interior. I was so proud of that piece of junk. Nothing but electrical problems!
In a small town in N.Wis., I know where a car just like this, same color, has been sitting outside for years, but pretty clean, really. Up to the wheel covers in dirt. I’d bet you could haul it away for nothing. Certainly not like this, but it shows the lack of interest in these cars. This type of car was all the rage in the 70’s, but I doubt this car will be going anywhere soon. Also, isn’t this the “lean burn” engine? Nothing but problems. Too bad, last of the big cruisers.
The whole car needs a good bath and cleaning! Would it hurt or make the owner loose too much money doing or make it done? I´m just asking
In 1979, I had a 72 or 73 Olds 98 – a real cruiser.
My girlfriend’s family had a 78 Newport – a one year old, low mile car
My old Olds with likely 100K and worn-out suspension, drove better than that Newport ever did.
The Olds was a big cruiser, the Newport was a big tank. I remember to this day how it was a handful – well, two handfuls – to drive down the highway compared to the GM boats that I had driven.
My Dad had a new 76 cordoba..with that 400 and that steering wheel…i was 11..i remember the leather bucket seats like yesterday…corinthian?? Spell check