If the Men In Black movie franchise had been set in the 1960s, cars like this 1964 Chrysler Newport could have been the agents’ drivers of choice. With its black paint, dog dish hub caps, and unassuming appearance, the Newport here might blend in almost anywhere. It looks like a survivor-quality car that’s been well taken care of in Fairlee, Vermont. The Mopar is available here on craigslist for $9,400 OBO. Mitchell G. is hard at it again bringing tips like this our way.
For a 20-year stretch beginning in the early 1960s, the Newport was the “grocery getter” of the full-size Chryslers, with the 300 and New Yorker intended to attract buyers looking for performance and/or luxury. With its squared-off appearance, it’s hard to believe that the ‘64 Newport rode on the same platform as the ‘61 which was at the heyday of the tailfin. Newport was created to fill the gap (if there was one) left when DeSoto was discontinued in 1961. Nearly 56,000 Newport sedans like the seller’s auto rolled off the assembly that year.
The base engine in the Newport was a 265 hp, 361 cubic inch V8 with a 2-barrel carburetor. That’s what we’re told occupies the seller’s Chrysler at 88,000 miles and we believe it runs fine. The seller has invested in some maintenance and/or upgrades which include front disc brakes, master cylinder, shock absorbers, and other front-end parts. It also has new tires and an automatic transmission, which I think was the last year for the push-button set-up in 1964.
To help you tool around in style, this Chrysler sports a Bluetooth AM/FM stereo with voice recognition. We’re told that the paint is original with just some touch-ups here and there. But the inside of the trunk appears to be finished in copper. Was the trunk repainted or was it really a copper/gold car to begin with? Which would match the rather basic-looking interior which presents well. We’re told that the title is missing, but does that really mean that vintage cars registered in Vermont don’t have them?
Ad says it mostly has original paint; maybe trunk lighting is just murky.
With a menacing look, was hoping for a big block to surprise lesser mortals with.
361 is a big block.
OK admittedly I should have said a “bigger” block. To me a 361 or a 350 is not ‘big’ like a 409 or 383 or 440…but a well-running engine is always a treat!
It is a big block, lol!
When I first saw this I thought of It’s a mad mad mad mad world and Milton Berle driving his Chrysler Imperial.
When his mother in law says, “We’re the ones in the Imperial and we’re last?!
Roykirk,
That’s my favorite line in one of the best movies ever made! But then I’m a former owner of a 1963 Imperial convertible in light blue, and I might be a little bit biased!
Chrysler had a deal with the producers to use Chrysler cars for the movie. Good publicity.
For that “stylin'” Amish. (i like it though :P )
Not Amish, they don’t use cars. That would be “Black Bumper” Mennonite. I’m in Lancaster County PA. Since cars don’t have chrome bumpers any more, they don’t have to paint them. They even let them keep the wheel covers and radio. Don’t know what the world is coming to.
Kurt,
Many years ago a friend in the Packard Club bought a beautiful and very low mileage 1955 Packard Clipper Deluxe sedan, it had no options, and if I remember correctly, even the standard clock was deleted. The car was, of course, painted black with a black & grey interior.
ALL of the chrome trim, inside & out, was painted over with black lacquer. My friend assumed he could use some paint remover and end up with beautiful chrome plated parts. He soon discovered all those trim parts had been carefully removed, sanded & primed, then painted black before putting them back on the car. Even the stainless steel trim pieces were sanded & painted!
Hellcat Hemi……
This looks like a G-man car. With the police hub caps and black paint. I can’t remember if I ever seen a Chrysler painted this color. I just wished it had pictures of the back and the dash with controls close up. Otherwise this is a cool ride. The 361 is a good engine and it has power to unleashed. I knew someone who hop up a 361 and made over 310 HP. It can be done here or leave as is. If it doesn’t had duel’s put it on it does make a difference. $9,400 is a very fair price for this Chrysler. As long there isn’t any Bondo on it. This would be fun cruising around and going to car shows. Good luck to the next owner. 🐻🇺🇸
I know these cars well. My dad had a 1963, Newport. He loved it. It also had the 361 cubic inch engine in it. The car was a white 4 door hardtop over blue cloth and vinyl interior. It also had Chrysler’s squared off steering wheel. It was our first car with factory Air conditioning. Our next door neighbor had a 63, 300. It was the same colors as dad’s. As a 300, it had Chrysler’s famous 383 in it. My uncle had a 1964 300, it was light blue over blue vinyl interior. It also had the 383 in it
MIB 3 took place in the 60s. They drove a 64 Galaxie 500.
I had a 64 Newport and, yes, it does seat about 20. The car was bulletproof. A real tank and a lot of fun.
I think the bronze look in the trunk is just a reflection. Look at the jack in the front of the trunk. It has that same look. However, a copper or bronze paint job would match the interior.
As a Vermonter, I can confirm that Vermont does not issue new titles for cars more than 15 years old. I ran into this when I inherited an older car from my father who lived in another state. When I went to register it in Vermont I was told to hold on to the old title. I imagine this policy could cause difficulties when selling an older car to an out-of-state buyer.
The “copper” thing is just the trunk light reflection.
I know the 383’s but was this the same block with smaller displacement? I’ve never seen one and I’ve looked at 100’s and 100’s over the years. Slant 6’s, 273, 318, 340, 360′ s and 440’s plus the 392 and 426 hemi’s…
350,361,383&400 are b series motors
383,413,426wedge& 440 are rb series motors
big and really big ??? lol
i really don’t recall what the major differences were between the 2 big block series. i only played with the 440s and the truck 413s
and my but a sweet sweet ride
“RB” is for raised block, it has a higher deck height than the “B” engine.
Very pretty car. Missing title is a concern.
a priest’s car. a parish pastor
That brings back a memory-while visiting my uncle in the early 70s one of
his projects was working on the local pastors Chrysler 300F. It was black
with a red interior and had about 30K on the odo.Typical of rust belt cars
the “eyebrows” over the headlights had rusted through, but otherwise was
in good condition.He was well known in the community for his “undercover”
Chrysler.
Idea: Buy the 1970 426 Hemi featured a few hours after this after this article was posted and drop it into this car
Many years ago I bought an identical car from southern Maryland where there is a large community of Mennonites [Similar to the Amish, but they do drive cars and have modern electrical wiring & simple appliances in their homes].
The car I bought was owned by a Mennonite family, and when the patriarch passed away they decided to sell the car. I was local, and known as someone who liked to buy old cars, so the family wrote me a letter. I wrote back and made arrangements to go see the car, and I bought it for their asking price of $500. That was $100 more than the Chevy dealership was willing to give them in trade, on a used Chevy window van.
My Newport had a radio-delete plate in the dash instead of a radio, but it did have a fender antenna. I was told when the car was new, the old man had the radio removed prior to buying the car from the local Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in Waldorf, MD. As I recall, the original paperwork and the window sticker showed the car had 3 options; radio, heater and Torqueflite.
The car was kept in a single car garage, never driven in the rain, and it had about 15,000 carefully driven miles. The original sales agreement showed a 1948 Studebaker Champion sedan was traded in on the car, they allowed $55 on the trade in!
Lovely looking car. If only more pics were posted on craigslist. If you’re going to advertise a car, you really need to show as much of the car as possible. The more the merrier. Given the condition of the car, assuming everything on the car works like they should and runs and drives safely, I’d pay between $5,000 and $10,000. That’d leave enough money for maintenance, insurance, restoration, upgrades, etc.
My first car was a 1964 Chrysler Newport 2 door with the 383. It was white with blue interior. No A/C, but power brakes and steering, crank windows. It was my uncle’s car, and he gave it to me right before he died (I was 16). Very good car, decent pick up, I had it up to 120 once on the highway. It was heavy and used a lot of gas.
I like 65′ 68-72 El Camnio’s. Womover got this one at $14k got a great looking turn key car from the looks of it.