“If you are considering something more in a car than just size alone . . . you want to look at a Chrysler New Yorker Brougham. It’s an enormously comfortable car that lends new meaning to the words “luxurious” and “plush.” – so says a 1973 Chrysler New Yorker brochure. This big Brougham is listed here on eBay in East Orange, New Jersey, there is no reserve, and the current bid is $2,075.
The Fuselage design was made from 1969 through 1973 and this Forest Green New Yorker Brougham with a green vinyl top and green interior is a “triple pickle” according to the seller, and now I’ll never look at a 1970s tri-color-green Chrysler product the same again. You can see that this car needs a lot of cosmetic help.
That design, though, I think this is a beautiful car. The bumpers are a work of integrated art in the era before evil gub’ment reg’a-layshuns. It’s very doable, this car could be restored to like-new condition again but it’ll take a big shop or garage. This car is over 19 feet long and well over two tons of luxury fun. The trunk would be great for drive-ins, if there were still drive-ins. Are there any where you live?
The seats look perfect, I’m assuming they’ve been redone but we don’t know for sure. I expected a nice green brocade fabric in a New Yorker Brougham. Vinyl seats are shown as an option but not in this pattern. The back seat looks equally perfect and that’s where you want to ride in this car. You can see some rust in the photos so it won’t be a weekend project to bring this one back to life again. Oddly enough, air-conditioning was still an option for a New Yorker.
The engine has spent decades in a damp environment but it’s said to run great. It’s Chrysler’s 440-cu.in. OHV V8, which by 1973 had 215 hp and 345 lb-ft of torque. It sends power through a TorqueFlite transmission to the rear wheels and expect to get 10 mpg on a good day. The seller replaced the gas tank and it’s drivable now but plan on doing more tinkering as you move around this huge car and make it as nice as it should be. Have any of you owned a New Yorker from the Fuselage era?
I loves me a You Norker for sure, Scotty. Somehow the seats look consistent enough to be original, but of course, who knows. Mopar offered a lot of choices in those days.
Here’s the back seat of my $3500 ’65 Yorker. Nice writeup on a cool luxobarge.
Wow Rex. Nice New Yorker. My Dad had a really good friend that had a 66 Newport, he had that thing forever. I still remember my Dad asking him about a trip he and his wife took in the mid to late 80s, somewhere up to the Catskills from North Jersey. To this day I remember him saying,”Purred like a Kitten”. Can you post any more pics of your car?
Nice
My mom, who is 5′ 1/2″ , bought a brand new 1972 Chrysler New Yorker. It was brown matilic with tan and brown interior. I remember riding in it and thinking “you could play basketball on the hood” I was 13 at the time. We also had a 1971 Plymouth Satellite station wagon with a towing package. That came with a posi traction I believe. I absolutely loved that car. My two younger brothers and I traveled many miles on trips with the back seat folded down and a sleeping bag spread out. That was dad’s and the New Yorker was mom’s.
My buddy’s Dad had a ’66 New Yorker. Being a GM fan, I thought they were good looking cars.
This ’73 needs a lot of work and who knows what lies underneath and I n the trunk as far as rust.
Thanks Driveinstile. As everyone here knows, I’m all too happy to post photos of my cars!
Wow!!!! Love it!!! Perfect color too. Thank you for posting that!!!
I pick my kids up at the airport in this car when they fly down for a visit. Outrageous trunk space. They love it.
Rex, I love it! That’s a super cool car and I’m jealous of you. It looks to be in excellent condition.
It’s a great starter barge, and I wonder how it survived not having its 440 extracted years ago.
I had almost this exact car ’73 New Yorker in triple green. Mine didn’t have power windows though. Bought in ’79 with 40,000 mi. on it for 450 bucks. And yes it was rough on gas. I didn’t have it long and sold it for $250 and bought a Rambler. Much easier on gas. I think in 2 years I went through about 5 cars, this was the most expensive one. It was a lot easier to buy beaters back then. For a couple hundred bucks you could buy one, drive it a while, junk it and get another.
Back in the day, I had a friend who’s folks had a ’73 Imperial. Not quite a New Yorker, but close enough for rock & roll. We went out for a drive in it one afternoon. That car was like a flying carpet! I couldn’t feel the road at all. But, the thing I remember most was watching the gas gauge needle slowly but surely moving to the left towards the big E. He told me it got 8 to 10 miles to the gallon. Definitely not a daily driver car nowadays, but it would be a fun weekend cruiser. GLWTS.
I recently read the Holly Sniper fuel injection system boosted highway MPG to the 16-18 in a 70 440 Roadrunner.
Every 70s made for tv mobster movie car
Knew a lady in Western Massachusetts who owned an identical car, which I drove all of one time. Could be this was hiding in her garage the last 20 years?. Yikes!
My parents had a 72 NYB coupe when I was in HS. Blew the doors off of a lot of other muscle cars and you could bury the speedo into the clock.
Would make great new home for “Trailer Park Boys” Ricky.
This is the sort of car that has to go through three or four owners, each restoring a few aspects before realizing how much money it will take to do everything needed, before it gets into a condition that one owner can restore the final few pieces to make it economically viable to buy. As it is today there is likely $20K worth of work to do and getting that money back will be a challenge.
Much as I love C Bodies, I think by 73 they were getting a little long in the tooth.
The rear treatment still holds up the ‘battering ram’ front end lacks finesse.
Ah, yes!! I had three Chrysler Town and Country wagons, a green ’69, a beige ’73, and a gold ’75, all magnificent machines. I could put the seats down and lay a 4×8 sheet of plywood flat in any of them! The ’69 had a 440 and every option in the book, including the separate a/c in the ceiling between the second and third seats. The ’73 had a 383 and beautiful hounds-tooth-check seats, but, one sunny day, a pickup loaded with freshly-picked corn forced my just-got-my-license son off the road over obstacles that essentially tore the underside apart. The ’75 was arguably the best lookin’ of the three, but I loved ’em all.
Looks like it’s about to set sail for the Love Shack.
Now that’s a real Chrysler!
“Triple Pickle”
Hilarious
My godfather had a NYB and I was his chauffeur for about two years. The NYB drove and rode better than the Mercedes.
Auction update: this car sold for $2,800!
The new owner should become a member of the FCBO Forum (For C-Bodies Only). It is a good forum of knowledgeable C-body Mopar guys who can help answer any question as the new owner embarks on fixing this car up. Or maybe 2800 is an OK price to pay for a 440 and scrap the car?