The New Yorker was Chrysler Corp’s premium automobile from 1940 to 1996 (except for the Imperial which was a separate make during part of this time). The car was redesigned in 1963 and lost its tailfins and other styling traits from the late 1950s. This ’64 New Yorker 4-door sedan is a survivor-quality vehicle that has been well taken care of across just two owners in the past 60 years. It looks like a turnkey automobile with loads of life left in it. Our thanks to Tony Primo for another Mopar tip!
Sales of all Chrysler cars got a bump in 1963 thanks to the company offering a 5-year/50,000-mile warranty to back up its products (1-year/12,000 miles was common among the U.S. automakers at the time). New Yorkers were more than luxurious and comfortable as they came equipped with some potency under the hood. This ’64 New Yorker has a 413 cubic inch V8 which would soon give way to the 440 powerhouse. And it has the 3-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission with push-button controls.
As the story goes, this stately vehicle lived most of its life with its first owner in Colorado. Then it shifted to Wisconsin with the second owner with a few additional miles added in some 30 years (the odometer reads 91,600). We’re told the New Yorker runs and drives quite nicely though the accelerator pump can sometimes be finicky and needs checking out. And the passenger side front window doesn’t respond to the power lift buttons. The factory air conditioning also needs a shot of freon.
The paint on this Chrysler is mostly original but has been touched up in several areas as some elderly drivers were less than perfect at steering the car in the right direction. The New Yorker has a new set of tires mounted on wheels with dog dish hub caps and beauty rings, but the original wheel covers are in the trunk. The seller will consider a trade involving a 1991 or newer Suburban or some other large SUV. Located in Union Grove, Illinois, this rather nice cruiser is available here on craigslist for $10,500 and would be a nice addition for Cars & Coffee outings.
Gol dang, I do declare, this one is going off to my brother. In the early 70s, he was drafted to peacetime service in NC, just missing Vietnam. He lived off base with his new wife, and bought a car seemingly identical to this car. It may have been a ’63, but red, 4 door and may have been a Newport, but same car. I remember it rolled like thunder, even shmucked a deer with it. Chrysler 1,( won) deer 0.(lost)
RE: Chryslers warranty jingle, come on, you remember, “5 long years, or 50,000 miles, whichever comes first.” A groundbreaking initiative in 1963 as before that, I believe warranties were only a year. And don’t forget those irritating starters at 4:30 am as your neighbor went to the factory.
Fun stuff, my brother will like it. I forgot, when he moved from NC back to Wisconsin, he found an Austin America,( that he never got running) and loaded it with furnishings, and pulled it with the Chrysler. I doubt the Chrysler even groaned. Styling still a bit out there, but the cars themselves were outstanding.
I’m sorry but the word ‘schmuck’ is a noun, not a verb and is Yiddish referring to a part of a man’s anatomy that is dealt with during a Bris when a few days old.
Fine Corinthian leather….. waah ( baby cries)
Take 2, Hi Eric, thanks, but I don’t think so. The word schmuck meant a person who is downtrodden, foolish, and kind of meant to hit something, but never meant any part of the mans body, there were other words for that. I know that, because Yiddish was spoken regularly in my family.
Sorry Howard, but Yiddish was also spoken in my home (my father’s crib language) and while the word ‘schmuck’ has been used for a no-account fool in the vernacular, it’s original meaning was as I described.
Mazel Tov, Yiddish being a slang language, maybe schmuck in my household was slang of a slang. While Webster still defines it as someone who is foolish, down the list of meanings, you are correct, I guess our family never took it that far. I think we used schmuck like an onomatopoeia, it sounds like if you would hit something,,”schmucked it pretty good”. Thanks for the lesson, shalom
Waaay underrated IMHO. These were
wonderful and reliable cruisers that would float you down the road with the greatest of ease. Sadly, a lot of these fine cars went to the crusher due to either severe rust issues or just to get that big powerful 413 V-8
for another project. An old friend of
mine did that when he yanked the
engine (413) and tranny and put them
into a ’64 Dodge crew cab dually pickup. The donor car had severe rust issues beyond the ability to repair. And boy lemme tell ya’, that
thing was a real beast! Would love to
have this car but space and money
don’t permit it.
Someone get rid of those stupid dog dish hubcaps. They look cheap, and this was not a cheap car.
Totally agree !
Love that 413!!!
I’m pretty sure my father’s 1960 Chrysler Windsor only came with a 90 day/4000 mile warranty.
my slicks are spinning but the 413 is really digging in
I’d like to know the story behind the snow mobile up in the tree.