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[[Image:Chrysler 1953 new yorker convertible.jpg|thumb|350px|1953 Chrysler New Yorker]]
  
  
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New Yorker has almost always been the model name reserved for Chrysler's top of the line model -- Letter cars and when Imperial was not its own make excluded. The New Yorker name can be traced back to 1938, when Chrysler called it top of the line model the "New York Special". In 1939, the model name was changed to New Yorker, a name the stayed with Chrysler until the [[LHS]] was dropped in 1996.
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1937 [[Airflow]] Eight
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* [[E-Class]] All but the 300 were Chrysler's lesser model of the New Yorker.
  
 
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=== 1938-1948 Pre and Post War ===
 
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[[Image:41NewYorker.jpg|thumb|1941 Chrysler New Yorker]]
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[[Image:41NewYorker.jpg| 1941 Chrysler New Yorker]]
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The Flat Head Straight 8cyl motor and [[Fluid Drive]] (Semi-Automatic) transmission were hardly leading edge technology, but were dependable. Like most cars immediately following WWII, the 1946-1948s were basically 1942 models with a different front end treatment.
  
 
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While the "Pontoon" front fenders disappeared for Chrysler's post war design, the cars had an unusually high roof-line, as dictated by Chrysler President [[K. T. Keller]], who felt men wanted to be able to wear their hats while driving. In 1951 Chrysler answered Cadillac and Oldsmobile OHV V-8 engines with the introduction of the 331ci [[Hemi]] having 180hp.
  
 
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1957 introduced totally new Chryslers with [[Virgil Exner]]'s huge fins on longer, wider, and lower bodies. 1957 saw the New Yorker getting the 392ci/345hp Hemi to replace the 354 hemi of 1956.
  
 
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[[Image:1964NewYorker.jpg|thumb|1964 Chrysler New Yorker]]
  
 
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* [http://www.moparstyle.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=20 MoparStyle C/D/R Forums]
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* [http://www.moparstyle.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22 MoparStyle F/J/M Forums]
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* [http://www.moparstyle.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=23 MoparStyle FWD Forums]
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* [http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48 Old Hippie's Mopar Forum]
 
* [http://www.newyorkeronline.org/ New Yorker On-Line]
 
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1953 Chrysler New Yorker


New Yorker has almost always been the model name reserved for Chrysler's top of the line model -- Letter cars and when Imperial was not its own make excluded. The New Yorker name can be traced back to 1938, when Chrysler called it top of the line model the "New York Special". In 1939, the model name was changed to New Yorker, a name the stayed with Chrysler until the LHS was dropped in 1996.

Model Predecessor

1937 Airflow Eight

Model Successor

Concorde

Related Models

Competition

  • Oldsmobile
  • Buick
  • Edsel
  • Mercury
  • Monarch (Canada)
  • Nash
  • Hudson
  • Packard 200 / Clipper
  • Kaiser
  • Frazer

Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:

1938-1948 Pre and Post War

1941 Chrysler New Yorker

The Flat Head Straight 8cyl motor and Fluid Drive (Semi-Automatic) transmission were hardly leading edge technology, but were dependable. Like most cars immediately following WWII, the 1946-1948s were basically 1942 models with a different front end treatment.

Engines

  • 323CI/135hp Flat Head

Transmissions

Specifications:


1949-1956 The Keller Cars

1951 Chrysler New Yorker


While the "Pontoon" front fenders disappeared for Chrysler's post war design, the cars had an unusually high roof-line, as dictated by Chrysler President K. T. Keller, who felt men wanted to be able to wear their hats while driving. In 1951 Chrysler answered Cadillac and Oldsmobile OHV V-8 engines with the introduction of the 331ci Hemi having 180hp.

Platform

Engines

  • 323CI/135-hp Flat Head through 1953
  • 331CI/180-hp Hemi beginning 1954

Transmissions

Specifications:


1957-1961 Forward Look

1957 Chrysler New Yorker


1957 introduced totally new Chryslers with Virgil Exner's huge fins on longer, wider, and lower bodies. 1957 saw the New Yorker getting the 392ci/345hp Hemi to replace the 354 hemi of 1956.

Platform

Engines

  • 392CI/345hp Hemi Head for 1957-58
  • 413-cid wedge head RB block 1959-61

Transmissions

Torqueflite 3-speed automatic

Specifications:



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1962-1964 Exner's Last

1964 Chrysler New Yorker

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1965-1968 C-Body Slab Sides

1965 Chrysler New Yorker

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C-Body

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1970-1973 C-Body Fuselage

1970 Chrysler New Yorker

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C-Body

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Transmissions

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1974-1978 C-Body The Broughams

1977 Chrysler New Yorker

Platform

C-Body

Engines

Transmissions

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1979-1981 R-Body

1979 Chrysler New Yorker

In 1979, the Chrysler full size cars were downsized from the C-Body to the R-Body, which was essentially a stretched B-Body. Also using the R-Body platform was the new Dodge St. Regis, a name borrowed from Chrysler, which replaced the full-size Dodge Royal Monacos previously on the C-Body. A late comer was the Plymouth Gran Fury of 1980.

Platform

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1982 M-Body

1982 New Yorker

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1983-1987 E-Body

1987 Chrysler New Yorker

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K-Car

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Transmissions

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1988-1993 C-Body

1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue

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K-Car

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1994-1996 LHS-Body

1996 Chrysler New Yorker


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LH

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Wiki Topic References:

  • Old Cars Weekly - October 15, 2009

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