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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.

History:

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

[Royal], [Windsor], [Newport], [Saratoga], [300], and [E-Class] were all Chrysler's lesser model of the New Yorker.

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

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.

Engines

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

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.

Engines

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

Transmissions

Torqueflite 3-speed automatic

1962-1964 Exner's Last

1964 Chrysler New Yorker

1965-1968 C-Body Slab Sides

1965 Chrysler New Yorker

Platform

C-Body

1970-1973 C-Body Fuselage

1970 Chrysler New Yorker

Platform

C-Body

1974-1978 C-Body The Broughams

1977 Chrysler New Yorker

Platform

C-Body

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 latecomer was the Plymouth Gran Fury of 1980.

Platform

R-Body

1982 M-Body

1982 New Yorker

Platform

M-Body

1983-1987 E-Body

1987 Chrysler New Yorker

Platform

K-Car

1988-1993 C-Body

1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue

Platform

K-Car

1994-1996 LHS-Body

1996 Chrysler New Yorker

Platform

LH

Wiki Topic References:

• Old Cars Weekly - October 15, 2009

External Links

• New Yorker On-Line
• Chrysler's Official Web Site
• MoparStyle C/D/R Forums
• MoparStyle F/J/M Forums
• MoparStyle FWD Forums
• Old Hippie's Mopar Forum