I have started a thread on for this car over on for c bodies only if you want to check out some more information. I have uploaded some factory brochures and other pictures as well www.forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/threads/1977-chrysler-town-country.77054/
The body style actually started in 74. My parents ordered a 74 from the factory, white with brown interior and wood sides. This was the car I learned to drive in. If you can parallel park this beast you can park anything. :)
When I was in Highschool in the Eighties, dad owned a combination repair shop/body shop. One of his customers had a '76 T&C wagon that he had taken PERFECT care of from new... But he had an accident with it by running it into his garage door and ruining the grill, fenders and hood. The insurance company TOTALED it and since I happened to need a car, I ended up buying it for a whole $250 cash. I also bought a wrecked '78 New Yorker Brougham for $150 that had been rear ended and also TOTALED by the insurance company. They were both Dove Grey cars and the '78 had the cool Waterfall grill, hidden headlights and the grey button tufted leather interior. So the wagon went into Dad's body shop and the entire front end of the '78 went on the '76... We transferred the side moldings and even installed new fake wood "DiNoc" on the sides. We did the Switcheroo on parts of the interior, swapping in the leather seats for the old vinyl ones... Dad's upholsterer reskinned the wagon's rear seat with the cover from the '78 sedan. Gotta say that it was one of the classiest station wagons I've ever seen... And I miss it like crazy.
Oh man how cool is that! I was always surprised they weren't offered with the waterfall grills and high interior trim offerings like the other chryslers of that era. If you have any way of finding your VIN of your old wagon it may be able to be tracked down to the last/recent titled owner.
Yup, Pops had one. I remember him teaching me how to drive in it, and once surrounded by semis on a highway in Toronto, CA. My dad had nerves of steel.🙂
I grew up in a 77 Royal Monaco love the glove box in that thing same as yours that was my driver that was my dad's new car and I drove it everyday great memories
Its in fairly good shape considering they weren't treated as collectors typically.. I would like to eventually get it a proper paint job and fresh woodgrain. But for now its presentable and I'm not stressed out about driving it and it getting a rock chip or anything....which is the level of car I enjoy most. Perfectly restored or new cars stress me the heck out driving around!
My dad had this exact vehicle, minus the 8-track. He kept it into the 90s because he wasn't a truck guy. He did haul 4x8's when doing home upgrades. We made many long road trips, longest being Menominee, Mi to Boston. He LOVED that car. The rest of us hated driving it. My best friend's family had it in white with a brown interior. They referred to it as "The Battlestar" as in Galactica!
Super cool wagon,someone took care of her. Sadly almost all the 60s,70s and 80s wagons were used as demo cars,parts cars for 2 doors or for their driveline. My dad had almost entirely all chevy wagons but he had a 74 dodge with the woodgrain and a 440 ,a 75 Chrysler or Plymouth wagon with wood grain and a 73 Ltd country squire even though he hardly drove them as chevys were and are his heart ? I'm looking for a classic chevy wagon 65 or 66 but I have 2 dodge magnum wagons (06 rt,07 sxt) which I love . All wagons are awesome, thanks for posting
@@johnlucas5171 definitely not many left at all and never seen these . It's sickening that there is a super clean 72 Marquis wagon in the wrecking yard. Save all the remaining wagons
My parents had two Town & Countrys that they bought new- a red 1972, and a 1975, the same color as yours. Our `75 had the optional 400, and no cornering lights. It had factory carpet on the tailgate door also. I can't remember if it had Autotemp or not. Man, your car really brings back memories. My parents sold their `75 in 1979, the year before I started driving. I would so love to have one of those now! I'm in love with your car. Thanks for sharing.
Boy, did YOU kick butt with this purchase of such a gorgeous wagon! You know, I loved the GM "clamshell" tailgates of that era, and while I depised the Ford's "twin-facing rear seats," I thought they were beautiful, too. But in the 70s, nothing screamed "I am a suburbanite; hear me tow my camper trailer" more than Chrysler wagons. They even got the Brady Bunch's full approval; now that's an endorsement! 🐰
I've admired these cars for over 50 years, but I've never driven or owned one. I'm glad you have one, and I hope you'll talk more about it in future videos.
My dad had one of these....me and my brother were always in the 3rd seat...it was the fun area away from our parents...must have been 10yrs old....I'm 50 now...nice nostalgia video 👍
Some friends of mine in New Jersey had one of these and a Chrysler Newport. I'm from Sweden and I love big cars. But I have never owned one myself. This model would match my Danish Combi Camp from 1977!
@@johnlucas5171 I hear you. Its what I love seeing at shows. Ford, GM and Chrysler wagons. Love all the big wagons from this era and earlier. I'll be looking for more videos of it. 👍
If you anywhere near Indiana and want to check it out let me know! You can come take it for a ride and get a wiff of that Chrysler interior....It will bring you right back!
I know how you feel, when I was young, Dad bought a 74 International Travelall. A IH 'suburban' version... He used to joke it had more miles vertically, than horizontally, because it always needed something fixed. I miss it. She's a Gem... I hope you have as much fun with her, as your Father did.
Oh for sure! I can't tell you how many times my dad would pickup 4x8 sheets with the wagon growing up...and then close the tailgate! Not many pickup trucks can do that today lol
In '82, my first car was a '73 Fury. It was that color and I see styling and body lines that remind me of it. Especially by the rear wheels. It also looks like they borrowed some style from Ford/Mercury, in the hood and grill area.
Was A Chrysler Tech When This Car New, I Remember These Well You're Right, Not To Many Around Even When New, They Were Expensive! It's A Beautiful Automobile Enjoy It! Thanks For The Posting Brought Back Memories.
I wish I could capture the interior smell for ya, it smells exactly like I remembered from when I was younger! One of my friends has the lean burn diagnostic machine that the dealers had at the time. I will get a video of it for you and upload it here. Subscribe so you get the notification when I do
great video - I grew up with these wagons as well - my mother had a 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury Sport Suburban in Jasmine Yellow - my grandmother had a 1974 New Yorker Brougham 4 door hardtop in the same color Golden Fawn - which was the year this body style was introduced - the grilles and bumpers changed slightly from 1974 to 1977 - as stated yours has the somewhat rare front cornering lights - Chrysler Corporation manufactured the most elegant station wagons during this period including the Dodge Royal Monaco as well - take good care of her
Such big cool cars! I have kinda been wanting a new yorker as well lol. Have you seen the TV show trailer park Boys? Love how they have a couple c bodies in that show!
The car I learned to drive on was a 1977 Gran Fury Sport Suburban, so very similar to your Town & Country. My father purchased it new then I bought it off him when it was 5 years old. I kept it until 1986 then sold it to a friend. After 1977 the only big full sized cars Chrysler made were the Newport and New Yorker, their last year in that sheet metal being 1978. There were no full sized wagons in 1978.
It’s amazing how well the styling has aged on these mid 70s mopars. We had a 1974 dodge Crestwood with beige paint and simulated wood siding. Try finding one of those these days. And we were always towing something with it, just like your family. I think it had a 360 in it. And I remember my dad always saying how thirsty the car was, it gulped down the gasoline.
It's nice to see another one, but mine is a 77 Chrysler Town & Country Hearse I got for free helping my friends daughter with his estate. This was one of the cars he had. You mentioned some my have had a sun roof. Believe it or not my hearse has the optional sun roof! I hope to have it at the Mopar Nationals in the survivor class this is something you don't see every day at a car show. The same thing can be said about your vehicle. It's fantastic, now all is missing is a vintage travel trailer. In joyed the video.
What an amazing wagon! I am so pleased it is in your care now! I had a 78 Newport sedan for 20 years getting over 300,000 kms on it till the body rusted out. 440's had 205 hp that year. U-haul (in Canada) has an amazing collection of available hitches and will install them too.
Isn't is crazy that its even possible to make so little HP with so many cubic inches lol! I have been kinda wanting a beater new yorker for some more daily driving now and then. Maybe not quite as rough as the shit mobile from trailer park boys lol but something along those lines
@johnlucas5171 Also. On my 78 Newport. I got 40+ more horse power putting on petronics/electronic ignition, dual exhaust and a k&n air filter. My Newport towed my 28 foot house trailer with ease and comfort.
Always thought it would be cool to build an Ss396 or SS 454 Chevy wagon . But my favs were Oldsmobile high torque and high HP big block 455 cid V8 Vista Cruiser wagons , always ! ❤
love your wagon! I had a 1976 Buick Estate wagon with the clamshell tailgate, which would've been the GM counterpart to the big mopars. Must have been great to grow up around these cars back in the day. Greetings from Germany
I don't think I appreciated it when I was younger, it was just the family truckster lol. It was as I grew older I began wanting one again real bad lol. Did you have that buick in Germany?? If so that had to really stand out!
I also did Drivers Ed in Summer in a Mopar wagon she was a new Fury II or Fury III wagon with all power AC PW PS PB power back door window. A very nice car had the optional turn signals at the leading edge of the front Fenders and even had AM FM radio chromed out trim and roof rack too
I have thee same one but in green lol. Runs perfect no dents no leaks for sale. Wish it had thee sunroof also, but I guess that would be a leaky problem later. Maybe that's a good thing.
Oh man, I love the green color, you didn't see many of those. Does it have green interior too? Post some pics over on my thread on forcbodiesonly.com. I posted the link in the pinned comment at the top. How much are you asking for it?
Extremely beautiful car! I'm from Europe, and having a gigantic C Body is the stuff of dreams, these cars have a style and presence like nothing else. They just look so powerful and proud. I hope you take good care of it :)
My parents hosted a few foreign exchange students over the years in the late 70's and early 80's. I remember them saying that one of the exchange students was shocked by the size of the wagon when they picked him up at the airport! I also remember them saying that he was also blown away that we were able to have a learners permit at 15 years old and regular drivers license at 16. I think in his country the driving age didn't start til 18 at the time.
@@johnlucas5171 Yes, that would be correct haha. Here in my country, Serbia, you can start learning how to drive when you're 17, but you can get your license when you're 18 at the earliest. But for the first 3 years of your license, you can't drive a car with more than 109hp, and you also can't drive from 11pm to 5am. We have some more restrictions. I think I would also be kinda shocked seeing one of these in person, I have a Mazda 626, 1993, and that is already a big car here, my father says it's huge and it's around 4.7m long. I'm guessing your Town and Country is around 5.5-5.7m long haha, so it would definitely look super huge compared to euro cars. I personally like that, I'm a small guy and I like big things haha.
@@SomeOne_86 Yes it is long...comes in at 19 feet or 5.8 meters! Dang, that is some terrible restrictions! I bought my first car a 1985 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo when I was 14 so I could have it ready to go for the day I turned 16. I got my first speeding ticket on the first day of having my license too lol!
@@johnlucas5171 Haha that's awesome! I can imagine having that crazy thing as a first car was a great experience. I personally don't mind at all how big these are, it would just be a little difficult to find a parking space big enough for these. But the roads are big enough, and if you have a house then parking is not a problem. I'd love to own one of these some day :)
The radio would have been what they called "Dealer installed". Usually happens when a customer finds a car they like but want an upgraded radio i.e. AM/FM Stereo to AM/FM Stereo w/8 Track. I have in my collection a cassette deck (silver face) that looks like a factory Chrysler radio but says Motorola on it. I miss these boats I remember seeing them everywhere as a kid.
I saw this comment posted in a for sale listing on Bring a Trailer for another 77 chrysler wagon and thought I would share it here as I remember hearing many of these myself while traveling in the wagon growing up: MobileHomey Echos… “Are we there yet?” “I get to sit up front this time!” “He stole my ___” “They forgot my fries!” “But but but….” “How come HE gets to ___” “We need 500 cupcakes for the sale tomorrow” “Your Father….” “Because I SAID SO” “Well if that’s how you feel then you can ____” “Go straight to your room” “Some help with the groceries please” “Stop staring at your brother” “Why you keep hitting yourself?” “He threw up” “Ewwww Cooties” “GI Joe with Kung Fu Grip!” “Santa can see it on page 87 of the Sears book” “But MOM!” “It’s exactly where you left it” “I Love You” “She loved you so much”
Ya I just saw that video. That one has the heavy tow package too. I messaged him that I want to buy parts off it if he doesn't go forward with the restoration
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Beautiful car. I'm more of a Ford & Mercury guy, but stiĺl.. Please consider dual exhaust if you haven't already. Quiet turbo stock mufflers are fine, you just want it to breathe the way Nature wants any 440 to. But.....1977 still didn't have rectangular headlights yet?
My bro custom ordered a 75 Royal Monaco brougham wagon in the same colour. He ordered the passenger reclining bench seat too. He only had the AM radio with a real seat speaker. Does it have the Fuel Saver light? The left turn fender signal lights up when you put the hammer down too hard 😂
Nice. I bought one of these cheap in 1981. I had the 440 with two A/C compressors. It was a comfortable ride but oh my it got horrible gas mileage. I sold it soon.
I wonder if you had a pre 74 wagon as they had the optional rear air. I have not seen one of these models with dual ac compressors. Ya she likes to drink the fuel!
@@larryfromwisconsin9970 Geez, couldn't the guy just take another $12 to pay for "his" fuel in the tank? Gas probably cost about $1.20 then at it's early 80's height, quickly dropped after that, by 86' it was back to under a dollar.
I have a 52k mile original 77 New Yorker Brougham, identical to the one on the front page of your brochure, in Syracuse. Maybe we could get together sometime to compare all three cars?
I will be attending the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle PA this year. It's July 14-16th. There is still time to register. You should bring yours out! That's only about 4 hours south of you, so not too long of a drive. I will be coming from Indianapolis
I remember camping in my parents wagon when I was younger! These work great for that as you can stretch out all the way with a fulll size mattress as well!
They were asking 12k. I ended up getting it for 10k. I would have like to got it 7-8k but it wasn't happening. I had found others for 4-6k but they were not in this kind of condition. The ones that were less money would have cost more to restore imo than paying 10k for this one. Since I have limited time for taking on projects I opted to spend the extra money and get one that was in good condition.
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I don't think these ever came factory with the waterfall grill and flip out headlights. I think it should have been a option though. I have seen a couple examples of some swaps that have been done and they definitely look right on there!
i had her cheaper sister a 77 Monaco wagon with a 360 2 row seating i bought it when i was remodeling my 1st host in 88 / paid 100 for it used it for 4 years and sold it for 400.. ..
Yeah neat old car well cared for needs some minor attentions on a few items the Chrysler Trio of that era actually exibited some unique engineering accolades to quote the late Lido Anthony Iacocca Chrysler actually employed some great engineers but their automobiles lacked a balanced design their engineers in the various departments did not communicate well with the other departments down the hall these people needed to be sleeping togeather but they were not even flirting you had the audio entertainment department working on premium stereo radios but the people that were working on the HVAC system were putting out noisy blower components Electric window & seat motors that would wake the dead to me the CHRYCO trio were Boulbous & ugly now the Quadrupelets Clam shells over at General Motors were unique & popular/ unpopular in their own right they had excellent rearward visibility but some people thought that clamshell / fishbowl was ugly & when those got past a few years that whole glide away system had problems that made a lot of people go CHRYCO or FoMoCo but GM abandoned that concept after 1976 now to me Ford had the best & coolest Full sized wagon design in the industry the Country Squire & Colony Park models are the cream de La cream 😊
@@johnlucas5171 ...yes, I had a '72 Plymouth wagon with faux wood. lol ! However, this was just prior to cat converters so the torque from that mammoth engine was incredible.
On that car you can use hella h1h4 conversion e-code headlights. You can use 1157 Switchback bulbs in the front turn indicators, you can use 1156 LED bulbs cob Style in the cornering lights. Interior bulbs can also be matched up with LED cob bulbs cob are the better version they're making now. That front grill on the car is the actual base for the hood ornament other various ornaments may also fit a Top That Grill Crown that can be kept in a glove compartment for swapping out at your leisure or something different to look at. Some window tint I like mirror on these cars with chrome trim it comes out really nice and it blocks the Heat and the fading has a lot easier to see through than that dark tint. I've never owned a Chrysler so those are just usual things I do with my cars, and visited a nice friendly muffler shop and replace the entire exhaust system without the catalytic converter. Set of sensor-matic shock absorbers, on all my project cars I take all the trim off the outside polish it on my polishing wheel but I put cosmoline on the vehicle so when I replace the trim behind it is that wax spray so rust can never start where all the Fasteners are even the Fasteners brand new I spray them with cosmoline and then put all the trim back together that way you don't ever get those orange streaks down the side of rusting fasteners. The real difficult job is taking the front and back bumpers off removing the Chrome faces from the core supports taking the big machine with the wire brush and cleaning up those core supports are really good spraying the rust converter on the metal and let that dry out in the hot sun then the next layer be primer the final layer is bedliner. For the inside which you can't get to after using the rust converter for some gear lube or motor oil used on the inside reassemble the bumpers and Mountain back on the car of course using a floor jack because they're so heavy. On some cars I've been known to move them inward three or four inches known as a bumper tuck. My Cadillac Seville the rear bumper I tucked it. To delete the disintegrating filler pieces. My Ford LTD I was able to move both front and back in 4 in and it looks great. And was able to delete the filler Plastics on the front one. The bumper job is very important because they begin to rust especially the rear bumper and even the skin it gets wire brushed rust converted primed and bed liner on the inside of the Chrome skin and then you bolt that back to the core support and then you build the whole unit back onto the car and you have that side of relief that the bumpers are done. You don't need that all of a sudden what's that orange spot on the rear bumper to find it's already rotted all the way through..
I have started a thread on for this car over on for c bodies only if you want to check out some more information. I have uploaded some factory brochures and other pictures as well www.forcbodiesonly.com/mopar-forum/threads/1977-chrysler-town-country.77054/
The body style actually started in 74. My parents ordered a 74 from the factory, white with brown interior and wood sides. This was the car I learned to drive in. If you can parallel park this beast you can park anything. :)
Very, very nice. Wagons weren't cool then, but they are now.
When I was in Highschool in the Eighties, dad owned a combination repair shop/body shop.
One of his customers had a '76 T&C wagon that he had taken PERFECT care of from new... But he had an accident with it by running it into his garage door and ruining the grill, fenders and hood.
The insurance company TOTALED it and since I happened to need a car, I ended up buying it for a whole $250 cash.
I also bought a wrecked '78 New Yorker Brougham for $150 that had been rear ended and also TOTALED by the insurance company.
They were both Dove Grey cars and the '78 had the cool Waterfall grill, hidden headlights and the grey button tufted leather interior.
So the wagon went into Dad's body shop and the entire front end of the '78 went on the '76... We transferred the side moldings and even installed new fake wood "DiNoc" on the sides.
We did the Switcheroo on parts of the interior, swapping in the leather seats for the old vinyl ones... Dad's upholsterer reskinned the wagon's rear seat with the cover from the '78 sedan.
Gotta say that it was one of the classiest station wagons I've ever seen... And I miss it like crazy.
Oh man how cool is that! I was always surprised they weren't offered with the waterfall grills and high interior trim offerings like the other chryslers of that era. If you have any way of finding your VIN of your old wagon it may be able to be tracked down to the last/recent titled owner.
When I was a child we had one just like it. My Dad amazingly got it painted in gold metallic paint. Gorgeous, gorgeous car. Lots of great memories.
Yup, Pops had one. I remember him teaching me how to drive in it, and once surrounded by semis on a highway in Toronto, CA. My dad had nerves of steel.🙂
Best way to learn, thrown in the deep end!
Clean really clean, thank you , brings back my childhood . Ahh how I truly miss the 70s.
I grew up in a 77 Royal Monaco love the glove box in that thing same as yours that was my driver that was my dad's new car and I drove it everyday great memories
Oh my it's in phenomenal condition. Love these Mopars 🤗
Its in fairly good shape considering they weren't treated as collectors typically.. I would like to eventually get it a proper paint job and fresh woodgrain. But for now its presentable and I'm not stressed out about driving it and it getting a rock chip or anything....which is the level of car I enjoy most. Perfectly restored or new cars stress me the heck out driving around!
Cool vid bruh!! Love these old Chryslers
My dad had this exact vehicle, minus the 8-track. He kept it into the 90s because he wasn't a truck guy. He did haul 4x8's when doing home upgrades. We made many long road trips, longest being Menominee, Mi to Boston. He LOVED that car. The rest of us hated driving it. My best friend's family had it in white with a brown interior. They referred to it as "The Battlestar" as in Galactica!
The 8 track is a must have to get the full experience!
@@johnlucas5171 At the time, my sister thought that the "full experience" was that the second speaker was on her side of the back seat‼️😂
You know, I had a good laugh with you showing all the ashtrays. 😊
Very important feature for vehicles and airplanes from that era
Super cool wagon,someone took care of her. Sadly almost all the 60s,70s and 80s wagons were used as demo cars,parts cars for 2 doors or for their driveline. My dad had almost entirely all chevy wagons but he had a 74 dodge with the woodgrain and a 440 ,a 75 Chrysler or Plymouth wagon with wood grain and a 73 Ltd country squire even though he hardly drove them as chevys were and are his heart ? I'm looking for a classic chevy wagon 65 or 66 but I have 2 dodge magnum wagons (06 rt,07 sxt) which I love . All wagons are awesome, thanks for posting
Thanks for the kind words! I'm so thankful to all the previous owners for treating this wagon with such care. Not many clean survivor's left
@@johnlucas5171 definitely not many left at all and never seen these . It's sickening that there is a super clean 72 Marquis wagon in the wrecking yard. Save all the remaining wagons
My parents had two Town & Countrys that they bought new- a red 1972, and a 1975, the same color as yours. Our `75 had the optional 400, and no cornering lights. It had factory carpet on the tailgate door also. I can't remember if it had Autotemp or not. Man, your car really brings back memories. My parents sold their `75 in 1979, the year before I started driving. I would so love to have one of those now! I'm in love with your car. Thanks for sharing.
I had 1 of these, a '70 T&C with the 440. Loaded to the gills. It would run an honest 140 but it needed to stop at almost every gas station.
A stunning looking vehicle!
It is a lot of stunning!
Long live the c bodies love the New Yorker my uncle had a town and country wagon like this it was a beast
Boy, did YOU kick butt with this purchase of such a gorgeous wagon! You know, I loved the GM "clamshell" tailgates of that era, and while I depised the Ford's "twin-facing rear seats," I thought they were beautiful, too. But in the 70s, nothing screamed "I am a suburbanite; hear me tow my camper trailer" more than Chrysler wagons. They even got the Brady Bunch's full approval; now that's an endorsement! 🐰
It would just fit the entire brady bunch with everybody seated in! I think they would have been better served with a 15 passenger B van though lol
I've admired these cars for over 50 years, but I've never driven or owned one. I'm glad you have one, and I hope you'll talk more about it in future videos.
I will get some more videos up!
@@johnlucas5171 I'll be here to watch 'em. I hope YOU enjoy making them, too. Mahalo!
My dad had one of these....me and my brother were always in the 3rd seat...it was the fun area away from our parents...must have been 10yrs old....I'm 50 now...nice nostalgia video 👍
Greatest tow car in the "WORLD". Mom and Dad , four kids in the back! Than the big Golden Falcon on the hitch!
Great looking wagon ! I’d hold on to it . Definitely a keeper .
I agree!
Some friends of mine in New Jersey had one of these and a Chrysler Newport. I'm from Sweden and I love big cars. But I have never owned one myself.
This model would match my Danish Combi Camp from 1977!
My Dad had the exact same one! I learned how to drive with it!! Great car! 😊
Love the old cars
It was fun gliding around in it today. They sure ride smooth!
@@johnlucas5171 how fun
Great car. Glad you found it and will take good care of it. Sounds like it's in the right hands. Good luck.
Thanks Mike! I'm so thankful to be able own one again! Love the looks and reactions this thing gets when I take it out
@@johnlucas5171 I hear you. Its what I love seeing at shows. Ford, GM and Chrysler wagons. Love all the big wagons from this era and earlier. I'll be looking for more videos of it. 👍
Beautiful car
Thanks Kent! I agree
My owned a 68 and a 75 when I was a kid. The 75 was almost the same color as this one. Very rare indeed!
If you anywhere near Indiana and want to check it out let me know! You can come take it for a ride and get a wiff of that Chrysler interior....It will bring you right back!
I know how you feel, when I was young, Dad bought a 74 International Travelall. A IH 'suburban' version... He used to joke it had more miles vertically, than horizontally, because it always needed something fixed. I miss it. She's a Gem... I hope you have as much fun with her, as your Father did.
The 4 x 8 cargo area, is one of the best features of this wagon.
Oh for sure! I can't tell you how many times my dad would pickup 4x8 sheets with the wagon growing up...and then close the tailgate! Not many pickup trucks can do that today lol
In '82, my first car was a '73 Fury. It was that color and I see styling and body lines that remind me of it. Especially by the rear wheels.
It also looks like they borrowed some style from Ford/Mercury, in the hood and grill area.
Was A Chrysler Tech When This Car New, I Remember These Well You're Right, Not To Many Around Even When New, They Were Expensive! It's A Beautiful Automobile Enjoy It! Thanks For The Posting Brought Back Memories.
I wish I could capture the interior smell for ya, it smells exactly like I remembered from when I was younger! One of my friends has the lean burn diagnostic machine that the dealers had at the time. I will get a video of it for you and upload it here. Subscribe so you get the notification when I do
great video - I grew up with these wagons as well - my mother had a 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury Sport Suburban in Jasmine Yellow - my grandmother had a 1974 New Yorker Brougham 4 door hardtop in the same color Golden Fawn - which was the year this body style was introduced - the grilles and bumpers changed slightly from 1974 to 1977 - as stated yours has the somewhat rare front cornering lights - Chrysler Corporation manufactured the most elegant station wagons during this period including the Dodge Royal Monaco as well - take good care of her
Such big cool cars! I have kinda been wanting a new yorker as well lol. Have you seen the TV show trailer park Boys? Love how they have a couple c bodies in that show!
The car I learned to drive on was a 1977 Gran Fury Sport Suburban, so very similar to your Town & Country. My father purchased it new then I bought it off him when it was 5 years old. I kept it until 1986 then sold it to a friend. After 1977 the only big full sized cars Chrysler made were the Newport and New Yorker, their last year in that sheet metal being 1978. There were no full sized wagons in 1978.
If everyone learned to drive in these we would have a lot more good drivers on the road!
It’s amazing how well the styling has aged on these mid 70s mopars. We had a 1974 dodge Crestwood with beige paint and simulated wood siding. Try finding one of those these days. And we were always towing something with it, just like your family. I think it had a 360 in it. And I remember my dad always saying how thirsty the car was, it gulped down the gasoline.
Good luck with your search! I hope you find one. Keep an eye on forcbodiesonly.com. they have a for sale section.
It's nice to see another one, but mine is a 77 Chrysler Town & Country Hearse I got for free helping my friends daughter with his estate. This was one of the cars he had. You mentioned some my have had a sun roof. Believe it or not my hearse has the optional sun roof! I hope to have it at the Mopar Nationals in the survivor class this is something you don't see every day at a car show. The same thing can be said about your vehicle. It's fantastic, now all is missing is a vintage travel trailer. In joyed the video.
Good score!❤
These look so fantastic with stamped wheels and beauty rings. Nice wagon dude.
What an amazing wagon! I am so pleased it is in your care now! I had a 78 Newport sedan for 20 years getting over 300,000 kms on it till the body rusted out. 440's had 205 hp that year. U-haul (in Canada) has an amazing collection of available hitches and will install them too.
Isn't is crazy that its even possible to make so little HP with so many cubic inches lol! I have been kinda wanting a beater new yorker for some more daily driving now and then. Maybe not quite as rough as the shit mobile from trailer park boys lol but something along those lines
@johnlucas5171 Also. On my 78 Newport. I got 40+ more horse power putting on petronics/electronic ignition, dual exhaust and a k&n air filter. My Newport towed my 28 foot house trailer with ease and comfort.
These and the big caprice where the best wagons from the 70s
I agree, this big massive classics ride so smooth and were built so well. No iron spared!
Big Chevy wagons were the Kingswood estate and Impala wagons
Always thought it would be cool to build an Ss396 or SS 454 Chevy wagon . But my favs were Oldsmobile high torque and high HP big block 455 cid V8 Vista Cruiser wagons , always ! ❤
Nice ride. Mopar excellence; Not many survivors
Last year for the full-size T-C however the name continued with the M-body platform/wagon with the LeBaron front end.
love your wagon! I had a 1976 Buick Estate wagon with the clamshell tailgate, which would've been the GM counterpart to the big mopars. Must have been great to grow up around these cars back in the day.
Greetings from Germany
I don't think I appreciated it when I was younger, it was just the family truckster lol. It was as I grew older I began wanting one again real bad lol. Did you have that buick in Germany?? If so that had to really stand out!
I also did Drivers Ed in Summer in a Mopar wagon she was a new Fury II or Fury III wagon with all power AC PW PS PB power back door window. A very nice car had the optional turn signals at the leading edge of the front Fenders and even had AM FM radio chromed out trim and roof rack too
I like it, very nice car ///
Thank you sir!
I love your car.
Correction, I meant to say they made this body style 1974-1977. Not 1975 like what I stated in the video
I have thee same one but in green lol. Runs perfect no dents no leaks for sale. Wish it had thee sunroof also, but I guess that would be a leaky problem later. Maybe that's a good thing.
Oh man, I love the green color, you didn't see many of those. Does it have green interior too? Post some pics over on my thread on forcbodiesonly.com. I posted the link in the pinned comment at the top. How much are you asking for it?
Extremely beautiful car! I'm from Europe, and having a gigantic C Body is the stuff of dreams, these cars have a style and presence like nothing else. They just look so powerful and proud. I hope you take good care of it :)
My parents hosted a few foreign exchange students over the years in the late 70's and early 80's. I remember them saying that one of the exchange students was shocked by the size of the wagon when they picked him up at the airport! I also remember them saying that he was also blown away that we were able to have a learners permit at 15 years old and regular drivers license at 16. I think in his country the driving age didn't start til 18 at the time.
@@johnlucas5171 Yes, that would be correct haha. Here in my country, Serbia, you can start learning how to drive when you're 17, but you can get your license when you're 18 at the earliest. But for the first 3 years of your license, you can't drive a car with more than 109hp, and you also can't drive from 11pm to 5am. We have some more restrictions. I think I would also be kinda shocked seeing one of these in person, I have a Mazda 626, 1993, and that is already a big car here, my father says it's huge and it's around 4.7m long. I'm guessing your Town and Country is around 5.5-5.7m long haha, so it would definitely look super huge compared to euro cars. I personally like that, I'm a small guy and I like big things haha.
@@SomeOne_86 Yes it is long...comes in at 19 feet or 5.8 meters! Dang, that is some terrible restrictions! I bought my first car a 1985 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo when I was 14 so I could have it ready to go for the day I turned 16. I got my first speeding ticket on the first day of having my license too lol!
@@johnlucas5171 Haha that's awesome! I can imagine having that crazy thing as a first car was a great experience. I personally don't mind at all how big these are, it would just be a little difficult to find a parking space big enough for these. But the roads are big enough, and if you have a house then parking is not a problem. I'd love to own one of these some day :)
@@SomeOne_86 that’s what we used to call a “Cinderella” license 😉
Must be a smooth and comfy ride. Big guys and gals fit nicely. Could easily go from say Pittsburgh to Denver in a 2 day ride.
I definitely need to plan a road trip with it this summer! I daily drive my F450, so getting in the wagon is such a vastly different ride lol.
such a cool car :)
The radio would have been what they called "Dealer installed". Usually happens when a customer finds a car they like but want an upgraded radio i.e. AM/FM Stereo to AM/FM Stereo w/8 Track. I have in my collection a cassette deck (silver face) that looks like a factory Chrysler radio but says Motorola on it. I miss these boats I remember seeing them everywhere as a kid.
That's a beauty!
Not everyone agrees, but I'm with you!
Awesome love it !!
I saw this comment posted in a for sale listing on Bring a Trailer for another 77 chrysler wagon and thought I would share it here as I remember hearing many of these myself while traveling in the wagon growing up:
MobileHomey
Echos…
“Are we there yet?”
“I get to sit up front this time!”
“He stole my ___”
“They forgot my fries!”
“But but but….”
“How come HE gets to ___”
“We need 500 cupcakes for the sale tomorrow”
“Your Father….”
“Because I SAID SO”
“Well if that’s how you feel then you can ____”
“Go straight to your room”
“Some help with the groceries please”
“Stop staring at your brother”
“Why you keep hitting yourself?”
“He threw up”
“Ewwww Cooties”
“GI Joe with Kung Fu Grip!”
“Santa can see it on page 87 of the Sears book”
“But MOM!”
“It’s exactly where you left it”
“I Love You”
“She loved you so much”
Budget Buildz on TH-cam recently dug one of these out of a barn. It's exactly like your car except his is blue.
Ya I just saw that video. That one has the heavy tow package too. I messaged him that I want to buy parts off it if he doesn't go forward with the restoration
Valve cover gaskets were an issue. Also a 26 gallon tank to feed a thirsty carb. Enjoy!!
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Beautiful car. I'm more of a Ford & Mercury guy, but stiĺl..
Please consider dual exhaust if you haven't already. Quiet turbo stock mufflers are fine, you just want it to breathe the way Nature wants any 440 to.
But.....1977 still didn't have rectangular headlights yet?
Was a rear air conditioner an option in 1977? I believe it was offered on earlier models (early 70s). Cool car.
To my knowledge it was not. I have only seen it on the pre 74 models
I believe the fender turn signals were lane change indicators
My bro custom ordered a 75 Royal Monaco brougham wagon in the same colour. He ordered the passenger reclining bench seat too. He only had the AM radio with a real seat speaker.
Does it have the Fuel Saver light? The left turn fender signal lights up when you put the hammer down too hard 😂
I don't think mine does, but I will double check next time I get it out
Nice. I bought one of these cheap in 1981. I had the 440 with two A/C compressors. It was a comfortable ride but oh my it got horrible gas mileage. I sold it soon.
I wonder if you had a pre 74 wagon as they had the optional rear air. I have not seen one of these models with dual ac compressors. Ya she likes to drink the fuel!
@@johnlucas5171 probably an older model. I only paid $200 and the seller made me wait while they siphoned out 10 gallons of gas.
@@larryfromwisconsin9970 Hahahah that's awesome!!! Did you have to bring you own battery too?
@@larryfromwisconsin9970 Geez, couldn't the guy just take another $12 to pay for "his" fuel in the tank? Gas probably cost about $1.20 then at it's early 80's height, quickly dropped after that, by 86' it was back to under a dollar.
I have a 52k mile original 77 New Yorker Brougham, identical to the one on the front page of your brochure, in Syracuse. Maybe we could get together sometime to compare all three cars?
I will be attending the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle PA this year. It's July 14-16th. There is still time to register. You should bring yours out! That's only about 4 hours south of you, so not too long of a drive. I will be coming from Indianapolis
I take mine to Dave matthews n camp out every summer for 3 days then back to the garage lol.
I remember camping in my parents wagon when I was younger! These work great for that as you can stretch out all the way with a fulll size mattress as well!
@@johnlucas5171 Best vehicals ever designed lol. And yes your right.
This didn’t have the rear A/C, did it? I read that was an option on these wagons
Awesome car ! Can u say what u paid? Or at least a fair price range for something similar? Thanks
They were asking 12k. I ended up getting it for 10k. I would have like to got it 7-8k but it wasn't happening. I had found others for 4-6k but they were not in this kind of condition. The ones that were less money would have cost more to restore imo than paying 10k for this one. Since I have limited time for taking on projects I opted to spend the extra money and get one that was in good condition.
My Brother that’s from a Different Mother you are one lucky man. I envy you.
Cherish and please take very good care of that Beach 🏖 🏝 Wagon Station 🚉 Wagon.
You are one very lucky individual to come across and find a Jewel 💎 a very rare Jewel 💎 indeed that Ride it is.
John some of them came with the same header Water 💦 💧 Fall Grill and Hidden Headlights System just like the Imperial Royal Crown LeBaron Front End By Chrysler.
That Spoiler on the rear is also called Rear Wind 💨 🌬 Window Deflector to help keep the Electric ⚡️ Powered Swing Out 3-Way Tailgate Glass Clean 🧼 🧽 and Clear from Debris, Dirt and Dust.
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I don't think these ever came factory with the waterfall grill and flip out headlights. I think it should have been a option though. I have seen a couple examples of some swaps that have been done and they definitely look right on there!
Want it😮
i had her cheaper sister a 77 Monaco wagon with a 360 2 row seating i bought it when i was remodeling my 1st host in 88 / paid 100 for it used it for 4 years and sold it for 400.. ..
I had one exactly like that one sold it to a guy in Ohio...25 years ago
85 to 100 is about all the engines of that era would last after that they just started smoking and getting tired
Yeah neat old car well cared for needs some minor attentions on a few items the Chrysler Trio of that era actually exibited some unique engineering accolades to quote the late Lido Anthony Iacocca Chrysler actually employed some great engineers but their automobiles lacked a balanced design their engineers in the various departments did not communicate well with the other departments down the hall these people needed to be sleeping togeather but they were not even flirting you had the audio entertainment department working on premium stereo radios but the people that were working on the HVAC system were putting out noisy blower components Electric window & seat motors that would wake the dead to me the CHRYCO trio were Boulbous & ugly now the Quadrupelets Clam shells over at General Motors were unique & popular/ unpopular in their own right they had excellent rearward visibility but some people thought that clamshell / fishbowl was ugly & when those got past a few years that whole glide away system had problems that made a lot of people go CHRYCO or FoMoCo but GM abandoned that concept after 1976 now to me Ford had the best & coolest Full sized wagon design in the industry the Country Squire & Colony Park models are the cream de La cream 😊
This car needed to be 10 foot longer
They made some limo versions of theses with 2 more rows!
Woodgrain ??...more like "wanna-be-grain" lol 🤣
Got some bad news for ya, almost all woodgrain vehicles were vinyl lol.
@@johnlucas5171 ...yes, I had a '72 Plymouth wagon with faux wood. lol ! However, this was just prior to cat converters so the torque from that mammoth engine was incredible.
cash for clunkers killed alota cars !!!!
On that car you can use hella h1h4 conversion e-code headlights. You can use 1157 Switchback bulbs in the front turn indicators, you can use 1156 LED bulbs cob Style in the cornering lights. Interior bulbs can also be matched up with LED cob bulbs cob are the better version they're making now. That front grill on the car is the actual base for the hood ornament other various ornaments may also fit a Top That Grill Crown that can be kept in a glove compartment for swapping out at your leisure or something different to look at. Some window tint I like mirror on these cars with chrome trim it comes out really nice and it blocks the Heat and the fading has a lot easier to see through than that dark tint. I've never owned a Chrysler so those are just usual things I do with my cars, and visited a nice friendly muffler shop and replace the entire exhaust system without the catalytic converter. Set of sensor-matic shock absorbers, on all my project cars I take all the trim off the outside polish it on my polishing wheel but I put cosmoline on the vehicle so when I replace the trim behind it is that wax spray so rust can never start where all the Fasteners are even the Fasteners brand new I spray them with cosmoline and then put all the trim back together that way you don't ever get those orange streaks down the side of rusting fasteners. The real difficult job is taking the front and back bumpers off removing the Chrome faces from the core supports taking the big machine with the wire brush and cleaning up those core supports are really good spraying the rust converter on the metal and let that dry out in the hot sun then the next layer be primer the final layer is bedliner. For the inside which you can't get to after using the rust converter for some gear lube or motor oil used on the inside reassemble the bumpers and Mountain back on the car of course using a floor jack because they're so heavy. On some cars I've been known to move them inward three or four inches known as a bumper tuck. My Cadillac Seville the rear bumper I tucked it. To delete the disintegrating filler pieces. My Ford LTD I was able to move both front and back in 4 in and it looks great. And was able to delete the filler Plastics on the front one. The bumper job is very important because they begin to rust especially the rear bumper and even the skin it gets wire brushed rust converted primed and bed liner on the inside of the Chrome skin and then you bolt that back to the core support and then you build the whole unit back onto the car and you have that side of relief that the bumpers are done. You don't need that all of a sudden what's that orange spot on the rear bumper to find it's already rotted all the way through..