Not my cup of tea, but Harry Truman loved it. A lifelong Mopar fan, he bought his last car, a 1972 Newport Custom, green, six months before he died at 88. Bess used the car (with Secret Service driver) until her death, ten years later. It still can be seen in the garage at their home in Independence, MO.
@@brianlynch2512 Yes he was! His car prior to that was a dark blue 1956 Imperial that Mamie had given him for his birthday in October, 1955. It can be seen in an NBC kinescope of JFK'S funeral.
I carpooled in one of those with 2 other guys. We worked at the Chrysler Engineering center together during the first energy crunch ('73-'74) in Highland Park Michigan. The New Yorker's owner was a WW2 B17 bombardier who flew numerous missions over Europe. Quite the colorful fellow. I rode in the back & it was extremely roomy & with the mandated 55 miles per hour speed limit, he bragged about getting almost 20 mpg. Great memories.
My father bought a 72 New Yorker Brougham for 2,200 at a used dealer in 1974, it was green, green, and green! I drove it like a race car, and it never broke. It had 22k Miles.
What a treat. I inherited my uncle's 73 New Yorker in 1987 and drove it all over California, Nevada and Idaho playing in a country band. Room for all my gear.
@@robk9685 I lived south of Detroit in downriver back in the 1970's and the people you saw driving them were often either Chrysler employees or their immediate families. Yes, these were kind of an "Old Man's Car", like Lincolns and Cadillacs.
@@Flies2FLL Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles and Buicks were not necessary "an old man's car", there was the Eldorado, Riviera and 442. Oh, and there is no such thing as "south Detroit". Steve Perry admitted he made that up. If you were south of Detroit, you'd be Canadian. 😄
When I was a high school junior, Mom got a 1972 Town & Country in Honeydew. You could smoke the tires and make the rear end break away, but I don’t think she knew that. Lol. Man, I loved that car!
I'm a 65 yr. old mechanic. I started my career in a service station back in 1975, when we did more than just sell gas. The owner and I would service and repair all makes and models of cars. We would flip a coin to decide who would have to do the Chrysler tune ups. Who knew back then that one day I would be craving to own one?
The jacks Volvo supplies with it's cars are pretty sketchy, too.since they are basically a scissor jack. I've had the car fall a couple times. Could have been dangerous if I hadn't taken precautions. In our 1973 Monte Carlo that had the bumper jack, my father put a crate with a bottle jack and a square of 3/4" plywood so we didn't have to use the bumper jack.
You hit the jackpot with those aftermarket floor mats. I've never seen anything fit so good, and is wonderfuly in good keeping with the style of the era. Brava!
Dad had this exact car growing up. Same color. Loved that car. I could sit in the back and stretch my legs and not touch the front seat. I could lay in the back seat, stretch my arms above my head and not touch either door. Big enough trunk you could hide a dead body in. Great memories
In my cars the air conditioner is on if the engine is running. That is to control humidity and keep the windows clear, I adjust temperature with the heater. Running the air conditioner and heater at the same time during a cold wet day turns the car into a marvelous warm and dry place
Many modern cars with automatic climate control also do this, automatically. My 2007 Mazda does. I can turn off automatic climate control and adjust settings manually though ...
I've had my 71 Imperial for 30 years now. It's been an amazing car. Has never let me down. Don't be too harsh on these fuselage cars from chrysler. I think they we're honestly very well built cars. I think the design philosophy was ahead of its time and it's styling I think has held up well over the years. And, the handling on those cars were top notch compared to the GMS and the wallowy Fords
@@MarinCipollina- yep the mopars with torsion bar suspension always handled great they cornered flat compared to everything else I don’t care if you were driving a barracuda or a imperial
@@middleclassretiree spot on. My Dad used to brag about a certain curve he and a friend blasted around at triple digits in a new Pantera. I had him with me one day and chucked my 71 Road Runner around that curve about 10mph faster than the Pantera.
My grandparents had a triple black '73 Imperial Lebaron 4-door hardtop. Wonderful, massive luxo-cruiser. It sounded like a jet taking off when you pressed the throttle. My parents bought the car after our grandfather died, and all of us borrowed it from time to time. One night Dad slipped off the driveway and hit a tree, denting the front bumper and breaking a brake caliper bolt. This was way before the internet, and the caliper bolt was an Imperial-only item and impossible to track down, so the car languished. I suppose if Dad really wanted to fix the car he would have. Instead, the car was sold to a Mopar builder, and the dismantled the car for the mechanical goodies.
As a KID I couldn't tolerate the sound of Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth vehicles starting. I'd pedal my Big Wheel over to that car and ask the owner what was wrong with it.
Chrysler used a gear reduction starter on their cars of this era. Gear reduction starter provided higher torques for starting. Potentially, a longer life.
My dad had a 72 Newport 4 door sedan. It had a heavy-duty suspension package. It was one of the most comfortable riding cars I have ever experienced. It was super quiet inside, with very little air noise. He kept it after his new purchase to tow a twenty foot, large boat and as a daily driver. Over many years, it had over 300,000 miles, with little or no replacement parts, just proper upkeep. It was a wonderful automobile that was largely under appreciated by the public. I wish I had it today. I have no doubt it would still be road worthy.
Beautiful big cars, amazing how massive these yachts were, yet very sleek lines that flow together. The front end looks bold and aerodynamic for it's size.
My great uncle owned a burgundy 72 T&C. 10 year old me loved going on long drives to the beach ⛱️ with him on family vacations. His Chrysler was always the cargo hauler filled up with food, luggage 🧳, and beach chairs 💺. Used to love talking 👄 to him on these trips about his travels....
Just want to add an interesting spark plug comment. Both my grandparents on my dad's side worked at Champion Spark Plug in Hamtramck MI from 1926 to the mid 1960's. That plant just adjacent to the old Dodge Main plant and the current GM Factory Zero plant. As employees they could get all the spark plugs they wanted for free but my grandfather always didn't seem to have a lot of luck with them as he mostly had GM cars so he always used AC plugs. A bit a trivia, the AC in AC Delco stand for Albert Champion who started both companies.
Adam, my family had a '69 Imperial from new until the mid-1980s. So many features of your '72 New Yorker - like the IP, that 440 and 727, the lack of access to the spark plugs, the Holley 4-bbl, etc., really brought back memories! I'm sure I couldn't afford it - but if you ever decide to sell it... 😉
I remember that Olive Green color, and I loved it. My dad had one of these New Yorkers. I never knew it was kind of a pricey ride. Liked it though. I always pictured myself laying down in the space between the front grill and the radiator. The little cranks for the wing windows were cool, as were the torsion bars. The clean lines of the interior went with Apollo moon mission theme going on around me. Dad thought it was great to get 18 mpg with such a large car. To this day I think this car is my favorite one of all time. Being a Korean war veteran, dad was not one to bragg or be showy about owning one, at least to us.
Yay! A walk around and drive! I love how you've diversified the channels content over the years, but these remain my favorites. Nothing like showcasing an actual example. And as always, when you roasted the tires I laughed. These cars have so much charm and personality, and you always do an excellent job showcasing them.
Rode one of these as a 4 door airport limo that’s 4 doors on each side in 1976 from JFK to Stamford CT. Howard Johnson’s rode well on i95. But wouldn’t want to drive it round town with that Long Long wheelbase. Don’t imagine many survivors exist. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
Mom had a ‘73 Plymouth Gran Fury. This car brings back memories because they were built on the same platform. My mother was 5’ tall then. I remember her wearing platform heels and adjusting the bench seat all the way forward with a pillow between her back and the seat and she could just touch the pedals and look over the steering wheel. My dad was 100% Mopar back then. That gear reduction starter sound triggers memories of being stranded somewhere waiting for my father to leave work and arrive while I held the flashlight. Chrysler built some doozies when it came to unreliable land barges.
In metallic paint I believe the green%gold was last to come along but my dad figured it out 10 yrs earlier as a one of a kind on our stock car speedway. First it was gold, blue, reds and Browns eventually green. They were all great colors but I really loved the green/gold
I can see driving that Chrysler down the Atlanta highway to the LOVE SHACK! Don't forget to bring your jukebox money!! Seriously, I don't remember those in 1972, but the lines are really clean. That's a great styling job.
OMG !! Thanks for posting this video.. It took me back to 72' when I was a little kid. My Dad had that car. Looking back I can just picture My Dad driving this to the sound of Todd Rundgren's Emperor of the Highway and I just laugh.😂🤣😂
Land Yacht. My 84 Thunderbird is only 197 inches. 16,000 miles at 40 years old. Still brand new. The big cars were a hoot to watch in old TV. The Streets of San Francisco had some big cars in their chase scenes. Thanks for this.
Back in the early 70s, my family had a 4-door Plymouth Fury III. I think it was a 1973 model. Even back then, we called it a freakin' tank...lol. But this car is even more of a tank. Crazy how big they built them, back then.
We had a 383 2 door '70 Newport ordered in black with the vinyl gold interior, cruise control, ac and 8 track radio. Best road trip car we ever had. Eventually my folks sold it in '85 due to the harsh winters in Wisconsin with the salt, causing it to rust. It was just costing them too much to keep repairing it. 😢
My father owned a '72 New Yorker Brougham and a '73 Imperial LeBaron 2 door. I wrecked the New Yorker in a t bone collision with a Gremlin. I regret it to this day. The New Yorker had a miss.... but I have since learned the spark plugs used back in the day were not the best. I always liked the looks and color. True blue poly with a dark blue vinyl roof and black interior. The Imperial was light blue with a dark blue vinyl roof with dark blue leather interior. Both cars had their weak points. We replaced starters, alternators, and repaired radiators on both. After these he went to Cadillacs and Buicks. He owned Cadillacs until his passing.
This New Yorker is drop dead gorgeous. My father's 74 Dart custom had what was called the lighting package which included the turn indicator lights on either side of the fender tops. I could see them in the daylight. The more I recall that Dart, the more I like it and wish I still had it. It had the bench bucket seats, and that center arm rest was great. The 318 detuned V8 still was peppy. The 74 was brown with a black vinyl top. Now I am feeling nostalgic.
Always thought the fuselage designs were lovely. Simple but graceful, and they conveyed a certain jet-like aura. Look like they'd really "sit down" on the highway.
I always liked these big Chryslers. The gold interior is quite something, as it is very well color-coordinated. And those jazzy floor mats -- love them! I was surprised your reference to "thinning the herd", though. "Dual ashtrays so you can smoke your way to the hospital" -- I'm dying!
Another Great Video Mr. Wade. I learned another new term from this video: "Slick Top". IMO, the black roof gives the car a smart look. Gorgeous interior also.
Around the time of this car my Dad traveled frequently for work. They had an Avis on site, so he always had a Chrysler product. I was so taken by the full sized Chryslers like this! I was so disappointed when he once showed up in a Coronet wagon ;-)
My third boss had a 1973 (Windsor) Imperial LeBaron. 440, dual AC and the softest seats. It was a project he was working on. A royal beast. Im sure a family could find room to lie in the trunk. I know they were thirsty. Beautiful, easy to repair, but very thirsty.
Loved riding in a nice big car. In 2006 I bought my wife a new ford full size car and when we took the test drive she asked if it was a compact car it was a Torus. I had bought big cars like 70’s olds 98’s and Lincoln town cars. The big cars were just so old and worn out we needed new cars…,,, I loved those big cars.
Yeah I worked at a 30 minute tune up shop back in the early 80s…..the little ole ladies that were the typical owners of these cars would idle around all day from mall to mall with the A/C blasting, on a 100 degree days, and want us to change those plugs under those exhaust manifolds…..it was brutal. As the manager, I finally made the decision they had to be dropped off and the plugs changed cold, and pre diagnosis. 🔥
Love that New Yorker. 1972 my Uncle had a couple. We drove it from New Jersey to Maine to get out on the lake to fish for Salmon when the ice went out in May. Always loved it in dark green with that black vinyl roof. Powerful engine . Super road car. Yeah those were the days of great style in American cars.
Having the compressor run, even in the winter was a feature of most, if not all cars going way back. The purpose was to ensure that the oil in the AC lines circulated often in order to keep the various components lubricated. It's been a long time, but I think most cars that happened with the defrost mode, not the heater. And I don't recall anyone but Chrysler using that detent feature, but I could be wrong.
Thank you for the video especially including the ride. There is nothing better then the sound of a big old V8 with original exhaust system. The deep low rpm sound while driving only going up a little when accelerating is better then music any day :) What a beautiful car
I am an old fart and a GM guy and somehow a living fossile: I LOVED and still LOVE the classic American landyachts. My US cars are all 1965 or older and I always thought they were somehow a bit "new". But this huge Beauty was one of the last classics I regard as collectable.
Absolutely love this car and video!! My Gram allowed me to learn to drive on Maine's coastal roads with her nearly identical 1972 Chrysler Newport. The memories watching this video are precious. Thanks so much. Hoping I can find and buy one someday. 🙏
My grandfather had a '72 Newport next door in New Brunswick. He'd pay me $5 to wash it for him when he visited. I'd have to crawl on it to reach it all. Seems like a million years ago now. Cheers.
I remember playing in the backseat area when I was 7 or 8 in 1974 when my dad got one of those, I remember thinking how pretty they were. Same colors as that one as well. Thanks for another great video.
It is a very handsome car, and the color is so very 1973. I do like the color, and I love the painted roof! I’ve never seen a painted roof out in the real world!
My uncle had 1970 new Yorker 2 door,loved that car,that engine was smooth.I also remember changing the oil and filter on it.When you're 14 years old you can almost fit inside the engine bay.LOL
Absolutely one of the most fantastic Chryslers. Our family had a '72 Brougham, same color but vinyl top. It ran and looked great for a decade until replaced by a Buick Electra. I wish we still had it. Thank you for sharing!
I think this was the best of this type of car you could get at that time. They rode the best, they had the best engine and transmission (transmission by FAR), the interior was quite comfortable and simple and pretty and functional, just a nice, dead-reliable old car. I had a 71 Imperial (I know, not the same thing, but same basic principle), and it was the best roadtrip car I've EVER driven. Had to sell it in like 2005-6 when I couldn't afford to drive it anymore. I wish I'd kept it for only roadtrips, but I was like 19-20 and already had a daily car and an old Jeep, I couldn't afford three cars' insurance, haha! I recorded the harmony buzzers once, and my band wrote a ridiculous tune around it, haha! What a good car.
My Dad had a medium blue sedan like that. I can assure you those bumpers were tough. I ended up with it when he was done with it and later sold tit to a friend who later crashed it falling asleep at the wheel. He missed 90 degree turn on a gravel back country road going into a ditch putting the car end over end. Neither he nor his passenger were hurt but every single panel on the car was damaged. Both the front and rear bumpers were intact with no damage to the grill or the lights.
My dad brought home a new 73 two door. I got a high speed buffer for Christmas and burnt the gold paint. My dad rolled his eyes. When I was old enough 16 i filled a 5 gallon can of gas and put it into the trunk but the can didn't have a cap so when I stopped short the can tipped and things were floating. The four of us kids would get our fingers smashed in the 5 foot doors when slammed shut. Man i had it made!
That is one of the nicest examples of cars I’ve seen of that era. My uncle had a dark blue 2 door, no vinyl, with a 383 magnum. Where I lived there was a lot of long wide open highways, good road surfaces and no traffic . He could wind that thing out, and it was at its best pounding along at 75+, it was a good cruising car when setup right. My neighbours had a yellow 2 door, with black vinyl and 383. Both the cars I talk about were new, and were factory ordered. I expect both were very low number production, and I’ve always kept my eye out for them. if I was going to an acquire a daily driver mopar it would be the 69-73. Big blocks, or 318’s in the smaller frames dart duster. Thanks for sharing that beauty.
In the late 70's my boss picked one of these early 70's New Yorkers for his wife and I remember just how MASSIVE it was. And my father was a Mercury man so that's saying something, But TBH I could never get over the sound of the starter motors, that tinny, whiney and wheezing noise they make. It just made the car feel "cheap", I guess I've never gotten over that.
I had a 1973 New Yorker in high school. I remember having 13 people stuffed in it one night lol. We also took it to the drag strip once. That beast ran just over 15 seconds with the stock 440. This was in 1991 when the fastest "stock street car" were the mustangs running mid 14s. Very close.
In 1982, I could have bought my next door neighbors 1969 Dodge Polara 2 door convertible, medium blue w/black top, 440 magnum for a song But I didn’t….DANG !! I’ve never seen another like it…EVER!
Not my cup of tea, but Harry Truman loved it. A lifelong Mopar fan, he bought his last car, a 1972 Newport Custom, green, six months before he died at 88. Bess used the car (with Secret Service driver) until her death, ten years later. It still can be seen in the garage at their home in Independence, MO.
Truman loved it because he was an uneducated scoundrel.
@tombrown1898 The last car bought by President Eisenhower was a 1968 Imperial sedan optioned out, he to was a mopar fan!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@brianlynch2512 Yes he was! His car prior to that was a dark blue 1956 Imperial that Mamie had given him for his birthday in October, 1955. It can be seen in an NBC kinescope of JFK'S funeral.
Harry died in '64. Check your source.
@@robertchristie9434 Nope. Harry died December 26, 1972. Check it out.
" it seats about 20 so c'mon and bring your jukebox money!"
That car is showroom condition. What a beauty
I carpooled in one of those with 2 other guys. We worked at the Chrysler Engineering center together during the first energy crunch ('73-'74) in Highland Park Michigan. The New Yorker's owner was a WW2 B17 bombardier who flew numerous missions over Europe. Quite the colorful fellow. I rode in the back & it was extremely roomy & with the mandated 55 miles per hour speed limit, he bragged about getting almost 20 mpg. Great memories.
I could do that too, in my '78!! Huge car, 11 MPG in town, but 20 MPG at a steady 55 on the freeway!
My father bought a 72 New Yorker Brougham for 2,200 at a used dealer in 1974, it was green, green, and green! I drove it like a race car, and it never broke. It had 22k Miles.
So the Chrysler transmission blew at 22k miles? That's usually what happened.
@@robk9685 tranny went out at 80k Then i put a shift kit in it
What a treat. I inherited my uncle's 73 New Yorker in 1987 and drove it all over California, Nevada and Idaho playing in a country band. Room for all my gear.
Awh Adam, Chrysler in the 60's and 70' was such a great car in design and engineering !
Design, yes
Chrysler has always been about engineering and design. But where they have traditionally fallen down is execution.
@@Flies2FLLThe only people in Detroit that drove these nerdy things were senior citizens and those that got the employee discount.
@@robk9685 I lived south of Detroit in downriver back in the 1970's and the people you saw driving them were often either Chrysler employees or their immediate families.
Yes, these were kind of an "Old Man's Car", like Lincolns and Cadillacs.
@@Flies2FLL Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles and Buicks were not necessary "an old man's car", there was the Eldorado, Riviera and 442. Oh, and there is no such thing as "south Detroit". Steve Perry admitted he made that up. If you were south of Detroit, you'd be Canadian. 😄
Great video. I’m so happy to see that someone loves these big, full sized cars from this era as much as I do.
When I was a high school junior, Mom got a 1972 Town & Country in Honeydew. You could smoke the tires and make the rear end break away, but I don’t think she knew that. Lol. Man, I loved that car!
Naughty Boy! My cousin did the same thing in my uncle's '77 Gran Fury. I don't think HE knew you could smoke THOSE tires, either!
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Good cars.
I'm a 65 yr. old mechanic. I started my career in a service station back in 1975, when we did more than just sell gas. The owner and I would service and repair all makes and models of cars. We would flip a coin to decide who would have to do the Chrysler tune ups. Who knew back then that one day I would be craving to own one?
Remember Lean Burn?
@@jimeditorial Oh, yes I do!
Why? they were easy to tune up..
@@jimeditorial Easy to get rid of...and you gained huge power...and ditch the smog carb.
No one. Because if you actually were a “mechanic”, you wouldn’t anything to do with them. Stop the attention seeking bull$hit posts.
You forgot the little slits in the bumper which were cut-outs for the jack. I can't imagine a car of today being fully supported by the bumper!
Well no, but there's lots of reasons for that
I remember those days, and I never liked the idea of picking a car up that way. Very unstable
Dangerous. Just like scissor jacks
The jacks Volvo supplies with it's cars are pretty sketchy, too.since they are basically a scissor jack. I've had the car fall a couple times. Could have been dangerous if I hadn't taken precautions. In our 1973 Monte Carlo that had the bumper jack, my father put a crate with a bottle jack and a square of 3/4" plywood so we didn't have to use the bumper jack.
@@danscott3880 Why are scissor jacks dangerous?
You hit the jackpot with those aftermarket floor mats.
I've never seen anything fit so good, and is wonderfuly in good keeping with the style of the era.
Brava!
Dad had this exact car growing up. Same color. Loved that car. I could sit in the back and stretch my legs and not touch the front seat. I could lay in the back seat, stretch my arms above my head and not touch either door. Big enough trunk you could hide a dead body in. Great memories
Beautiful car Large and in charge!
When the key buzzer and light buzzer are on simultaneously, it sounds like the bagpipes in AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top".
Well done again. I must have been in the rear seat of this thing in 1976…my grandma died and this one took us to the funeral.
Adam is headed to the love shack in his Chrysler.
It's about to set sail ...lol. I thought the same
@@gregbell3559 😆 lol
Love this video. My folks had a 1972 New Yorker Brougham, gold with a tan vinyl roof. Spacious and quiet, we'll never see anything like them again.
I'm shocked sales were that low in 1972. That IS a handsome car, indeed!
That car passed everything but a gas station.
In my cars the air conditioner is on if the engine is running. That is to control humidity and keep the windows clear, I adjust temperature with the heater. Running the air conditioner and heater at the same time during a cold wet day turns the car into a marvelous warm and dry place
Many modern cars with automatic climate control also do this, automatically. My 2007 Mazda does. I can turn off automatic climate control and adjust settings manually though ...
You win the ethics award. I am surprized to see someone nit pick a car that he is trying to sell.
I've had my 71 Imperial for 30 years now. It's been an amazing car. Has never let me down. Don't be too harsh on these fuselage cars from chrysler. I think they we're honestly very well built cars. I think the design philosophy was ahead of its time and it's styling I think has held up well over the years. And, the handling on those cars were top notch compared to the GMS and the wallowy Fords
GM kind of split the ride/handling difference between wallowy Fords and crisp (if somewhat harsh riding) Mopars.
@@MarinCipollina- yep the mopars with torsion bar suspension always handled great they cornered flat compared to everything else I don’t care if you were driving a barracuda or a imperial
@@middleclassretiree spot on. My Dad used to brag about a certain curve he and a friend blasted around at triple digits in a new Pantera.
I had him with me one day and chucked my 71 Road Runner around that curve about 10mph faster than the Pantera.
My grandparents had a triple black '73 Imperial Lebaron 4-door hardtop. Wonderful, massive luxo-cruiser. It sounded like a jet taking off when you pressed the throttle.
My parents bought the car after our grandfather died, and all of us borrowed it from time to time. One night Dad slipped off the driveway and hit a tree, denting the front bumper and breaking a brake caliper bolt. This was way before the internet, and the caliper bolt was an Imperial-only item and impossible to track down, so the car languished. I suppose if Dad really wanted to fix the car he would have. Instead, the car was sold to a Mopar builder, and the dismantled the car for the mechanical goodies.
I like the color palette - about as early 1970's as you're going to find.
Late '60s and early '70s featured a lot of what were called "earth tones", golds, browns and greens proliferated with the big 3.
Diarhella Breen.
Baby poop brown is what my kids called mine.
Huge fan of 70’s American cars…I love those big boats with their roaring V8’s
The sound of the Highland Park hummingbird starter. Brings back memories 😊
Dad has a 31 Imperial and even then they sounded like that.
I love the sound of their old starters.
As a KID I couldn't tolerate the sound of Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth vehicles starting. I'd pedal my Big Wheel over to that car and ask the owner what was wrong with it.
Chrysler used a gear reduction starter on their cars of this era. Gear reduction starter provided higher torques for starting. Potentially, a longer life.
@@dadurweird Yes, Chrysler put the best starter on the car that was often the worst stating car especially during a rain or cold weather.
My dad had a 72 Newport 4 door sedan. It had a heavy-duty suspension package. It was one of the most comfortable riding cars I have ever experienced. It was super quiet inside, with very little air noise. He kept it after his new purchase to tow a twenty foot, large boat and as a daily driver. Over many years, it had over 300,000 miles, with little or no replacement parts, just proper upkeep. It was a wonderful automobile that was largely under appreciated by the public. I wish I had it today. I have no doubt it would still be road worthy.
We put 10 guys in one of these one time, and the 440 torque and burnouts were impressive.
I have always been a fan of the fuselage body wrap around bumper Chryslers. They look elegant and cool at the same time.
Adam love your floor mats they match that gold perfectly
Beautiful big cars, amazing how massive these yachts were, yet very sleek lines that flow together. The front end looks bold and aerodynamic for it's size.
John Lennon and Yoko's favorite car they owned in the USA was a green Chrysler Town And Country wagon that was very similar to your New Yorker.
My great uncle owned a burgundy 72 T&C. 10 year old me loved going on long drives to the beach ⛱️ with him on family vacations. His Chrysler was always the cargo hauler filled up with food, luggage 🧳, and beach chairs 💺. Used to love talking 👄 to him on these trips about his travels....
My mother liked the front fender mounted turn signal indicators because they gave her th location of the end of the hood.
Had that in my '69 Fury and I loved them too.
Just want to add an interesting spark plug comment. Both my grandparents on my dad's side worked at Champion Spark Plug in Hamtramck MI from 1926 to the mid 1960's. That plant just adjacent to the old Dodge Main plant and the current GM Factory Zero plant. As employees they could get all the spark plugs they wanted for free but my grandfather always didn't seem to have a lot of luck with them as he mostly had GM cars so he always used AC plugs. A bit a trivia, the AC in AC Delco stand for Albert Champion who started both companies.
I had a 1972 Chrysler Newport in the exact same color... a big and comfortable car that I enjoyed driving.
Adam, my family had a '69 Imperial from new until the mid-1980s. So many features of your '72 New Yorker - like the IP, that 440 and 727, the lack of access to the spark plugs, the Holley 4-bbl, etc., really brought back memories! I'm sure I couldn't afford it - but if you ever decide to sell it... 😉
I remember that Olive Green color, and I loved it. My dad had one of these New Yorkers. I never knew it was kind of a pricey ride. Liked it though. I always pictured myself laying down in the space between the front grill and the radiator. The little cranks for the wing windows were cool, as were the torsion bars. The clean lines of the interior went with Apollo moon mission theme going on around me. Dad thought it was great to get 18 mpg with such a large car. To this day I think this car is my favorite one of all time. Being a Korean war veteran, dad was not one to bragg or be showy about owning one, at least to us.
I like the painted roofs instead of the vinyl roofs.
Yay! A walk around and drive! I love how you've diversified the channels content over the years, but these remain my favorites. Nothing like showcasing an actual example. And as always, when you roasted the tires I laughed. These cars have so much charm and personality, and you always do an excellent job showcasing them.
Haha. 😂😂 When he peeled out. Very knowledgeable.
Rode one of these as a 4 door airport limo that’s 4 doors on each side in 1976 from JFK to Stamford CT. Howard Johnson’s rode well on i95. But wouldn’t want to drive it round town with that Long Long wheelbase. Don’t imagine many survivors exist. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
Mom had a ‘73 Plymouth Gran Fury. This car brings back memories because they were built on the same platform. My mother was 5’ tall then. I remember her wearing platform heels and adjusting the bench seat all the way forward with a pillow between her back and the seat and she could just touch the pedals and look over the steering wheel. My dad was 100% Mopar back then. That gear reduction starter sound triggers memories of being stranded somewhere waiting for my father to leave work and arrive while I held the flashlight. Chrysler built some doozies when it came to unreliable land barges.
Dodge called that specific color..."Spanish Gold Metallic."
In metallic paint I believe the green%gold was last to come along but my dad figured it out 10 yrs earlier as a one of a kind on our stock car speedway. First it was gold, blue, reds and Browns eventually green. They were all great colors but I really loved the green/gold
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“Corpulent”. I can’t wait to use that word!!!
I can see driving that Chrysler down the Atlanta highway to the LOVE SHACK! Don't forget to bring your jukebox money!! Seriously, I don't remember those in 1972, but the lines are really clean. That's a great styling job.
absolutely beautiful. NOTHING today even comes close
OMG !! Thanks for posting this video.. It took me back to 72' when I was a little kid. My Dad had that car. Looking back I can just picture My Dad driving this to the sound of Todd Rundgren's Emperor of the Highway and I just laugh.😂🤣😂
Land Yacht. My 84 Thunderbird is only 197 inches. 16,000 miles at 40 years old. Still brand new. The big cars were a hoot to watch in old TV. The Streets of San Francisco had some big cars in their chase scenes. Thanks for this.
You are RIGHT about steering wheel placement. I learned to drive on Mom and Dad's 1970 Plymouth Fury, and those ergonomics spoiled me for life. 😍😍😍
Back in the early 70s, my family had a 4-door Plymouth Fury III. I think it was a 1973 model. Even back then, we called it a freakin' tank...lol. But this car is even more of a tank. Crazy how big they built them, back then.
We had a 383 2 door '70 Newport ordered in black with the vinyl gold interior, cruise control, ac and 8 track radio. Best road trip car we ever had. Eventually my folks sold it in '85 due to the harsh winters in Wisconsin with the salt, causing it to rust. It was just costing them too much to keep repairing it. 😢
My father owned a '72 New Yorker Brougham and a '73 Imperial LeBaron 2 door. I wrecked the New Yorker in a t bone collision with a Gremlin. I regret it to this day. The New Yorker had a miss.... but I have since learned the spark plugs used back in the day were not the best.
I always liked the looks and color. True blue poly with a dark blue vinyl roof and black interior. The Imperial was light blue with a dark blue vinyl roof with dark blue leather interior. Both cars had their weak points. We replaced starters, alternators, and repaired radiators on both. After these he went to Cadillacs and Buicks. He owned Cadillacs until his passing.
My uncle had a red two door 72 New Yorker. Man that was a nice car. He drove that thing forever.
This New Yorker is drop dead gorgeous.
My father's 74 Dart custom had what was called the lighting package which included the turn indicator lights on either side of the fender tops. I could see them in the daylight. The more I recall that Dart, the more I like it and wish I still had it. It had the bench bucket seats, and that center arm rest was great. The 318 detuned V8 still was peppy.
The 74 was brown with a black vinyl top. Now I am feeling nostalgic.
My mom's 67 Chrysler 300 had a 440 "TNT" I believe. What a bomb!
I love my full size GM’s and Ford’s, but there is nothing better imo than a C Body Fuselage Chrysler. Hope to see some more Chrysler content!
Always thought the fuselage designs were lovely. Simple but graceful, and they conveyed a certain jet-like aura. Look like they'd really "sit down" on the highway.
I always liked these big Chryslers. The gold interior is quite something, as it is very well color-coordinated. And those jazzy floor mats -- love them! I was surprised your reference to "thinning the herd", though. "Dual ashtrays so you can smoke your way to the hospital" -- I'm dying!
Don’t worry. By thinning the herd, I mean selling 3-4 out of a collection of…well ;)
@@RareClassicCars How many cars do you have Adam?
And 'GPS'
@@RareClassicCars You had me a bit worried! Not I have to guess which others will find new homes. ;-)
Wow. One of my favorites.
You are spot on the mark about the 1972 Imperial. My father in law bought one new and the sticker was 10 and change. It was a magnificent automobile.
Mission Impossible TV show used a lot of Imperials that era.
Wow cars of this area were massive. Could imagine parking these in a local grocery store? Hahaha my wife would have a fit.
Another Great Video Mr. Wade. I learned another new term from this video: "Slick Top". IMO, the black roof gives the car a smart look. Gorgeous interior also.
Love your videos Adam very informative. It's nice to see someone giving these old girls the love they deserve.
Around the time of this car my Dad traveled frequently for work. They had an Avis on site, so he always had a Chrysler product. I was so taken by the full sized Chryslers like this! I was so disappointed when he once showed up in a Coronet wagon ;-)
My third boss had a 1973 (Windsor) Imperial LeBaron. 440, dual AC and the softest seats.
It was a project he was working on.
A royal beast. Im sure a family could find room to lie in the trunk.
I know they were thirsty.
Beautiful, easy to repair, but very thirsty.
If this is in my budget I’d buy it all day long. I love the fuselage era Mopars!
Loved riding in a nice big car. In 2006 I bought my wife a new ford full size car and when we took the test drive she asked if it was a compact car it was a Torus. I had bought big cars like 70’s olds 98’s and Lincoln town cars. The big cars were just so old and worn out we needed new cars…,,, I loved those big cars.
As an owner of 2 1972 Plymouth Fury's, I absolutely love these fuselage cars
Yeah I worked at a 30 minute tune up shop back in the early 80s…..the little ole ladies that were the typical owners of these cars would idle around all day from mall to mall with the A/C blasting, on a 100 degree days, and want us to change those plugs under those exhaust manifolds…..it was brutal. As the manager, I finally made the decision they had to be dropped off and the plugs changed cold, and pre diagnosis.
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In ‘75 I bought a 1970
New Yorker 2 door..
Dark brown, black interior..
Loved that car..
Is this an (unintentional) haiku? Lol.
Love that New Yorker. 1972 my Uncle had a couple. We drove it from New Jersey to Maine to get out on the lake to fish for Salmon when the ice went out in May. Always loved it in dark green with that black vinyl roof. Powerful engine . Super road car. Yeah those were the days of great style in American cars.
Having the compressor run, even in the winter was a feature of most, if not all cars going way back. The purpose was to ensure that the oil in the AC lines circulated often in order to keep the various components lubricated.
It's been a long time, but I think most cars that happened with the defrost mode, not the heater. And I don't recall anyone but Chrysler using that detent feature, but I could be wrong.
I appreciate the way you filmed the drive. The hood view, impressive.
Thank you for the video especially including the ride. There is nothing better then the sound of a big old V8 with original exhaust system. The deep low rpm sound while driving only going up a little when accelerating is better then music any day :) What a beautiful car
I am an old fart and a GM guy and somehow a living fossile: I LOVED and still LOVE the classic American landyachts. My US cars are all 1965 or older and I always thought they were somehow a bit "new". But this huge Beauty was one of the last classics I regard as collectable.
I do like it when you go for a ride.
I got me a Chrysler it's as big as a Whale and it's about to set sail.lol Thank you B-52s and Adam.As always cheers from Eulethra.
Absolutely love this car and video!! My Gram allowed me to learn to drive on Maine's coastal roads with her nearly identical 1972 Chrysler Newport. The memories watching this video are precious. Thanks so much. Hoping I can find and buy one someday. 🙏
My grandfather had a '72 Newport next door in New Brunswick.
He'd pay me $5 to wash it for him when he visited. I'd have to crawl on it to reach it all.
Seems like a million years ago now. Cheers.
Thanks for the video on your beautiful Chrysler.
Holy cow, now that was a CAR. Long, low and lovely.
I remember playing in the backseat area when I was 7 or 8 in 1974 when my dad got one of those, I remember thinking how pretty they were. Same colors as that one as well. Thanks for another great video.
It is a very handsome car, and the color is so very 1973. I do like the color, and I love the painted roof! I’ve never seen a painted roof out in the real world!
My uncle had 1970 new Yorker 2 door,loved that car,that engine was smooth.I also remember changing the oil and filter on it.When you're 14 years old you can almost fit inside the engine bay.LOL
I remember that commercial. Sounded like a Las Vegas blue-hair crooner singing it. I can still hear it in my head.
That was Jack Jones singing in a commercial for the 1975 New Yorker.
Absolutely one of the most fantastic Chryslers. Our family had a '72 Brougham, same color but vinyl top. It ran and looked great for a decade until replaced by a Buick Electra. I wish we still had it. Thank you for sharing!
i appreciate these fuselage styled Chrysler more now, then when i was a kid. thought they were an elderly persons car.
I think this was the best of this type of car you could get at that time. They rode the best, they had the best engine and transmission (transmission by FAR), the interior was quite comfortable and simple and pretty and functional, just a nice, dead-reliable old car. I had a 71 Imperial (I know, not the same thing, but same basic principle), and it was the best roadtrip car I've EVER driven. Had to sell it in like 2005-6 when I couldn't afford to drive it anymore. I wish I'd kept it for only roadtrips, but I was like 19-20 and already had a daily car and an old Jeep, I couldn't afford three cars' insurance, haha! I recorded the harmony buzzers once, and my band wrote a ridiculous tune around it, haha! What a good car.
My Dad had a medium blue sedan like that. I can assure you those bumpers were tough. I ended up with it when he was done with it and later sold tit to a friend who later crashed it falling asleep at the wheel. He missed 90 degree turn on a gravel back country road going into a ditch putting the car end over end. Neither he nor his passenger were hurt but every single panel on the car was damaged. Both the front and rear bumpers were intact with no damage to the grill or the lights.
Man that thing started right up. That was crazy.
My dad brought home a new 73 two door. I got a high speed buffer for Christmas and burnt the gold paint. My dad rolled his eyes. When I was old enough 16 i filled a 5 gallon can of gas and put it into the trunk but the can didn't have a cap so when I stopped short the can tipped and things were floating. The four of us kids would get our fingers smashed in the 5 foot doors when slammed shut. Man i had it made!
This was always the car I thought of when hearing "Love Shack" by the B-52's
That is one of the nicest examples of cars I’ve seen of that era. My uncle had a dark blue 2 door, no vinyl, with a 383 magnum.
Where I lived there was a lot of long wide open highways, good road surfaces and no traffic .
He could wind that thing out, and it was at its best pounding along at 75+, it was a good cruising car when setup right.
My neighbours had a yellow 2 door, with black vinyl and 383.
Both the cars I talk about were new, and were factory ordered. I expect both were very low number production, and I’ve always kept my eye out for them. if I was going to an acquire a daily driver mopar it would be the 69-73. Big blocks, or 318’s in the smaller frames dart duster.
Thanks for sharing that beauty.
The huge brown slab sides make it look like a huge beam of wood.
They ride so wonderfully. And IMO the "no road feel"power steering is great. Love the very powerful power breaks also.
I had a '72 Fury III (blue) that looked very much like the New Yorker. It was an awesome car.
A friend had a 72 Fury Silver on Black with the 383 it was a fun car! Best looking of the Fuselage cars.
Always loved those big ol' 2 door Fury's, they look like a gangster's hot rod.
@@richardbaumgart2454The hidden headlights and that metal grille are one of my favorite front ends, bad to the bone.
In the late 70's my boss picked one of these early 70's New Yorkers for his wife and I remember just how MASSIVE it was. And my father was a Mercury man so that's saying something, But TBH I could never get over the sound of the starter motors, that tinny, whiney and wheezing noise they make. It just made the car feel "cheap", I guess I've never gotten over that.
I think this large body style looks great all around. Love your "GPS"........lol. "He's an analog man folks".........so am I, and proud of it.
I had a 1973 New Yorker in high school. I remember having 13 people stuffed in it one night lol. We also took it to the drag strip once. That beast ran just over 15 seconds with the stock 440. This was in 1991 when the fastest "stock street car" were the mustangs running mid 14s. Very close.
Beautiful 👍I had a 71 Newport bare bones 383 4dr loved it . Excellent cruising car 👍
My grandpa ran a MOPAR dealership from 1946-1977 & when he died in '79 I inherited his '72 New Yorker , his was white with green interior & top ✌💖☮
In 1982, I could have bought my next door neighbors 1969 Dodge Polara 2 door convertible, medium blue w/black top, 440 magnum for a song
But I didn’t….DANG !!
I’ve never seen another like it…EVER!
Woulda.. Coulda.. Shoulda.. Didn't. Everyone has that story!
@@eyerollthereforeiam1709
Not everyone….not even close to everyone!