A member of my chosen family sent me this from below the li’l ol’ Mason-Dixon line, with the caption Look, my neighbors have a fetish you share. He’s a little out of date on that; “…used to share” is more accurate as of nine days ago (but I’m clammin’ up about that until I take my turn in the COAL mines; I’ve said too much already). A trio of lovely pre-fuselage C-body barges in an attractive set of colours. I tended to dwell at the other (A-body) end of the product range, so I can’t pick out exactly what years and models these are, but ’65-’66-’67 is my semi-educated guess. No sidemarker lights on any of them so they’re not ’68s; no covered headlamps on the white car so it’s not a ’65, but maybe the turquoise car is.
I like boxes on wheels. I like compound curves and thoughtfully-placed concavity. I like turquoise paint and round headlamps. I really think the ’65-’68 big Mopars were a high point.
I love the fuselage cars, but the boxes, like the Chrysler at the right, whatever year it is, or the Plymouth at the left, a ’67, are really close, too. 🙂
Working in the COAL mines, goin’ down down down … 🙂
Andre! I didn’t know you lurk here.
I think the white one is a ’65 or ’66 Newport
Nice pic Daniel. It makes me think of the movie In the Heat of the Night .
The convex sided C-bodies are 65-66; 67-68 were concave. I prefer the 65-66, convex works better, but 67-68 are handsome as well. I’d take the white one, a Newport, the New Yorker has a silly color matched vinyl covered C-pillar. The sculpural quality of the design is more visible with less ornamentation.
I’m not sure why, but the older I get, the more enthused I get about old Mopars. Both of the Chryslers seen here are 1966 models, and I agree that the Plymouth is a ’67. I wonder if they have any more hiding in the backyard.
I’m guessing the ’67 Plymouth is a Fury III, not a Sport Fury.
Mother Mopar might stick anything together and sell it, but the Fast Top wasn’t a catalog model for the Fury III in 1967; only Sport Fury and VIP. The Sport Fury Fast Top was cataloged as a separate model from the standard Sport Fury hardtop; the Fast Top had flow thru ventilation. All 1967 Dodge and Chrysler C-body coupes were Fast Top style with flow thru ventilation.
Based on the grills, the red one is a ’67 Plymouth Fury (not sure which trim level) and the white one is a ’66 Chrysler Newport.
The turquois one is a ’66 Chrysler New Yorker.
The leading edge of the front fender leans forward. If it was a ’65 it would angle back.
As to the model, note the C pillar is the same as the 4 door Newport. The 2 door ’65-’66 New Yorkers used the same formal roof as all of the 4 door hardtops. The Newport and 300 coupes used a more sporty C pillar, but not as sporty as the fastop on the Fury, those came along in ’67.
I like my convertible but that turquois New Yorker is very appealing.
The 1966 300 coupe had a unique fastback roof with a straight C-pillar instead of the triangle. It was similar to the 63-64 Ford roof.
I’ll take the sedan. For its increasing rarity. hehehe
We will have to rerun this red white and (kind of) blue scene on July 4th.
I am not particular, I would happily drive any of them.
OMG! I sold my white 65 300L to a guy who already owns a 66 Fury. He took it away yesterday. And l wake up to this photo this morning! The world is a cruel place!
While I lean more towards the early fuselage models, my pick here MIGHT be the Plymouth….though I would be tempted to dye that roof black.
Miss my 1967 Imperial very much….
These cars was the last of the first, no saftey regulations, no emission regulations, still a lot of metal buttons etc and much highet build quality than the fuselage era Mopars, but Il love them as well, please can I have a 1969 Imperial coupe, triple black….