Photos from the CC Cohort by nifticus 392.
Related CC reading:
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chrysler Newport – A Lens Into Time
Vintage Reviews: 1969 Chrysler Newport – “Quite A Lot Of Car”
Cohort Find: 1969 Chrysler Newport Custom – Elegant Fuselage
– Posted on July 24, 2024
Wow – that one is in very good shape.
You guys keep showing me one of the Fuselage nightmare cars of my youth and it is making me kind of long for them.
This one is in very good shape. I wish they were better cars.
Maybe with a 318?
Chrysler didn’t come with a 318. 383, at least. Which is good in a car that size.
A 360 was available in Newport Royal in ’72.
They were actually excellent cars in their own way, just different. How many who freely criticize them have actually owned them? I’ve had 6 ’70 to ’73 Plymouth and Chrysler full-sizers over the years and far prefer them to GM and Ford full-sizers of that era, of which I’ve also had several.
Yeah, the interior, in particular, looks to be in stunningly good condition. And comfortable, too.
And agree it’s really a shame the quality was so bad for fuselage era cars. It’s been said there were two types of Chrysler products back in the day: really good or really bad. I can only surmise the industry adage of “never buy a car (especially a Mopar) that was built on a Monday or Friday” applies.
That’s A LOT of green.
Said by someone who usually likes green cars. Just usually in smaller doses.
All the “US” carmakers had their version of the “ubiquitous” green. Generally, green in and on top.
Remember a green, black top-inside, “Cougar” on the “LM dealer” lot.
The seats had a checkered pattern.I lusted for that car. As I was ten,that’s far as it got.
Nice car, I initially thought it was gonna be a New Yorker, what amazes me about the fuselage cars is I was never a big fan of the Dodge and Plymouth versions but have always loved the Chrysler versions, I do wish the 1969-70’s had the squared off mirrors instead of the rounded mirrors as they look like they belong on a early to mid 60’s car, fortunately Chrysler remedies this problem on the 1971-73 fuselage cars.
Similar one for sale out in Stockton for two months. Only no vinyl roof which is a plus along with original plates. At $4800 about right for a car needing a few cosmetic fixes like a couple of door arm rests, a rear lock cylinder, and rear valence work in a corner. Tempting, but no, still prefer a 66-68 Chrysler.
I’m not in the market for a hobby car, but I’d like to take that Newport Custom for a spin!
That green reminds me of the car I learned in and took my drivers test in – my brother’s ‘70 Fury III 2-door. (383, 2-barrel and TorqueFlite.) Jeff, above, is right. One of the all-time great powertrain combos. My brother’s was anvil reliable with decent performance.
When looking at regular ‘70 Furies like my brother’s, I always feel let down in the grille department. They look like Ma Mopar’s designer phoned it in. 😉 The Chrysler grilles from similar years actually look pretty good. (Those and the Sport Fury!)
Although his was a 1972 Newport sedan, looks similar to Harry S. Truman’s last car.
This one.
Also, some blog covered the whole Truman car history a few years ago.
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/automotive-history-the-cars-of-president-harry-s-truman/
Thanks for the link and image. In re-reading the article, it looks like Harry’s next-to-last Chrysler was, in fact, a 1969 Newport, so the feature car here might, indeed, be the same model he had owned at one time.
The article further states that Truman died six months after getting his last Chrysler, and Bess then drove it until she died, and it’s remained at the Truman home ever since.
Incredibly, the Trumans made road-trips in their cars after leaving office without the benefit of Secret Service protection for a time, which didn’t start for ex-presidents unitl 1965 (surely prompted by the JFK assassination). Imagine seeing/meeting them somewhere stopped at a road-side restaurant.
Both the Truman and Stockton cars are post sedans. The feature car is a 4-door hardtop, a bit pricier when new but so much more desirable in a “they don’t make em like that anymore” way now.
SO MUCH GREEN ! .
I hated these when new, now I like seeing them, especially in VGC like this one =8-) .
-Nate
Then I’d be out.
Look how much ground is keeping dry.
I never wanted one of these when they were cheap and plentiful and being sold by elderly owners. Especially a green one. But enough time has passed that I would happily cruise this one – Especially because it’s a 4 door hardtop!