When I first looked at this, I thought where did they go to?, including the female passenger that left her shoes behind. Did they jump off the cliff, in a lovers’ leap? Or climb those rickety stairs to a little secluded shack?
BTW, the Silver 300 was a limited production mid-year introduction with a special black vinyl-covered canopy roof, custom black vinyl interior and bucket seats, along with the special silver exterior.
Thanks, Paul. I had never heard of this car and this post led me to do some research. It was a special model offered to keep sales up in ’64 before the redesigned ’65 hit. They sold 14,301 of them, according to Hemmings. Despite the “300” moniker, it wasn’t a performance model; if you wanted that, you ordered the 300k, although you could get it with a 413.
I love the ad, too – perfect mid 60’s vibe. The car itself to me looked best from the rear quarter view, photos I checked out of various aspects were sometimes less kind. From the front quarter, it had to me, too much of the odd Valiant vibe.
Altogether, though – a cool model. Would not mind having one for nostalgia rides on a Summer evening. Thanks again.
And there’s those A-body, Dodge Dart taillights, too.
After entertaining his barefoot passenger, I want to see the driver try to back that big Chrysler out of that precarious spot.
Not to mention how the driver got out without falling down the cliff.
In fact, maybe that’s the whole idea: it was a lone female driving, she had to exit out the passenger side for safety, and lost her heels in the process to get up the wobbly staircase.
While your two scenarios are both plausible, since it’s Halloween time we can get more sinister. Hitchcockian, even. Maybe she’s currently under the car disconnecting his brakes, while he’s up in the shack poisoning her glass of champagne. And the giant radioactive ants are mustering just out of frame….
The real horror will be trying to clean up all the sand from the black carpeting.
Cool image, but I hope the battery isn’t killed by the dome and any courtesy lights by the time they get back. Cars then didn’t turn them off by themselves, but a battery could last running a few bulbs overnight.
That style Chrysler is just begging for a center console. I’d prefer a console sans transmission lever though. A Chrysler of this vintage should have the pushbutton transmission controls if for no other reason than it was the last year for them.
A good looking car in spite of the silver color .
The artwork here is superb .
-Nate
Great art work, you just know that the driver and passenger are living their best lives! Just what I love, a big sporty luxury car.
I’ve had quite a few 1963 & 64 Full size Chryslers and Imperials down thru the years, but I have never seen one of these IRL. This looks like a companion car to the 1964 Chrysler New Yorker Salon 4-door hardtop. The Salon came standard with almost all options. Mine was silver with black canopy roof and leather interior. It had bucket seats with an additional seat section over the trans hump that had a fold down center armrest with a locking compartment.
How many different silver painted specials did Chrysler offer through the years? Along with this, there were the 1958 Plymouth and Dodges and in 1967 a Plymouth Belvedere II.