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new yorker Archive
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COAL: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham – Chapter 7, The Beautiful (But Troubled) New Yorker
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 81 CommentsThus begins the strangest tale in my entire vehicle ownership experience. Which is saying something. This was a car that never should have come into my life, but that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Chrysler New Yorker Salon – No, It’s Not a Dynasty, and It Could Have Been Named Better
Posted on July 4, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 8/2/2013) For quite some time I’ve been on the lookout for a Dodge Dynasty to use in an article about a long ago road trip plus espousing the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis – How’s That For A Long Name?
Posted on May 12, 2022 | 64 Comments(first posted 6/12/2012) In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the Saratoga) line of cars but at […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chrysler New Yorker- Neither First nor Fowl
Posted on April 7, 2022 | 35 CommentsI found this heavily patina’d 1961 Chrysler New Yorker on the north side of Denver in unincorporated Adams County. Despite Chrysler offering four distinct models that year, this appears to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Dodge St. Regis – The Perfect Storm
Posted on July 27, 2021 | 114 Comments(first posted 7/27/2015) Throughout the 1970s, financial thunder clouds were constantly dumping over the Chrysler Corporation. From the poorly timed introduction and sales disappointment of their new 1974 full-sized line […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass
Posted on November 2, 2020 | 78 Comments(first posted 10/14/2011) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. […] -
1967 Dodge Polara 2-Door Hardtop — A Case Of Substance Over Style
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 44 Comments(Updated 4/29/2026) Popularity is a curious thing—some cars seem to earn it effortlessly, while others never quite manage to do it, no matter how much they have […] -
From The Cohort: 1964 Chrysler New Yorker – Hardtop Heaven
Posted on October 13, 2019 | 58 CommentsI had not looked through the Cohort in awhile, but am I glad I did. There to greet me was this gorgeous 1964 Chrysler New Yorker. -
In Motion Classic: 1960 Chrysler New Yorker – Saluting Sergeant Floyd
Posted on May 29, 2019 | 40 CommentsSubsequent to the acquisition of land from France known as the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an exploration of this new territory. The group, known as the Corps of […] -
CC Outtake: Camo Chrysler
Posted on May 6, 2019 | 23 CommentsSeeing Paul’s recent encounter with a War Honda reminded me….it’s not alone in this world. Welcome the Camouflage Chrysler. -
Automotive History: The Cars of President Harry S Truman
Posted on March 5, 2019 | 105 Comments(first posted 3/5/2014) Succeeding Franklin Roosevelt upon his death in 1945, Vice-President Harry S Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. Also a former Senator from Missouri, Truman […] -
CC Outtakes: Reunion of Chrysler R-Bodies
Posted on January 13, 2018 | 52 CommentsFirst three pictures were taken during Lights and Sirens Cruise, in the summer of 2017, Ferndale Michigan. -
eBay Find: 1986 Cadillac Cimarron – D’ Oh No.
Posted on March 11, 2015 | 189 CommentsThis is not the absolute worst Cadillac ever to grace the planet earth. No; the earlier 1.8-liter Cimarron is still at large and evading (photographic) capture. However, for the moment […]
![COAL: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham – Chapter 7, The Beautiful (But Troubled) New Yorker Thus begins the strangest tale in my entire vehicle ownership experience. Which is saying something. This was a car that never should have come into my life, but that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1977-New-Yorker-01.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance (first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2-10-2012-001-e1337551180204.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Chrysler New Yorker Salon – No, It’s Not a Dynasty, and It Could Have Been Named Better (first posted 8/2/2013) For quite some time I’ve been on the lookout for a Dodge Dynasty to use in an article about a long ago road trip plus espousing the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1990-Chrysler-Full-Line-Prestige-10-11.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis – How’s That For A Long Name? (first posted 6/12/2012) In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the Saratoga) line of cars but at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/6556566.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Chrysler New Yorker- Neither First nor Fowl I found this heavily patina’d 1961 Chrysler New Yorker on the north side of Denver in unincorporated Adams County. Despite Chrysler offering four distinct models that year, this appears to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Front-View.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Dodge St. Regis – The Perfect Storm (first posted 7/27/2015) Throughout the 1970s, financial thunder clouds were constantly dumping over the Chrysler Corporation. From the poorly timed introduction and sales disappointment of their new 1974 full-sized line […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dodge-st-regis.jpg)
![Automotive History: The Curbside Classic Comprehensive Chronology of the Chrysler K-Car Family Tree (first posted 1/26/2015) This simple car is the definition of the Chrysler Corporation in 1980s North America. From 1981 to 1995, this basic architecture was molded, shaped, stretched, shrunken, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-K.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass (first posted 10/14/2011) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1991ChryslerNewYorker02-crop1.jpg)
![1967 Dodge Polara 2-Door Hardtop — A Case Of Substance Over Style (Updated 4/29/2026) Popularity is a curious thing—some cars seem to earn it effortlessly, while others never quite manage to do it, no matter how much they have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Polara1.jpg)

![In Motion Classic: 1960 Chrysler New Yorker – Saluting Sergeant Floyd Subsequent to the acquisition of land from France known as the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an exploration of this new territory. The group, known as the Corps of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC_0200.jpg)

![Automotive History: The Cars of President Harry S Truman (first posted 3/5/2014) Succeeding Franklin Roosevelt upon his death in 1945, Vice-President Harry S Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. Also a former Senator from Missouri, Truman […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/truman.jpg)

![eBay Find: 1986 Cadillac Cimarron – D’ Oh No. This is not the absolute worst Cadillac ever to grace the planet earth. No; the earlier 1.8-liter Cimarron is still at large and evading (photographic) capture. However, for the moment […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/11.jpg)


