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new yorker Archive
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Railroad And Museum Classics: The St. Louis Museum Of Transportation, Revisited
Posted on June 20, 2014 | 43 CommentsDuring one of my recent and seemingly frequent trips to the St. Louis area, my child and I stopped by the St. Louis Museum of Transportation to while away some […] -
Car Show Photo Album: The April 2014 Jefferson City Car Show – Mopars and Manual Transmissions
Posted on May 1, 2014 | 141 CommentsThis isn’t a website that focuses very much on car shows. All the good stuff is still on the road. However, every once in a while I do enjoy attending […] -
Cohort Sighting: The Dark Side Of Cuban Classics
Posted on April 16, 2014 | 31 CommentsThe elderly American cars prowling the Cuba’s streets are a justifiably famous showcase of ingenuity and living history. Even when saddled with Benz diesels, Lada transmissions, or other retrofitted componentry, […] -
CC Outtake- Standing on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona
Posted on January 1, 2014 | 51 CommentsDriving from Albuquerque to Los Angeles, Interstate 40 passes just north of Winslow Arizona, which is mentioned in the Eagles song “Take it Easy:” -
Lucid Dream I: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Convertible
Posted on August 3, 2013 | 17 CommentsLike his Austrian forbear, Herr Doktor Niedermeyer has graced us with his personal interpretation of some wild dreams, specifically those of one Virgil Exner. As head designer of Chrysler in […] -
Blast From the Past: The ’57 Heaven Museum
Posted on August 3, 2013 | 19 CommentsSometime back around 2007 or 2008, the show Car Crazy featured a man who had amassed a voluminous collection of automobiles, all of them 1957 models. If memory serves, he’d […] -
Car Show Classic- A California Author Reports From Canton, South Dakota
Posted on July 30, 2013 | 39 CommentsThis weekend, I flew out to visit family in beautiful South Dakota, and on Sunday afternoon Dad and I attended the yearly Canton (SD) Car Show. Walking through the entrance, the patina on this […] -
CC Outtake: Walter P. Would Be Proud
Posted on September 29, 2012 | 7 CommentsA Chrysler New Yorker and a Plymouth were slumbering in the yard. Without current plates, they wouldn’t get far. They knew being hidden was not a factor, especially with the […] -
1977 Chrysler New Yorker: “I Once Had A Car, It Was As Big As A Whale”
Posted on July 16, 2012 | 33 Commentsphoto by Curtis Gregory Perry [ED: a slightly late but fitting grand finale to “Beater Week”] In their 1989 hit Love Shack, Fred Schneider of the B-52’s sings about […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Chrysler New Yorker – ReinKarnation
Posted on June 12, 2012 | 57 CommentsLet’s hold our nose and consider the decline and fall of the Chrysler New Yorker. Twenty years earlier, that name typified the grace, comfort, style and performance that New Yorkers […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: 1994 Chrysler New Yorker by Brookfield Collectors Guild
Posted on May 28, 2012 | 23 CommentsThis week, in honor of Memorial Day, let’s celebrate the last version of that most American-named car, the Chrysler New Yorker. The LH-based cab forward version was built only in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 New Yorker – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #3 – The Rolling Coffin
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 80 CommentsNo car better epitomizes the death of Old-Old Chrysler than this car. It even looks like a coffin.
![Railroad And Museum Classics: The St. Louis Museum Of Transportation, Revisited During one of my recent and seemingly frequent trips to the St. Louis area, my child and I stopped by the St. Louis Museum of Transportation to while away some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_2476.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Photo Album: The April 2014 Jefferson City Car Show – Mopars and Manual Transmissions This isn’t a website that focuses very much on car shows. All the good stuff is still on the road. However, every once in a while I do enjoy attending […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_2047.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cohort Sighting: The Dark Side Of Cuban Classics The elderly American cars prowling the Cuba’s streets are a justifiably famous showcase of ingenuity and living history. Even when saddled with Benz diesels, Lada transmissions, or other retrofitted componentry, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CubaFuselage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Lucid Dream I: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Convertible Like his Austrian forbear, Herr Doktor Niedermeyer has graced us with his personal interpretation of some wild dreams, specifically those of one Virgil Exner. As head designer of Chrysler in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1-55-NY-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Blast From the Past: The ’57 Heaven Museum Sometime back around 2007 or 2008, the show Car Crazy featured a man who had amassed a voluminous collection of automobiles, all of them 1957 models. If memory serves, he’d […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/P3170261_01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic- A California Author Reports From Canton, South Dakota This weekend, I flew out to visit family in beautiful South Dakota, and on Sunday afternoon Dad and I attended the yearly Canton (SD) Car Show. Walking through the entrance, the patina on this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Chevy-Wgn-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: Walter P. Would Be Proud A Chrysler New Yorker and a Plymouth were slumbering in the yard. Without current plates, they wouldn’t get far. They knew being hidden was not a factor, especially with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/P9240049.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1977 Chrysler New Yorker: “I Once Had A Car, It Was As Big As A Whale” photo by Curtis Gregory Perry [ED: a slightly late but fitting grand finale to “Beater Week”] In their 1989 hit Love Shack, Fred Schneider of the B-52’s sings about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Chrysler-New-Yorker-1977.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1985 Chrysler New Yorker – ReinKarnation Let’s hold our nose and consider the decline and fall of the Chrysler New Yorker. Twenty years earlier, that name typified the grace, comfort, style and performance that New Yorkers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CC-71-046-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Miniature Curbside Classic: 1994 Chrysler New Yorker by Brookfield Collectors Guild This week, in honor of Memorial Day, let’s celebrate the last version of that most American-named car, the Chrysler New Yorker. The LH-based cab forward version was built only in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/5-23-2012-001-e1337821526899.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)



