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1953 Chrysler New Yorker


Background:

New Yorker has almost always been the model name reserved for Chrysler's top of the line model -- Letter cars and when Imperial was not its own make excluded.


History:

The New Yorker name can be traced back to 1938, when Chrysler called it top of the line model the "New York Special". In 1939, the model name was changed to New Yorker, a name the stayed with Chrysler until the LHS was dropped in 1996.


Model Predecessor

AirStream


Model Successor

Concorde


Related Models

Royal, Newport, and Saratoga were all Chrysler's lesser model of the New Yorker.



Competition

  • Buick
  • Mercury
  • Edsel
  • Oldsmobile

Year by Year Changes, Production Numbers, and Cost:

1938-1948 Pre and Post War

1941 Chrysler New Yorker


The Flat Head Straight 8cyl motor and Fluid Drive (Semi-Automatic) transmission were hardly leading edge technology, but were dependable. Like most cast immediately following WWII, the 1946-1948s were basically 1942 models with a different front end treatment.


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1949-1956 The Keller Cars

1951 Chrysler New Yorker

While the "Pontoon" front fenders disappeared for Chrysler's post war design, the cars had an unusually high roofline, as dictated by Chrysler President J. T. Keller, who felt men wanted to be able to wear their hat while driving. In 1953 Chrysler answered Cadillac and Oldsmobile's OHV V-8 with the introduction of the 331ci Hemi having 180hp.

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  • 323CI/135hp Flat Head through 1952
  • 331CI/180-hp Hemi beginning 1953

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1957-1961 Forward Look

1957 Chrysler New Yorker

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1962-1964 Exner's Last

1964 Chrysler New Yorker

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1965-1968 Slab Sides

1965 Chrysler New Yorker

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1970-1973 Fuselage

1970 Chrysler New Yorker

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1974-1978 The Broughams

1977 Chrysler New Yorker

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1979-1981 R-Bodies

1979 Chrysler New Yorker

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1982-1983 M-Bodies 5th Aves

1982 New Yorker

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1983-1987 K-Cars

1987 Chrysler New Yorker

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1988-1993 K-Cars 2nd Generation

1989 Chrysler New Yorker

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1994-1996 LHS

1996 Chrysler New Yorker

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Wiki Topic References:

  • Old Cars Weekly - October 15, 2009

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