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Here is a perfect example of Chrysler Corp. using left over parts very late in the year to build a car that drives purest crazy.
Check it out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rare-1956-Chrysler-New-Yorker-Origin... |
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Location: Kennewick Wa | Seems to be a pretty well documented misfit :-) |
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Location: N.W. Fla. | I remember seeing a thing where someone found a '56 conv. with a factory installed 392 in it. |
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Location: Snohomish, WA. | Plenty of cars came out of Chrysler with "incorrect" parts put on them. This one is just well documented.
Nice story and nice car.
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Location: Big pimpin' | Remember my friends 1958 Plymouth Plaza, 2dr sedan, with the factory 350 Golden Commando and 3- speed? |
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | if there were step by step assembly line photos or factory photos or even experimental photos , you'd still have people sayin ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, no way . chrysler has always been "cash talks and bulls**t walks" ---------------------------------------------later |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Wise said Chuck, as soon as one even thinks a thought that something was not possible to have or to combine, mother MoPar proves us wrong. That said, it would be nice to see build records to back up the history with - that is at least if there's big bucks involved..... |
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | I think these one-offs are super cool. And about the '58 Plaza with the 350/3 speed-- I noticed some time ago that there was nothing in the sales literature that said you couldn't order a car like that...even one with an Electrojector. Just that not many thought to. |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | There was a thread devoted to this on the Ebay thread a month or so ago and the general concensus was that it was not built this way from factory..... the guy has no actual documentation so who knows is anyone's guess. |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | Ian's exactly correct----there is NO documentation (sorry, P. Garlick fans....) that this beautiful creation was created in/at the factory.
It's an owner/dealership/body shop-customization, and a beautiful one.
Why try to 'make' it into being something that it is clearly not (factory-built)?
Edited by d500neil 2012-03-21 6:39 PM
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Location: Michigan | ok.. confused.. if the historical society letter shows it recorded with those options, with a build card, why are we questioning it? |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | Maybe I'm missing something, here----where does any factory literature/documentation confirm that this car was uniquely built at/in the factory?
A major clue into the non-originality of this car would be that it is not coded as being a St. Regis model.
Edited by d500neil 2012-03-21 8:20 PM
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Location: Eastern Iowa | I would consider it strange that it does NOT have a torque flite trans istalled!
But then I have pic's of a white 300B in MO with the extra NY'er chrome trim
and painted gold between that the owner swore was original. (don't they all!!)
Dave S
Edited by finsruskw 2012-03-21 10:38 PM
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | That's a major WOW, Dave....by mid/late 56 MY (dunno when) the Torqueflites were installed in Chryslers.
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| Gentlemen --
Since all divisions of Chrysler produced various body styles and different options, many unusual vehicles came off the line. For example, my current Big-Tailed Beast has the SonoRamic Ram engine, but it doesn't have the fender well cut outs, the carb linkage is not the one with the slotted rods (rather, threaded rods mounted on ball-joints on the bellcrank), and the Golden Commando windshield washer fluid bag instead of the SonoRamic one. Yet, I do have the build record showing it to be genuine.
Two possibilities for this: one, the linkage is that of the very early models, which may indicate it could have been a "mule" or test vehicle later released for sale; or two, it was damaged then repaired at the factory to be supplied to some sort of factory or corporate wheel for personal use.
Another instance: I traded the BTB I had in '60-'64 for a '65 Sport Fury with the 426 Street wedge, the complete package for which included the heavy-duty "police" suspension, oversize tires, and bigger brakes. After I took delivery, I had all sorts of problems with the brakes chattering after a very few miles. Back to the dealer where the drums would be turned, only to have the problem re-arise soon after. After about a year, it was on the rack next to a state police car and I happened to look at that car. I could put my fingers between the drums and the rims on the copper, but my rims fit snugly up against the drums. A factory rep was called over and all he said was, "Put some new tires and wheels on this young man's car right now." The 426 package on Sport Furys was supposed to delete either the spinners on the wheel covers or the fender skirts to accomodate the larger rims for the oversize brakes, but mine came off the line with the big brakes but standard Fury wheels.
In production line environments, when one car could be totally optioned drop-top, the next a 4-dr sedan, followed by a station wagon, then a 6-banger 2-dr, all kinds of weird things can happen.
Joe Godec
'57 Chryler 300C (is there really any other 300C?), '60 Fury SonoRamic, '65 Fuelie Vette
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THESE CARS DRIVE PUREST CRAZY
