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I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!
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miquelonbrad
Posted 2012-06-23 9:47 PM (#326910)
Subject: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Hi All,

Im my quest to find parts, I sometimes Google "1957 Chrysler" in the pictures only mode, to bring up pics of cars that are being sold/parted amonst others. So, a couple weeks ago, I was having a beer, cruising the pictures, and up pops a strange looking '57! So, I clicked the picture, and it took me to the seller's web site, which turned out to be not far from me! So, I contacted the fellow, went to look at the car, and this is what I bought:





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miquelonbrad
Posted 2012-06-23 9:51 PM (#326911 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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It was originally a New Yorker 4 door hardtop!
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soiouz
Posted 2012-06-23 9:58 PM (#326912 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Haha, wow!! That's a strange beast..

Looks like it's going to yield a lot of good parts, though!
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d500neil
Posted 2012-06-23 10:15 PM (#326913 - in reply to #326912)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Man, you are rich (David) and/or have some serious disposable income!




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GregCon
Posted 2012-06-23 10:18 PM (#326914 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Sell me those tail light bezels.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2012-06-24 5:27 AM (#326934 - in reply to #326911)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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A similar example of this used to reside down on the street below Hwy 2 in Leavenworth.
It was blue and in pretty decent shape. I have never seen anyone do this and create an
attractively matching roof in the process. they always look like a bubble and poorly done.
But the fins and tail lights lend themselves well to the design of a pickup box surround.
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miquelonbrad
Posted 2012-06-24 11:59 AM (#326964 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Here's how they mated the roof together: Pop rivets and leaded seams. And lots and lots of bondo!!!



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StillOutThere
Posted 2012-06-24 12:44 PM (#326969 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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<p>Saw this custom on the internet a couple of years ago and I like the concept. The only thing I would have done differently is to use a two-door door, moving the latch pillar back those several inches and then cutting the 2dr door glass to the shape of the existing rear door glass curvature. The bed would have been proportionately that much shorter. It would have given the truck far better visual balance than keeping the 4dr hardtop front door and LONG bed. You might think about this for the restoration. </p><p>I actually own a '57 Saratoga 4dr hardtop stripped shell "out back" with some very distant thoughts of doing something similar.   Attaching pic of a cut-n-paste '57 DeSoto Adventurchero done with the 2dr door.<br /></p>

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miquelonbrad
Posted 2012-06-24 1:10 PM (#326974 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Interesting concept! Naw, it isn't worth "restoring". It was done so poorly, under all the bondo, that one would have to basically re-do the entire body. Add into that the rust factor... it would be easier to just buy a decent body, and start from scratch if you had to have a custom like this. I got it cheap, just for the parts I need.
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2012-06-24 4:32 PM (#326991 - in reply to #326974)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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I see reversing the C-pillar to a reverse lean and perhaps crafting the roof top portion
from scratch to create something kind of like what the Aussies did with the Utes, but without
such a thick C-pillar. The glass might be a challenge, but I have been surprised by how some
customizers have reversed stock windows to create good looking customs. Who knows what
might work and look great ? Another idea might be to go with the Mercury breezeway backglass
that rolls down behind the seat ? That might be pretty slick.
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StillOutThere
Posted 2012-06-24 7:27 PM (#327001 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Must be time to haul this car out of the archives.  Its a '61 New Yorker ranch truck built by a Chrysler dealership body shop in Lubbock, TX, when the original wagon came in as a used car of about 7-8 years old.   Since the Merc Breezeaway window was mentioned, this truck uses a second tail gate with the electric power window as the headwall and backglass and obviously the rear roof of the wagon was employed complete with the chrome trim.   I have the same concern with this one having used the four door wagon front doors as opposed to using two door car doors and moving the latch pillar back.  It would have made for better proportions.   Still, I love it as a potential dealership parts chasing truck.  I've spoken a few years ago with the head of the body shop that built it and an owner who had it for many years.  Has not been for sale since I first heard about it perhaps a dozen years ago; unfortunately just sits in a private collector car yard.




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hullinger
Posted 2012-06-24 9:07 PM (#327014 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Any chance that these were funeral flower cars? Obviously there are Cadillac flower cars but I gotta believe other makes were converted as well.
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b5rt
Posted 2012-06-24 9:53 PM (#327016 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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I'm liking that '61. Hope they at least move it around before it sinks to the floorboards on the ground.
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jpmopar
Posted 2012-06-24 9:57 PM (#327017 - in reply to #327001)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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I know of a '57 Coronet that's been customized in a similar fashion that I can get for free if I get the time to go pick it up. I think it originally started life as a wagon though and it's pretty much rotted away.


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StillOutThere
Posted 2012-06-24 10:18 PM (#327020 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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And speaking of that breezeaway window, here is a mostly Lincoln, part Imperial shop truck employing that roof and it SURE WORKS!




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NorthernFins
Posted 2012-06-24 10:51 PM (#327025 - in reply to #327020)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Nice find, miquelonbrad, did he have anything else for sale that`s interesting?

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miquelonbrad
Posted 2012-06-24 11:34 PM (#327027 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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He is a "project car guy"; he finds and re-sells project cars and parts. His web site is Perrysprojectcars.com. He mainly does GM cars of the 50's and 60's, but he has a smattering of other stuff. He even has a couple Metropolitans in there!
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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2012-06-25 8:16 AM (#327051 - in reply to #327020)
Subject: RE: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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After seeing your picture above, Wayne, I am convinced that the aesthetic way to go with such
a short length roof is to lean it backwards like that Lincoln / breezeway / Imperial. Although some
liked mixing the round orb shape with the pointy, angular fin look, I find it contradictory and
unsmooth when the roof is so bubble-like and the rest of the car is sharp edged. I don't think I will
live long enough to ever build such a critter, given the projects I already have, but I think one could
build a real sharp car that even Exner would have signed off on if enough thought and skill were given
to it. God knows he signed off on lesser stuff !
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mstrug
Posted 2015-01-27 7:26 AM (#468717 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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I wonder if a 1957 Dodge 4 door would accept this treatment. Marc.
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StillOutThere
Posted 2015-01-27 7:31 AM (#468719 - in reply to #326910)
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Marc, IMHO a shortened roof and the backglass from a four door hardtop would make a nice "cab" with headroom. But to get good proportions for the overall car, the front doors of a two door car need to be used. Side glass window frame then to be adjusted the the curvature of the original 4-dr rear door glass.
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mikes2nd
Posted 2015-01-27 9:51 AM (#468728 - in reply to #326910)
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The 61 is a start but they overdid it, it looks a little cramped in there, sacrifice another foot of bed length and give the driver/passenger some breathing room. I really think a 61 would make a nice "sweptside" ute.
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old mopar guy
Posted 2015-01-27 9:04 PM (#468783 - in reply to #326910)
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Its a UTE!?!
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Chrycoman
Posted 2015-01-27 11:40 PM (#468787 - in reply to #326910)
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That 1957 Chrysler New Yorker Ute is similar to the one used by an auto shop (speedometers and gauges) in Winnipeg in the late 1950's and early 1960's. It was blue with white roof and sweep, if memory serves.

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miquelonbrad
Posted 2015-01-29 10:27 AM (#468893 - in reply to #326910)
Subject: Re: I bought a 1957 Chrysler... New Yorkameno!!!



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Bill,

Apparently, this car was in Manitoba at one time! At least, according to the Manitoba Automobile Association badge that was bolted to the grill. But, the original factory green colour was the only other paint colour, below the yellow/black. At least that I could see...
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Chrycoman
Posted 2015-01-31 1:33 AM (#469060 - in reply to #326910)
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Could have been green. Trusting a memory of a car I have not seen in fifty years, and never parked. Everytime I saw that car it was in motion.

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