1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham St. Regis Coup
This car has a great history. I contacted a fellow in Canada, purchased the car, and we became correspondents buddies through the course of its repairs/semi restoration. He was a WWII vet, and was very interested in what happened to his cars. They were important to him. So over the course of the work I did to this vehicle, I sent him pictures and letters about every other week. He was so impressed with the work that I did that he GAVE me his ’82 New Yorker with a stainless steel roof. He said he was afraid it would wind up in the junk yard so it was mine as long as I agreed to take care of it. This Canadian car came to me with about an inch of Ziebart or whatever they were using back then, not only in the doors, in the undercarriage, but also on the inner fenders, in the wheel wells, on the core support, on the bottom of the exterior of the fenders – I mean it was everywhere. We spent about three weeks and used about 20 gallons of wax and grease remover and got down to what was the original car. The Ziebart had done its job and the car was not rusty at all – but the wax and grease remover had done damage to the paint, underneath the hood. The firewall was stripped, the upper part of the engine disassembled, full detailing of the engine, along with painting the cowel and white inner fenders, core support, as many items as I could at the time were removed, prepped professionally, (primer, sealer, paint) and re-painted. Many NOS parts were applied as you can see from the photographs and I ran out of desire on this car when I ran into an Imperial. So – the inner fenders have never been removed and powder coated which is what they need and the radiator needs to be removed and painted.
It displays low miles, had a full host of options, and the two door coup styling is just magnificent. Combined with the Chrysler road wheels, the all white exterior and the chrome accents, make for a stunning car rolling down the road.
Also, like my other Brougham, this is one of the few New Yorkers that the lean burn works beautifully. Carburetor, ignition system, brakes, everything has been attended to. This is not just paint, this car is FULLY road ready and as I talked about on my other Brougham, the evaporator in the dash is about twice the size of previous Chryslers so it puts out a massive amount of cold air – as good as any modern car today. Interesting trivia – the orange dipsticks and oil fill that you see came not only on this vehicle but the other one from Canada, so this must have been some kind of Canadian federal law.
What’s wrong with the car: accelerator pump is getting a little wear, I need to drive it. It might come back, as noted before, the inner fenders, radiator, need to be painted/powder coated to finish the under hood detail. I forgot to take pictures of the trunk so I will include those later. Very minor paint wear, no rust, a beautiful original car.
In closing, these body model New Yorkers rode and drove superior to the previous Imperials or New Yorkers. They were superbly engineered but were introduced at the time of the first OPEC Embargo. That’s the reason that they were produced for so few years and had so few sales.
Who am I? My name is Dave. I have been restoring cars for 35 years. My first collector car was when I was 15 years old. I've had three major collections and now it's time to sell my last one. My personal taste run to the eclectic.
I have picked out or restored these vehicles to be some of the finest in the world of these types.
I was a Dodge dealer for 27 years, selling 1600 to 2000 cars a year - that was my business.
These cars are my passion.
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