1950 Chrysler Town & Country Woodie on 2040-cars
San Diego, California, United States
Body Type:Coupe
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:straight 8, 135 HP 324 cu. in.
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Number of Cylinders: eight
Make: Chrysler
Model: Town & Country
Trim: 2 door coupe
Options: Leather Seats
Drive Type: automatic
Mileage: 38,223
Exterior Color: Tampa Beige-upper, Juniper Green-lower
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Interior Color: Green leather & cloth
1950 Chrysler Town & Country Newport woodie; one of 75 remaining of the 700 originally made. This woodie has just over 38,000 original miles on the odometer. The car was purchased by our family in 2002 as a driver and since then has undergone a sympathetic restoration, taking care to preserve as much of the original design and patina as possible. Extensive restoration has taken place "out of sight" to achieve this result. Changes have only been made to enhance the car's drivability on modern roads while keeping its soul intact. This car could be driven from coast to coast, on Route 66, entered in popular rallies or car shows, reside in a museum, or simply driven and enjoyed. It's a happy car. Virtually every time I've driven the car it has received a "thumbs up" from others who enjoy looking at it. It is also a strikingly beautiful car. Highlights of major work include installation of vacuum assisted front disc brakes, new carpeting, new Juniper Green paint, new chrome, and rebuilt fluid drive and gearbox. Additionally, the car has never been in an accident and has no dings.
Recently (June, 2013), the car has had green, Wilton Wool carpeting installed throughout, including the trunk space. In addition, new cloth upholstery to match the original was special ordered and (June, 2013) the front bench seat bottom and both doors were reupholstered. No rips or tears exist either in the upholstery or the leather. There is enough spare, new cloth to reupholster the entire interior. This spare cloth measures 13 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. Many other spares are also included with the purchase. If requested, the sale will include two volumes of restoration notes, a CD showing over 1,000 digital photographs delineating work, a Chrysler workshop manual, a Classic Car cross reference parts guide, and a Chrysler spare parts catalog. Please feel free to call me at 619-884-6572 or e-mail me with any questions at mikeloper@cox.net.
As additional information, a summary of the work performed is as follows:
- Body:
- Stripped, sanded, and varnished all wood, applying 10 coats
- Repainted car-Juniper Green
- re-chromed parts
- Undercoated body and frame
- Replaced trunk weather-strip
- Recovered front bench seat bottom and both doors with original cloth
- Installed Wilton Wool carpeting, including trunk, including making custom front floor mats
- Installed front and rear seat belts
- Suspension:
- Front Suspension:
- Installed new coil over shocks
- Installed new coil springs
- Replaced all rubber suspension components
- Installed new ball joints
- Installed new upper and lower control arm pins and bushings
- Installed new steering knuckle bushings and bearings
- Rear Suspension:
- Installed new leaf springs
- Installed new coil over shocks
- Electrical:
- Overhauled generator & replaced fan belt
- Overhauled starter motor
- Replaced coil, voltage regulator, spark plugs, & wires
- Overhauled distributor
- Overhauled clock
- Installed new wiring harness
- Engine & Drive Train:
- Adjusted valves-March 2013
- Overhauled carburetor (Carb Doctor)
- Refurbished fuel tank (Gas Tank Renu-LA)
- Installed new fuel lines w/fuel filter
- Installed new fuel pump-a spare is included
- Removed and inspected the water distribution tube in the engine block
- Re-cored radiator & installed new hoses, including heater hoses
- Installed new water pump-rebuilt spare included
- Installed new thermostat
- Installed new front and rear main oil seals
- Removed pan and cleaned
- Inspected crankshaft bearings
- Inspected timing chain
- Overhauled transmission (gearbox) and replaced pinion gear
- Overhauled fluid drive and replaced mechanical seal
- Modified wheels to accept radial tires
- Purchased and installed 5 new, period, radial tires
- Performed an engine dynamometer test
- Installed front disc brakes w/vacuum assist
- Installed new rear brakes
- Installed new brake lines
- Installed a 3.45:1 rear end, including axle
- Overhauled emergency brake and linkage
- Replaced all 4 engine mounts
- Overhauled engine oil pump
Please understand there is no warranty on this car, either expressed or implied. It is a used car with all the idiosyncracies any well maintained 60 year old car has. All sales are final.
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Four-horse race opens up for next Chrysler-Fiat CEO
Mon, 16 Dec 2013
There are some companies that could change leadership overnight and still remain more or less the operations that they are. But some have built themselves up around one central figure. Just ask Carlos Tavares, who found he couldn't escape the long shadow of Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn. Tavares recently left to find his own limelight. But Ghosn isn't the only executive who presides over two disparate automakers on opposite ends of the globe.
Having built up Fiat and Chrysler around himself, we can hardly imagine either automaker getting along without Sergio Marchionne. But the day will come when the famously sweater-clad bigwig will step down. The pressing questions remain when when that day will come, and who will take his place. The only solid clues we have are in the statements made mostly by Marchionne himself, but those statements have been all over the place. When speaking to Automotive News in 2012, he said he would step down "no earlier than 2013, no later than 2015." But a year later, he had already seemingly changed his tune, indicating he could still be at the helm in 2016. Fiat chairman John Elkann seems to think Marchionne, 61, could and should stay on longer.
Fiat pondering swallowing rest of Chrysler, US IPO
Wed, 24 Apr 2013At the moment, Fiat is in court with the United Auto Workers, waiting for the justice system to provide some guidance on a fair price for 41.5-percent of Chrysler it doesn't own. Fiat owns 58.5 percent of the company and wishes to buy the remainder, which is owned by the union's VEBA retiree trust, but the Italian company and the UAW are on different sides of the galaxy when it comes to assigning a fair price to that outstanding stake.
Naturally, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is considering his options. A new report in the The Wall Street Journal says one of the scenarios being considered now is - depending on the outcome of the court case - to purchase the 41.5-percent stake and then issue an IPO to recoup some of the cost. About two months ago, Marchionne put the odds of an IPO for a wholly combined Fiat/Chrysler at 50 percent. Even with the WSJ report, it's not clear if those odds have changed.
The current company structure leaves a lot of options as to how a potential IPO could be issued, but it's said that Marchionne is against it, preferring "to be one company," under Fiat, indivisible. If Fiat is finally able to purchase all of the Pentastar, it would get access to Chrysler's war chest, pegged at $11.9 billion at the end of Q3 in 2012, and that money can't come soon enough for a brand taking a beating in Europe and delaying product over cash concerns.
Marchionne to take his sweater and go home after 2018
Wed, 08 Oct 2014The end is in sight for Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne, who confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg that once FCA's sweeping five-year plan is completed, he'd be stepping down from his post to "undoubtedly" do something else that didn't involve turning around global corporations. That would mean he should finish up after 2018 if all goes according to plan.
"It's as important to walk away from the table as it is to sit down," Marchionne told Bloomberg.
Marchionne has been at Fiat since June of 2004 and is one of the chief architects behind the Italian company's acquisition of Chrysler. Despite his successes, he does sound quite ready to move beyond the auto industry, rhetorically asking his Bloomberg interviewers if there "are other things I like to do apart from this?"