Vehicle Description
1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Hardtop
Ads of the day used phrases like "Its taking America by Style", or
"Noting Borrowed, Nothing Shared". All touting the brand new look
for this year's version of the New Yorker. Just the name New Yorker
evokes a sense of large, top of your game and just like the shine
if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, and so goes
this car.
Fir consignment, a 72,587 actual title verified mile all original
car save for a factory matching respray in 2007. Yes this baby
looks great and those "super scenic" front and rear glass, and
"tailored steel". Throw in lots of shiny chrome and sleek low
profile roofline and we have an uptown girl in the form of a 1955
Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe ready to take in the town and take over
your garage. Start spreading the news...
Exterior
A wide trimmed split front grille with another horizontal trim
piece below and a nicely curved bumper framing the bottom with
signal lights attached to the top of said bumper leads the way. A
big cloisonne badge is on the small "beak" in the grille area
flanked at the end of each front quarter panel with a wide chrome
bezel single headlight. A nicely shaped bulbous, but overdone, hood
makes its way to the wide trimmed curved front glass. The remainder
of the passenger compartment glass is surrounded by thin trimmings.
Canyon Tan, (Coral), paint covers all the lower steel panels, which
are all rust free. The roof line is painted in Desert Tan, (Beige).
On either side is an ever-widening trim spear in beautiful shiny
chrome and a Desert Tan insert panel. A wide chromed badge that
says Newport adorns the bottom of the b pillar. On the back, the
big chrome theme continues with upper rear quarter trimmings that
are basically chromed tail fins housing the cathedral style tail
lights. Just below are oval backup lights and a thick shiny wrap
around bumper with dual chrome tipped exhaust outlets peeking out
below. Wide whites wrap pristine wire spoked wheels with center
knock off hubs. Make no mistake, this car is very large... I guess
we could call it Metropolitan in its air it puts off. One....
singular sensation...
Interior
Inside swinging near perfect doors which are covered with wide
stitched and padded upper panels in cream leather, have a chrome
strip delineation applique, and below shows us a beautifully sewn
in darker tan rectangular tweed broadcloth panel in the center and
a brown strip of carpeting on the bottom. A seamless armrest and
shiny actuator lever and a window crank are also within this door
panel. Inside warm cream vinyl bolsters and half backs frame a
central rectangular darker tan tweed broadcloth inserts. For
original seats these are amazingly well preserved. Upfront, a
wonderfully sculpted undulating S curved dash front befitting of
the Chrysler moniker houses all the gauges one needs to monitor
while driving this automobile. Curved two tone Canyon Tan mixes
with Desert Tan painted metal. Shiny bezels, a shifter in the dash
and perfectly chromed knobs pepper this dash with all the essential
switches and below a shiny chromed panel houses the ignition,
ashtray, and a cowl vent slider. The factory AM radio is neatly
installed and for the passenger a Desert Tan painted glove box
covering door is curvaceous to the point of making Raquel Welch
jealous, and sports some vertical opening for the speaker and a
circular clock above. Thick pile mauve carpeting covers the floors
and is the perfect landing spot for those wingtips so they will not
have their spit shine marred! "The buck stops here!"
Drivetrain
Under the hood is a the original 331ci Hemi V8 engine fed on top by
a single 4-barrel carburetor. On the back is a 2-speed Powerflite
automatic transmission, and way back for the axle it has 3.36
gears. All is very nice under this hood. This engine bay is all
original and very clean. Get my dinner plate and silverware I'm
eating here tonite! "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the
kitchen!"
Undercarriage
All fully undercoated belly if you will ,shows nice and neatly just
a light coating of surface rust peppering smaller areas. All else
is black and structurally sound. Floor pans look patinaed and
slight road dirt has accumulated. Power drum brakes are all around
and for the front independent coil springs provide the ride. In
back the task is left for the leaf springs. Take me to the end of
Park Avenue, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
Drive-Ability
I slipped inside this preserved beauty and immediately I was
awestruck as to how clean it really is. Hard to believe it's all
original. So I fired it up and went for a ride and oh what a ride
it was. I put some miles on this baby as I wanted to see and be
seen. During my trip all worked wonderfully, functions, ride
shifting and accelerating as well as bias free braking.
A really nice clean original example with just a respray and all
else original. A Hemi, finely appointed interior, excellent
exterior design, beautiful wrap around glass, chromed wire wheels
and all I can say is NEW YORK....NEEEW YOOOOORK! da da dah dah
da...
N5541704
N-Chrysler New Yorker
55-1955
41704-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.
