1961 Chrysler New Yorker

This 1961 Chrysler New Yorker is a four-door hardtop Town & Country station wagon that is finished in cream over bronze upholstery and powered by a 413ci Golden Lion V8 linked with a TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission. Features include styled steel wheels, a four-barrel carburetor, power steering, a power-adjustable front seat, a push-button gear selector, power windows, and an AM radio. The car reportedly was acquired in Colorado by the seller’s family in the late 1990s. This six-passenger New Yorker wagon is offered with service records, literature, spare parts, a service manual, a Colorado title in the name of the seller’s company. Approximately 1,436 New Yorker Town & Country Wagon examples were produced for the model year. This car is finished in cream with a bronze-colored roof section and is said to have been repainted. Exterior features include a fender-mounted driver-side mirror, canted quad headlights, chrome bumpers, tail fins, a power-operated rear window, and New Yorker script badging. Corrosion is noted on the rocker panel ahead of the passenger-side rear-wheel opening. Styled 15″ steel wheels have polished trim rings and are mounted with BFGoodrich Premier whitewall tires. A mismatched spare is housed under the rear cargo floor. The car is equipped with power steering, and braking is handled by power-assisted drums at all four corners. The six-passenger cabin features front and rear bench seats retrimmed in bronze upholstery with patterned inserts complemented by color-coordinated door panels. Equipment includes a power-adjustable front seat, power windows, a dash-mounted rearview mirror, a push-button gear selector, a heater, and a Golden Tone by Chrysler AM radio. The dashboard is cracked, the original floor carpeting is worn through in the high traffic areas, the rear side-panel trim is peeling, and a section of the cargo-area carpeting is worn away. The two-spoke steering wheel is cracked and frames a 120-mph speedometer along with gauges for amperage, fuel level, oil pressure, and coolant temperature. The five-digit odometer shows 97k miles, and true mileage is unknown. The 413ci Golden Lion V8 is equipped with a single four-barrel carburetor and was factory rated at 350 horsepower. The engine was rebuilt under current ownership in 2013, and additional work consisted of replacing the starter and refurbishing the radiator. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a three-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission that was also said to have been previously overhauled. Promotional literature is included in the sale along with spare and removed parts, service records, and a service manual.