Darrell and Reba's New Yorker Page
What we found when we got it home, Page 1.
This project, and this page, started when our 1964 Chrysler New Yorker found its way to us, on July 24, 2003
We got our 1964 Chrysler New Yorker 4 dr Sedan home, and then the fun began.
I always like to know as much as possible about the history of any car I am going to work with. If you purchase the car from the original owner you can often get a fairly good history from them. But, if the car has had more than one owner things often are a little less clear. I am the third owner of this New Yorker, but the people we purchased it from got it in 1967, so we can go back a long way on it.
Another plus is that we have known the people we got the car from for a while, and are sure that any information they give us about it is likely to be as good as their memory allows. With an unknown previous owner sometimes it is hard to believe what they have to say about the car. You know, that "rust free" car really means you can have all the rust you want, for free, under the quicky paint job.
The car had sat for 23 years, so there was a bit of a buildup in and around it … lol But, it did look good in my side yard.
But, all was not as rosey as it first seemed. It turns out the car did have some damage and filler. The repairs were very old, and quite well done, but after setting for so long the filler in the right rear quarter panel had started to crack. The lack of color shift (from the rest of the body) in the repaired area may indicate that the repair was done very early in the life of the car, or that the entire car had been repainted. A repair very early would fit with the thoughts of the owner we bought the car from, as they purchased it when it was three years old, and knew of no damage since then.
This damage got me looking closer at the car, and I found that there was also filler in the right front fender, both in front of and behind the wheel well. A little further inspection shows that there has been some kind of work done to the right front door also, and maybe the right rear door. In other words, the right side of the vehicle had sustained damage from one end to the other at some time. It could be that this is why the car was traded in so early in it's life cycle the first time around.
But, the good news is it is all fairly minor, and should not be any issue at all.
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