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The pictures really look nice. Were they taken recently or before you put it away awaiting restoration??? I hope someone buys this car if it is as nice as it appears, and the price is quite resonable. I have my hands full with my 67 300 convertible. I'm learning that car restoration is for a person who has the virtue of patience!!

Is it possible that you would want to sell any parts off this car or do you want to sell it "as-is"?? I am in need of some pieces for my 67 300 convertible. Let me know!

Please do post some pictures if you can! Where is the car loctated??

Bob, yes they are great cars. One of the most dependable cars ever built and that is not just my opinion. They are a bit hard to find. They are SO good people tend to keep them till the wheels are about to fall off. Usually anyone with a good one will refuse to part with it. Now that they are over 40 years old you will usually find them in one of two conditions 1) Totally worn out or 2) Someone had turned it into a race car. Good luck with yours!!

BVR, I guess since your Imperial is a 50 that it is a straight eight instead of a V8?? I recently read an article in Automobile magazine about a 51 Chrysler Saratoga that won some sort of Pan America race. They had it restored and ran it in a nostalgic race in the mountains of North Carolina. Anyway, interesting article. The Saratoga had 331 hemi V8 and Prestomatic trans.

Well, I live in Virginia, so Williamsburg is about a 3 hour dive for me. I do know that hotels, motels and even camp grounds in that part of the state (Tidewater, virginia) are getting more and more expensive. I hope to be able to go. I will be looking for an inexpensive hotel if I do!

Very NICE car indeed! It seems there are many Mopar enthusiasts in the Scandinavian countries (I don't know if I spelled that correctly, sorry if I didn't). I had an uncle by marriage who was Norwegian. His name was Olaf Berentsen (still, my spelling my be WRONG) Anyway, he married my mother's sister late in both of their lives. He was a VERY nice man. After my aunt passed away, he moved to California and we still kept in touch. Havn't heard from him for a few years now so he is probably gone too (if he's still around he'd have to be 100 something!) We were all living on Long Island (part of New York state) at the time. I think they lived in Mastic. There was a Norwegian community of some sort there. We visited a few times and "partied" with them. The used to always say something...Norge) The only part of the expression I can remember is the Norge part (that means Norway). I think it meant something like "long live Norway" or something. Do you know that expression Einar??

Well, Einar, I have contacted about 5 or 6 "junkyards" in search of doors for your hardtops. I am sorry to say I have gotten no response to my inquieries. I will try a few more for you today. Hope this news is not too depressing for you <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I'll get back to you later.

Einar, I sent emails to 5 or 6 junk yards (auto recylclers) yesterday with a request for four door hardtop doors. I have gotten no response as of yet. Maybe it will take a few days as they search their old Mopars! Anyway, this upcoming weekend is our President's Day holiday. I will be away from the computer thursday, friday, saturday, sunday AND monday. I will let you know if I can find out anything by next Tuesday. OK?? Nick

Hey, that is some story! Well, it sounds like that old saying; "Easy come, easy go!" You got that car cheap and then let it go cheap. I know you had a blast driving it though! I wonder about that bar-lady....she had a nice car...she couldn't afford to keep it up! Too bad!

Einar, i haven't heard back from that junk yard. I will try some others for you this afternoon. I know SOMEONE must have some parts to for 60, 61 or 62 Mopars! I'll let you know if anything turns up! I DO like beer!

Well, I think I may have some more "car stories". What's more, they are all TRUE, for better of for worse! I'll start with a story about my dad trying to teach my mom how to drive. At the time I was either a baby (and not with them) or had not yet been born! My father had a 38 Ford of some kind, floor boards rusted thru, floor shift transmission, key stuck in ignition switch....I don't personally remember the car. Anyway, they tell a story about how my mother was learning to dirve in that car. She was doing fine, my father had her driving on a sparsly used road in NYC (good luck to find such a road these days). As you probably know, NYC is basically made up of Manhattan Island, Staten Island, two counties on Long Island (Brooklyn and Queens) and the Bronx (a peninsula). So there a lot of roads that lead to water or a beach of some kind. They were on a road leading to a beach in Brooklyn, sand dunes on all sides (back then, built up now) and my dad says turn here. Well, my mom TURNS, she doesn't wait for the next intersection to arrive! Then cars goes down into a ditch and rolls over. No one was hurt, but my dad was thru with giving driving lessons. My mom finally got her license many years later...she had to go to driving school!!

Oldiefar, I did a search and found a number of auto recyclers who have web sites. I sent your request for the doors along to one of them. I will let you know of any response. I have a question for you; Can you search the internet for site here in the US from your location? I just searched for "junkyards" and a lot of sites came up. You could search for either junkyards, auto recyclers or salvage yards. They arre all basically the same. If you can not do such a search, let me know and I will contact them for you!! Nick

Maybe you should contact some "junk yards" as we call them (auto recyclers) Do an internet search for auto recyclers and see what you can come up with. Probably no response because no one has any available!! I will try such a seach right now and see if I can come up with anything...I'll get back to you.

Thanks for that repy Oldefar about the Mopars. I'm pretty much the same way. I do love those old Mopars! I agree about the prices...getting outragious! My grandfather had a 61 Plymouth! So it is one of my favorites! The styling is considered a bit unusual now but I always thought they were beautiful! His was a 2 door Belvedere coupe. White with a brown interior. I always remember the time he hit a rabbit with the front bumper. Didn't run it over, just knocked it over and it was dead. He bought it home and my grandmother made it for dinner!

Oldefar, I heard from the 61 plymouth guy. He said the car was already sold!

That sounds good to me! Williamsburg is near the beach and all that should be a lot of fun. One thing to keep in mind though is that the prices for hotels and motels can be very high in that area during the peak summer beach and vacation season. Hopefully the club will have all of that informataion. I'm not a member, I've been thinking about joining. thanks Baron and bp3!

Wow, OK I am glad Lana sold the Chrysler. I know she has been trying to for at least a couple of years. Hope someone has the patience and all the TLC required to bring this car back to its glory.

Oldefar, I emailed the person who advertised the 61 Plymouth. I will let you know if I hear from him. Don't be too surprised if he doen't respond. We will see. Hope you can find all the parts you need. If I can help I will try to. Nick

bp3, I live in Virginia. When you were mentioning the Williamsburg show this summer, did you mean Williamsburg, VA?? If so, please let me know Williamsburg is only about 2 1/2 hours from me and if you go I'd love to see the car. Keep me informed.

Glad to help Oldefar if I can. Let me know some of the places you wanted to contact. I'll see if I can contact them and maybe I will be able to set something up for you. One thing I need to tell you though, my computer is here at work and I don't have one at home. I am off Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I will not be back again until Monday. If I don't hear from you today or tomorrow I may not be able to do anything until next week. I won't ignore you, but if you don't get a response I'm probably away from the computer. Just let me know!

Response is quite slow in these forums. Not to worry, its not because you are overseas or anything personal! I guess maybe these "older" model Chrysler product do not have as many enthusiastic gearheads as the later model more performance oriented cars. Be patient, stick around, sooner or later someone will help. Have you tried the Forward Look forum? There is usually more activity there.

Well, I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm too much. I'm sure you can find a 73 or 76 NY'er Broghum in fairly decent shape. I've heard of a few out there. My only question would be why (?). When you get into any of the models past 71 you are into the emission, safety mission models. This is the period when Chrysler was "trying" to keep afloat using their old models. They were burdened with the dual quest of conforming to govn't emission and safety legislation. The engines were down on power considerably, were much harder to work on because of the maze of vacuum and electronic gizmos installed and for the most part were plauged with drivability issues. A pre-71 example is a much better bet in my opinion.

Now that all the important points have been covered, a lady named Lana Lord on this site has a '60 NY'er for sale. It's posted on the buy and sell forum. I was thinking of buying this car but decided it was a little too much work for me. She sent pictures, it is a nice car...not perfect. You may be interested in contacting her and discussing it. The NY'er is similar to the Saratoga. It was top of the line. It has a 413 RB engine and torqueflite automatic. Her car has a lot of optional equipment on it. Just some friendly advice if you are interested!

There is no vacuum modulator for the trans. Shifts are contoled by a throttle cable (or maybe lever in a car from that vintage). Also, no park position on torqueflite trans (I guess you're talking about a torqueflite). Actually there never was one even on the later year models. In the pushbutton years, there was a separtate EMERGENCY brake that acted on the driveshaft. You set the trans in neutral and then apply the mechanical brake. There was actually a drum and brake shoes attached to the driveshaft to keep the car from moving.