1952 Chrysler New Yorker hardtop coupe

[Guest Packardsforever]

I have found a 1952 Chrysler New Yorker hardtop coupe in very good original condition--still has original interior under plastic covering! Anyway, body, paint, chrome are very good and so is engine! I can buy it for $10,500---I don't know anything about these cars and their values. Is that a fair price or a bad or good deal?

Thanks

[R Walling]

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Lately the selling prices do not match the "book" prices.

[auburnseeker]

It doesn't sound like a bad deal, but that's hard to say without actually seeing the car. As you described it what else could you buy in that shape in a 2 door hardtop for 10,000? Is it worth more than the guy wants, hard to say. But if you like it, sounds like a decent car for the money.

[Guest Packardsforever]

That's funny I usually don't even look at NADA because they seem to always be higher than reality. I look at this guide because it's usually lower but this being somewhat of a uncommon 50s car I thought I'd ask on here as well.

1952 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER Value

[Rusty_OToole]

I have found a 1952 Chrysler New Yorker hardtop coupe in very good original condition--still has original interior under plastic covering! Anyway, body, paint, chrome are very good and so is engine! I can buy it for $10,500---I don't know anything about these cars and their values. Is that a fair price or a bad or good deal?

Thanks

That is a very rare, very classy car. 52 Chrysler New Yorker came with the hemi head V8, Fluid Drive or Fluid Torque Drive automatic transmission, power steering (first car to have this) power brakes tinted glass power windows padded dash. No other car had all those features that year. No Rolls Royce, Mercedes, Cadillac or Lincoln. They even had disc brakes available as an extra cost option. Air conditioning was offered that year, but only on Imperial.

That was the car Chrysler was selling against Cadillac, Packard 400 and Buick Roadmaster.

Somewhat barge like to drive but very smooth and lots of power. Fastest stock car made in America. In January 1951 a New Yorker set a record of 100.13 MPH on Daytona Beach, straight out of the show room with minimal preparation and 400 break in miles. This was the first stock sedan to break 100 at Daytona since the 1937 Cord supercharged V8.

The 52 is practically identical to the 51 model which was the first with the hemi V8. Old Cars Report lumps the 51 and 52 together. From the outside the only difference is the backup lights. They are separate on the 51, integrated with the tail light on the 52s.

Old Cars Report price guide says #1 (perfect) $26,000 #2 (show car) $18,200 #3 (very good - looks great from 20 feet away) $11,700 #4 (Good - complete, driveable but needs help even from 20 feet) $5400 #5 (Restorable, more or less complete and no major rust out. May or may not run) $3120 #6 Parts car (damaged, rusted out or stripped of parts to where it is too far gone to restore) $1040,

Edited May 8, 2013 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history)

[Guest 1952NewYorkerconvertible]

buy my 52 convertible $20K obo

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[John_S_in_Penna]

Mr. Packardsforever, Consumer Reports in that era

wrote that Chryslers were especially reliable. I don't

have the issue to look up 1952 specifically, but all

Mopar products from that era were well thought of.

I appreciate excellence in engineering. And even though

the styling may be conservative, your prospective car is

a hardtop, and it's nice to have something different!

As for the NADA values being abnormally high: in the

preface to their printed book (available at the AACA LIbrary),

NADA acknowledges their high values. They say their listings

are for ALL-ORIGINAL cars. I haven't seen that explanation

on their website.