jwa Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Please assist with deciphering this cowl tag and VIN from a 1956 New Yorker limo. The VIN / vehicle no on the door post is N5618274 Thanks in advance, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 NYer Limo? Like 7 passenger limo with a division glass? Just curious as I have a '56 Crown Imperial limousine by Derham. Please post a pic of your car. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwa Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Thanks for your reply. This is not my car ( yet) so i am rather reluctant to post any photos. This is more of what i would consider to be an "airporter" or sightee'r limo w/o a divider. Your car is awesome. I saw photos on another thread. I may post photos later if the current owner tells me it's ok. ja Edited December 27, 2018 by jwa (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Any update regarding purchase or pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwa Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 Let me contact the owner and check on the status of the car and ask permission to post photos. JWA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwa Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Greetings, I'm slow but sure! LOL I finally received permission to post these photos from the owner of the vehicle. We are fairly certain that this Chrysler was once a Smoky Mountain Tours (vehicle #20) . SMT operated out of Asheville NC. They had a very unique fleet including 3 axle Packard' s and vintage Flxible buses just to name a few. We have a Facebook page" Smoky Mountain Tours Company" feel free to join our page and see the items we have found to date! All leads, photos and picture appreciated! We have a vintage photo of a "like" Chrysler in front of the Biltmore House in Asheville NC Anyone have knowledge of this cars past? Any guess on the Coachbuilder? Thanks, br-549 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Can't help on the trim/paint tag on the firewall, but for the serial number: VIN N56-18274 Found in range N56-1001 to N56-36162 Year 1956 Make Chrysler Model Code C72 Model New Yorker Engine V8 Serial 17274 of 35162 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpcdfan Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 SO on the trim tag stands for Special Order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwa Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 This is what we believe to be the same vehicle at the Biltmore House in the mid 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 There was no factory capability at Chrysler to build this. It falls into the coachbuilt category of "airporters" meaning stretched chassis to which additional doors and seats were added. Armbruster-Stageway, Fort Smith, Arkansas was the biggest producer here with their "Memphian". The company continues building stretches as "limousines", ambulances, and hearses. Hotel and airport uses were common. There was a gray very similar '56 sold near Portland about 3 years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwa Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Can you share any info or photos from that Portland sale? I'd love to see the details. br-549 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 hours ago, jwa said: Can you share any info or photos from that Portland sale? I'd love to see the details. br-549 Click on this old AACA thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Also several more photos at this link which is still up. https://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=87884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Cant really say that I miss that car. It was way more work than I wanted to get involved in. Would have been fun when finished out though. Thanks for the nostalgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwa Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Jack, Thanks for the reply. Any idea where this car is located now? Do you know who the Coach builder was? Where there any signs of it ever having the sightseer glasses in the roof? We know that Smoky Mountain Tours had more the one Chrysler- i would love to know the history on this car. Thanks again! Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 It was an airporter in the Portland area as far as I know. Was owned by "The Gray Line" It belonged to a neighbor that had it stored for many years and I bought it at his estate auction. I sold it to a guy in Enterprise Oregon if I recall correctly. (this was at the Portland Swap meet several years ago,). It must have sat around over there for awhile as I did get a phone call from the for sale sign that I had taped to the inside of one of the windows. This was a year or two after I sold it. That caller told me that he saw it stored in a not very conspicuous place in or near Enterprise. So it must have been behind a shop or barn or the likes. Pretty sure that my buyer was a known local farmer or some kind of businessman around there. Maybe a road trip could scare it up. Its not a very big town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 11:15 AM, JACK M said: It was an airporter in the Portland area as far as I know. I grew up in Portland in the 50's and 60's and can remember seeing those vehicles. The airport at that time wasn't much of a place so those Limo's stood out to a kid. I could be wrong but they might have still been in use up to the early 70's. Thanks for the memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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