For Sale: 1955 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe Nassau Hardtop - "Regretably for sale" - Portland, OR - Not Mine

[6T-FinSeeker]

For sale on Craigslist: 1955 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe Nassau 2-door Hardtop in Portland, OR  -  $13,999  -  Call: 503-FIVE ONE FIVE-5470

 

Link: https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/d/portland-1955-chrysler-2dr-hdt/7380799196.html

 

Seller's Description:

1955 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe Nassau 2-door Hardtop

• condition: good
• cylinders: 8 cylinders
• transmission: automatic
• odometer: 93,000
• paint color: red
• title status: clean

ORIGINAL 1955 CHRYSLER 2DR HARDTOP
VERY SMOOTH QUIET V8 (NON-HEMI)
ENJOYABLE NOSTALGIC RIDE

REGRETABLY FOR SALE BY VERY SENIOR OWNER
CALL 503-FIVE ONE FIVE-5470

 

 

 

 

 

[NC-car-guy]

Nice looking car

[Dynaflash8]

Did Chrysler offer a "non Hemi" in 1955?  That's a new one on me.  Who has the answer?

[The 55er]

1 hour ago, Dynaflash8 said:

Did Chrysler offer a "non Hemi" in 1955?  That's a new one on me.  Who has the answer?

1955 Chrysler Windsors had a non-hemi, a 301 cu. in. polyhead V8 engine. 

[Dynaflash8]

Thanks.  That is no match for the 331 Hemi I'm sure, and probably much harder to get parts for.  Am I correct?  I'm a lifelong Buick guy who is thinking of switch over to a 55-56 or 65-68 Chrysler.  Don't know much about them, except a friend has driven a 56 DeSoto all over the USA to AACA and CHVA tours.  I like the 55 the best, but it is 6-volt and I need AC.  Had a 66 Newport that I drove all over the USA to AACA tours 20 years ago.  The 60s Buicks have never worked out to replace it, and 30s and 40s are too hot in Florida.

[JACK M]

Those Poly engines are no slouch and they made lots of them. Hemi is certainly more desirable but Poly's are easier to work on. (physically smaller)

And yes, 55 was the last year for the six volts in the Windsors. 

[Dynaflash8]

I really like that car, but I have to have air condition here in this hellhole Sebring, Florida.  Just sold my '41 Buick Roadmaster because it is so hot here this year, and most years.  I don't need the trouble, at 83, of trying to rewire to 12-volts and find pulleys to fit a car for Vintage Air.

[Bloo]

There are two distinct kinds of polyspherical engines made by Chrysler Corporation. They get confused in threads like this because Chrysler didn't really go out of their way to specify the difference. Both are stellar engines. The second type didn't exist yet in 1955, so this is the first.

 

This engine uses the same block casting as the Chrysler Hemi. I imagine the pistons were contoured different, as I don't recall the heads being a direct swap.

 

It was a downmarket engine in Chrysler at the time. Today wouldn't really be a downgrade from the Hemi except for bragging rights, unless the Hemi was one of the go-fast versions.

 

Both types of polyspherical engine last long and run cool in hot weather. I can't really say enough good about them. I'm not casting any shade on the Hemi here, as it is just as good, but in the era you could  sure do a lot worse. Ask @Matt Harwood about his wife Melanie's car.

 

Edited September 18, 2021 by Bloo (see edit history)

[The 55er]

Seller should lose those 56 Desoto hubcaps and install the correct 55 Windsor hubcaps, they're not that hard to find. 

[Hudsy Wudsy]

Outstanding coral color.

[deac]

Never been into old Chryslers but this body style is one of my favorites.  I just did a PPI inspection on a '55 Desoto and really like the car.  Full disclosure, the previous owner swapped the Desoto engine for Chrysler 383 4bbl.  Too much motor for drum brakes!

[bryankazmer]

7 hours ago, Dynaflash8 said:

I really like that car, but I have to have air condition here in this hellhole Sebring, Florida.  Just sold my '41 Buick Roadmaster because it is so hot here this year, and most years.  I don't need the trouble, at 83, of trying to rewire to 12-volts and find pulleys to fit a car for Vintage Air.

I think Chrysler offered AC from 1953 on, although of course it was a rare option.

[Dynaflash8]

And it fills up the trunk.  I have seen a 1953 or 1954 that came to an AACA show years ago from Texas.

 

[Hudsy Wudsy]

21 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said:

Outstanding coral color.

I called it "coral" color, but it really is closer to a "shrimp" color:

[Matt Harwood]

Who knows what color it is? He hosed it down for photos. I suspect the paint has the gloss and texture of 600-grit sandpaper.

[Robert G. Smits]

On 9/17/2021 at 12:12 PM, Dynaflash8 said:

but I have to have air condition

At that price you can afford to have Vintage Air installed which is superior to factory AC.  I really like this body style.  One of the cars I lost was a 55 Imperial two door hard top.

[Ed Luddy]

On 9/17/2021 at 10:13 AM, Dynaflash8 said:

Thanks.  That is no match for the 331 Hemi I'm sure, and probably much harder to get parts for.  Am I correct?  I'm a lifelong Buick guy who is thinking of switch over to a 55-56 or 65-68 Chrysler.  Don't know much about them, except a friend has driven a 56 DeSoto all over the USA to AACA and CHVA tours.  I like the 55 the best, but it is 6-volt and I need AC.  Had a 66 Newport that I drove all over the USA to AACA tours 20 years ago.  The 60s Buicks have never worked out to replace it, and 30s and 40s are too hot in Florida.

The 55 poly isn't that hard to find parts for. I'm a big fan of the 55 and on Mopars. But for a nice driver at a very livable price search 65-68 300 or New Yorker, Newport. Great cars at reasonable prices. w

[Dynaflash8]

I had a  66 Chrysler Newport convertible and it was the best tour car I ever had.  I sold it when I thought I'd worn it out, but regrettably now I think it was a bad timing chain.  I search 1965-1968 Chryslers almost every day, but I can't find one, and I don't want another convertible and really only want a 383.  I do not want a 440.  Too much gas I think, like a big Buick with a 455.

 

[Dynaflash8]

9 hours ago, Robert G. Smits said:

At that price you can afford to have Vintage Air installed which is superior to factory AC.  I really like this body style.  One of the cars I lost was a 55 Imperial two door hard top.

 

[Dynaflash8]

I have had no luck finding anybody to install Vintage Air in anything but Fords and Chevies.  I had a chance to buy a 67 Buick Skylark with a 300cid engine, no air.  I called Vintage Air, no soap.  I called local company that installs aftermarket air in car and they said no brackets or pulleys, no can do.  I found a guy whose speciality it Buick parts in those years and he had just sold the only factory pulley's for a 300 Buick engine with air, and so far has found no more.  No, I'm not interested in a 350 Chevy engine.  I'm down to just two old cars now, and at 83 in October, I think I should probably leave it that way.

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Dynaflash8 (see edit history)