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Chrysler built only 556 New Yorker convertibles, all in the first year of production. The 1960 Chrysler New Yorker received unibody construction for the first time in its history, thus making the company first of the Big Three to offer it. This 1960 Chrysler New Yorker convertible won Mopar Best of Show and the J.W. Steiner Trophy at the Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance.
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The Chrysler New Yorker has faced amazing success and popularity in the nearly six decades it has remained in the American auto industry. Introduced originally as the New Yorker Special in 1938, the name was eventually simplified to the New Yorker. America's longest continuously used nameplate, the New Yorker has kept this title for the entirety of its 58 years of production. The New Yorker left the Chrysler model range in 1995 and hasn't been used since.
The Chrysler New Yorker remained the company's mainstream upscale luxury model for 1960, the border between the third and the fourth generation of the car. Cosmetically, the car gained a handsome new recessed grille and a dipped front bumper, while still retaining Virgil Exner’s tall fins. The car received unibody construction for the first time in 1960, thus making the company first of the Big Three to offer it. This gave the body more rigidity and less rattles, and would soon become an industry standard.
A range of body styles were available to buyers, including two- and four-door hardtops, a convertible, and six- and nine-passenger station wagons. Rear fender trim bars continued to identify the New Yorker models. Under the hood, a unique 350-hp, 413 cubic inch V8 powered the car. Chrysler built only 556 New Yorker Convertibles in 1960 at a factory price of $4,875.
This prize winning convertible incorporates a rebuilt 380-hp 413 V8 engine. The only deviation from original is the switch from the original Polar Blue paint to luminous Bluegrass. Typical New Yorker features include power windows, locks, antenna and top, “Auto-Pilot” cruise control, remote driver’s mirror and a “Golden Touch” radio.
This 1960 Chrysler New Yorker convertible won Mopar Best of Show and the J.W. Steiner Trophy at the Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance after a two year restoration.
The car has covered 97,100 miles (approx. 156.000 km).
