1976 Chrysler New Yorker

Brougham Coupe

8 - Cyl.

Manual

CS23T6C140922

Gasoline

T h e u l t i m a t e l u x u r y - m u s c l e c a r ! 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham St. Regis Edition 2 door hardtop with an A-833 4 speed manual transmission and Hurst Comp Plus shifter. Relisted due to deadbeat scumbag: mohawkriv4553 day auction! N.R. Yes. You read that right. It is not a mistake. A 4 speed 1976 New Yorker. About me:I am 62 years old and have been a Mopar guy since I got my license at the age of 16. My first car that I bought new was a new Dodge Dart GT modified into an NHRA santioned "D-Dart" (Google it to find out about these extremely rare and mostly unheard of A-Bodies). Early on, I became a die hard Mopar C-body enthusiast because I always got my father's hand me down Newports, Polaras, etc. My passion has been C-bodies ever since, especially the oddball, the rare, or the just plain weird.My first C-body (1970) - 1967 Newport Early history of the car:I am the second registered owner.This car was purchased new in 1976 by a gentleman in Salt Lake City, where he meticulouslymaintained it for aprox. 20 years. It was then purchased by a gentleman in the Salt Lake City area where he added it to his collection. He never registered nor drove it. In fact he did nothing to it, for good or bad After 10 years he thinned out the herd and I then bought it and brought here to central Florida. I received it with 105K miles on the odometer, the same as when it went into the collection. The car came with documentation supporting the facts.Here's the original ad from the seller: Why the car is as it is today:As beautifull as the car was, this "It's rust-free, I swear", New Yorker came with a rotted out lower left rear quarter (shame on me). It was repaired with all new metal (no bondo) and MIG welded. Strangely enough, the remainder of the car was bone-dry and rust-free. Go figure.Here is that quarter as it looks today: The motor had a lifter "tick" and being neurotic, I couldn't simply just repair it. The old gear head drag racer in me reared its ugly head again. I yanked the engine out and I thoroughly rebuilt the 440 tothe point it would make a few old Road Runners cry. See Q&A at end of listing for description of the build As expected, I have all the receipts listing the goodies. It's a "mild"(?) build for the street that idles good and runs strong on pump gas Well, now I'm driving it around town and I think to myself, hmmmm... this 2.71 rear just isn't cutting it for this 4,700 lb. beast. Yep. In go 3.55's. and it now launches like a missle, albeit a big, fat, heavy missle. Let me remind you I grew up in the era of full-sized muscle cars. Not the small cars. I'm talking "Swiss Cheese" Pontiacs, 427 Galaxies, etc. My previous car to the New Yorker was a 1966 Plymouth Fury I 2 door post (with all the deletes) with a built 440 and 4 speed. So you know where this is going. Yep, 4 speed time, as insane as an idea as it was! Sorry, My car. My way. I am not going to tell you whole saga about the almost year long job it was to do it right. The 74+ C-bodies are an entirely different car from any earlier C-body or any body for that matter. Everything had to be fabricated from scratch, including stripping the dash down to the firewall and fabricating a custom clutch & brake pedal assembly so that it looked factory, not like an aftermarket hot rod hack job. From A - Z, this job was done right and works flawlessly. The car now goes like a scalded ape. Not bad for a land barge. More about the car itself:Along the way, I neurotically scoured for NOS stuff constantly because, let's face it, as nice as it was, mechanically it was 105k miles and almost 35 years old. Entirely new R134A A.C. sytem. NEW. Not just converted by purging the R12. New brakes, tie rods, idler arm, correct exhaust hangers, NOS rubber for the doors (I'm pretty sure I found the LAST ONES!), etc. etc. etc. Again, it's a long list, and brought me periously close to a divorce. I'm just going to say the car is 100% mechanically perfect and I would not think twice about driving it around the country. Sounds too good to be true department:Well it is. I'm going to tell you EVERYTHING. I will not let my name be cast about the Mopar community as a less than a completely honorable guy. I walk and talk amongst these guys and I plan on doing so for a long time coming. So here it is: Number 1 and most importantly, and I'm not minimizing what a pain in the neck it will be if you are not a contortionist. The dash needs to come apart again, because after ten months of battling the 4 speed install, I was beat to death, I got sloppy, and I didn't hook everything up correctly. The radio, horn, brake lights, and speedometer weren't hooked back in properly. Also the A/C (although it blows ice-cold when it wants to) is acting weird. It's the under dash sensor that I didn't hook back up by mistake. Otherwise the persnickity infamous AutoTemp II works perfectly. So again, be prepared to pull the dash. Sorry, my bad, I don't usually leave things like this. My back and the Florida heat are working against me. As an incentive, the car will come with a free bottle of Tylenol... Midway through the conversion: 2. It needs a paint job badly to be show worthy. It really accumulated its share of nicks and scratches by its previous owners. It's never been hit and there is zero rust through. The right rocker panel has just started to get some surface bubbling. The first thing you should do is sand it out, etch prime the bare metal, and stop it in its tracks before it becomes a repair job.Then paint the car at your leisure. Of small noteworthy interest: Readily available rattle cans of Ford Wimbledon White at your local store is an exact match for the car's Chrysler Spinnaker White. Ask me how I know. Here's that "bubbling": 3. This is the enbarrasing part. While welding, sparks landed on the passenger seat as it sat in my shop and burnt a couple of areas of the fabric. Recover it or leave it. The rest of the interior is gorgeous. It's your typical red cloth Bordello lush 70's interior. The steering wheel on the car is not a gem, but I'll give you one that is in excellent condition: The only other thing interior-wise was my next step to modify the steering column collar for a floor shift car but, my deciding to sell the car came up first. 4. The car comes comes with it's original front carpet. I didn't reinstall it because it needs to be modified to accept the 4 speed tunnel hump. Or have a rug guy make up a new front carpet. I have the source for the identical match to it. 5. Last, but not least, because I decided to sell it, the car got mad at me and the motor for the headlight doors quit yesterday. Sheesh! UPDATE : The headlight door issue has been fixed: Why am I selling it?For the same reason that happens to too many of us. A car I have been looking for for years came out of nowhere. It's a real, genuine little old lady, one owner, low mileage, blah, blah, blah, New Yorker identical to the one I'm now selling, except it's a 4 door. My less than "fit" friends always complain about having to crawl into the back seat in my two door when we go out to dinner. Am I getting old, too? Yah. Probably. I really should wrap up my gear head days and settle into an old man's car. Sigh... Regardless, I had to have it and I bought the four door when I really shouldn't have and now it forces me to sell the 4 speed car to keep financial harmony with my savings account. Thank you Mr. President, and members of the House and Senate. Here she is with the original owner, Ann, and... here she is home with me now: The terms:Here's the deal. My reputation on eBay is flawless. I don't use shills. If you see zero bidders it's probably because I weed out potential deadbeats early, although I do get fooled sometimes. Also, I have no tolerance for idiots on eBay that think it's a harmless game. Serous buyers are the ones that get harmed. If I don't like your feedback, I'll cancel your bid. Period. End of story. If I see your feedback is zero, you don't reply to my emails, or all your feedback came from buying skateboards, video games or studs for your piercings, I'll consider you not a legitimate buyer. If you think your feedback may cause me to have doubts, contact me first and we''ll get things sorted out. Please read: This part is non negotiable. Upon closing, the winning bidder MUST paypal a $500.00 non-refundable deposit within 24 hours. No sob stories accepted. You have the money or you don't. It is non-refundable. One more time: non-refundable . I don't care if if your wife suddenly had sextuplets or you just found out your mother needs life saving brain surgery. The car will be released upon receipt of cash or when a genuine bank cashiers check clears. Not one hour sooner. The balance can NOT be paid by PayPal. I HAVE A FREE AND CLEAR TITLE in hand. To my fellow Mopar enthusiasts in Europe and Australia: I am near the container ports of Miami Florida and Tampa Florida. How you get it from my house to the port will be your problem. Do not ask me about trades. No. I don't want your car unless it's a 1967 RO23 Hemi Belvedere. Do not ask me how much to ship to so and so. Google 33872 and get your own quotes. I have done business with probably the best broker around and I will gladly refer you to him. And no, I don't get a bird dog fee from him. He's that good. Last, but not least, it goes without saying, ask any and all questions before bidding. As much as I love talking about old Mopars, I really don't have time to just chew the fat so if you want to talk, please make it because you're interested in purchasing the car. Thank you for your understanding about this. This will be the last time it will be listed. When this listing ends the car is off the market for good. It will be finished and then become a "keeper". Selling cars is not my thing and I hate the hassle associated with it. It's easier to work on the car. Some people have the stomach for it. I don't. Hit the Hot Rod Power Tour next year and show them a real "Pro-Tourer". Now for the obligatory 12 pictures. Pic #1 intentionally, badly photochopped. Don't write to complain... On Jul-20-11 at 12:37:30 PDT, seller added the following information: Just booted two bidders. These guys think this is a game. Current high bidder, after a nice small discussion, is a legit C-body lover!! I pale in comparison. Remember: No shills here.