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Nice! Purrs like a kitten! :) Jack

I love how the license plates match the car!

beauty....love the yellow wall tires....just playing with you lol I grew up in the era of thin white walls.....I'd hate to clean those

looks like ivory, but is some type of plastic resin - it is semi automatic with two forward positions that each have two speeds- thus you have four forward speeds. the clutch is used to put into each of the two sets of raios and it then shifts almost automatically between the two

is that a three on the tree

is that an ivery steering wheel

beautiful Car, I bet it has a comfortable Ride too

Nice car, nice video.

well, nice vid and i LOVE the music !

masstax - oh dear! sorry you do not like Chris Ledoux - great American rodeo and vocal artist - very much held a feel for the rakish life style of his field and the market I suspect this Chrysler was aimed at. Great American cultural period which I was pleased I lived through as a child and now appreciate as an adult - but not your scene I guess

the music sucks and really takes away from a nice car.

hello ! my family got a chrysler new yorker 53 4 doors ! very nice /sweden!

I removed the entire interior, including door cards. Factories barely painted insides of doors back then. Inside of doors were completely derusted and repainted. I think it was Hammerite. Finally the inside of the doorskin was coated in roofing bitumen over the paint. The bitumen eliminated any drumming and allows the doors to close with the total CLUNK unique to your car.

Now, exactly why do I need to hear that hideous hick music, when the engine, or just plain silence would be more than adequate?

The rear fender stone shields were custom made after a fruitless two year search for replacements for the original, pitted, potmetal. The custom made replica items are mild steel, and triple plated. If the strong box is still in the trunk, it is a UK bank cash box, possibly dating from the 1930s. I really appreciate that you rebuilt the engine, but have to say that I never had any trouble from it. What happened ? Best wishes with the car. You're a great custodian ! Stark

The rear axle seals were replaced, and obviously many parts rechromed. The outer set of front bumper guards were an optional extra not originally fitted to this particular car. They were obtained from a salvage yard in South Dakota. The front fender NewYorker script, and the dashboard NewYorker script were obtained from the same salvage yard.

Following fuel delivery probs, I removed fuel tank. Tank was cleaned (very thoroughly), sand-blasted, and filled some perforations with liquid metal. After cutting away a section of tank roof, I discovered that the original filtration gauze had rusted inside the tank, causing the fuel filter to clog. I welded a new gauze, from a hair-dryer, into the tank. The top-plate was then soldered back onto the tank. The tank interior was sealed, and finally the ext. was painted with Etch-pri and POR-15.

Returning to the rust, the garage did an excellent job, and I never had rust issues again with the car. They did, however, miss a patch just inside the left rear fender. By now I could weld. This metal was replaced using a shaped section cut from the steel case of an old PC. Another small patch I did was on the inner right rear wheel arch which will be visible when the trunk is opened.

While Betty was at the garage for her welding, she suffered overspray from a paint job the garage was performing upon another car. I was not happy, but negotiated with the garage owner for a non-bare metal respray, in original black, at half price. The results were excellent, so the overspray was a blessing in disguise.

In 1998 I paid a reputable garage to rebuild the outer floor panels along both sides of the car, essentially the long strip that runs between the wheels, under the car. This is where the floor rests upon the frame's outriggers. New bolts and rubber isolation mounts (custom made) were used.

She was purchased in Malta, New York in November 1997. I named her 'Betty' after my grandmother. She was known as both Betty and Betsie, but I preferred the former. I can see that her name is still on the licence plate. When she was first imported into UK in 1997, I could not weld. I was aware at the time of purchase that she had some rust above some of the outriggers, but I did not realise the full extent... one too many New York winters.

This is the only car that I regret selling. She was a wonderful old car with an awesome road presence. 1950 was the first year that Chrysler issued a 2 door hardtop model (no B pillar), and hence I was specifically in the market for one at the time. This was before the Internet was popular. The car was located through the auto magazine Hemmings Motor News.

wow! you should come to america we have a million old cars like that that are just waiting to b restrored

ahoy, you should come to america! beautiful chrysler! i wish i had that kind money!