1955 Chrysler New Yorker Newport hard top 

Frank Sinatra, New York, New York. In a previous video you mentioned that the 55, 56, 57 Chevys get too much attention. The 50’s Plymouths/Dodges/Desotos/Chryslers & Imperials were good looking and had many advanced features and engines. The 300 was the first to have 300 horsepower. All of their cars were competitive in many ways, but just don’t get the attention.

Another great video. This is truly a beautiful piece of art. At Gilmore’s Car Museum their 56 Chrysler is amazing. These are truly beautiful cars, nothing quite like them. They were styled to a tee! True American build quality and style.

I think these are one of the most beautiful quality cars ever designed, and I've never even been close to one! If I hadn't lived in that era and could drive this would definitely have been my dream car!

Tremendous looking cars, gorgeous to look at and their 1957 offerings were yet to come.

I own a 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe. It's all original except one repaint 37 years ago and it now has 69,000 miles. Everything still works as it should including the clock and radio. It's a two tone green with matching interior. It's an absolutely wonderful car and gets lots of attention at car shows. It's a stock car that will cruise down the interstate at 80 mph or faster with no problem. These Chryslers are truly great cars.

It’s got coat hooks 👍🤪 and a radio. What else do you need? 😄

Yeah...that's the way to do the mystery song! 3 seconds from a scratchy radio speaker! :D I'm impressed!

You help me appreciate the style and tech info for these cars. I like it now much more than I cared in the late 50's and 60's when I saw them on the road. But I was a kid and was used to the family cars. Side note, my dad got a "company car" every two to three years.

Red light to the left of the steering column is the park brake light. When the handle bellow is pulled straight out, the park brake is applied. Turn "T" handle to the left and push in toward the dash and the park brake is released.

For those like me who prefer stock or original, the '55s have parts that are difficult to find such as universal joints and master cylinders for power brakes (which almost all had) There are other one-year-only parts on this car. Still it's my favorite Mopar of the 1950s

Love it! Chrysler was doing great with styling and engineering in the mid 50s. The amount of change you had from the 54 lineup go thr 55 is amazing. I can't imagine what it would've been like seeing or driving a 300 for the first time. A lot of other cars on the road were probably around 100 hp, and yet a 300 had 300! Really impressive what they were doing. Plymouth and DeSoto in particular were the most handsome in the Chrysler co lineup imo, but all of them were awesome, handsome machines that I think are seriously underrated, especially compared to the later 57-and-on forward look cars (which are also awesome car).

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Good job. Good detail on the instrument panel. I think you'd be surprised at how some people could forget to release the parking brake. As well, without a park position on the shifter, the flashing light for the parking brake was confirmation that the parking brake had been set.

The 1955 FirePower engines were massively redesigned from 1954. Better flowing heads , coolant removed from the intake , lightened front accessories . These updates would carry on through 1958 ( end of the engine series ). 1955 cylinder heads are the most desirable for the engine series. If I had one of these I'd adapt to a 727 transmission , modern brakes , later 8 3/4 rear ...and lighten that engine as best I could ( aluminum alternator , bb Chevy water pump , aluminum intake manifold , modern carb. ). Hotheads has most for the engine.

I love the video. PLEASE, I'm not making fun but it is definite that you didn't grow up with side vent windows. You first push the button and then turn the lever. I see you struggle with those all the time. It was a generational thing. Before AC those vent windows made riding great. So you know, Nash was the first car with AC that had a compressor which had a clutch so the compressor would turn on and off. ALL AC before that no compressor had a clutch so the cold air was contentious . The only way to control the cold air was the amount of outside hot air you would let in. All AC units were in the trunk and the air was piped in with a tube on each side. GM with some of their early cars ran a tube between the roof and the head liner. They gave 4 vents of which 2 were in the back and 2 in the front. The rest just used a tube from the back which opened into the car on each side. AC in the trunk had problems with leaks. Because the Freon lines had to be run from the motor to the rear they would leak. Damn am I old. After Nash developed the clutch for the compressor, it didn't take long before all the other car makers had the same thing. It really wasn't till about 1957 that AC became more popular. For Nash it was standard on their Ambassador I believe by late 1956 and by 57 it was standard equipment. Packard back somewhere in the 40's did AC for their limo's. Chrysler did the same for their limo's in 50 I believe. If I had a request, I would love to see the cars start and run for just a minute or so. I'm sure that isn't always possible. THANKS!

The 55 chrysler had a two speed automatic transmission call powerflight. Late in 1956 they introduced a three speed automatic called the torqueflite

I love the way the chrome was mimicked on the interior. You could certainly wear your Fedora in there. It was common place to back then to have the power steering on the back of the generator. Chrysler was running nearly neck n neck with GM in terms of various divisions. Ford had 1 to 2 fewer. All three have cut out the "fat" with GM still having the most divisions. New Yorker's & Imperials were always cool to me. Don't laugh. To this DAY people STILL ignore idiot lights.

Just one correction this time. The Powerflite was a 2 speed transmission. It was superceded by the Torqueflite in the years circa 1959.

My Grand Father had a 55 New Yorker St Regis 2 door hard top With the wand tranny On the dash in Navajo Red and cream.!!!

At first I thought you were going to review the Chevy pickup that looked like the Chevy car. ElCamino

Great vid -one minor item it's pronounced - yoo- kluhd or U Clid.

You are so right!! The so called "experts" think that a 48 Cadillac Is a 1949! And than they mix up 55s for 57s!!

A pox on whomever cut holes in this beautiful car for those hideous speakers. Those wheels, what were they thinking?!

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Pic on front is the deluxe hardtop convert as they were called back then the st Regis. I can't tell from your pics if the one in your video is that just Newport which had lesser interior than the one I described in my previous comment. And the st. Regis was a full ten percent more has same interior except carpet as Imperial which starting in 1955 was it's own make and nowhere on it did it say Chrysler. You noticed safety padded dash and padded back of front seat. Hardtop coverts started in 49 with olds and cad and by most everyone had one. Of course deal was no pillar with all windows rolled down. Everybody gave them a special name . Olds was Holiday and Cad DeVille and in 50 Chryslers was Newport. My 50 had padded dash. Good luck.

The Powerflite was a 2-SPEED automatic. In the middle of 1956 Chrysler introduced the Torqueflite 3-SPEED automatic. REVERSE was NOT a park position. You put the shifter in the "N" position and set the parking brake. It wasn't until 1962 that the Torqueflite had a functioning transmission park lever. About the ONLY automatic where you would put the shifter into "R" when you shut it off was the Hydramatic when they didn't have a Park position. "R" would lock the output shaft of the transmission when you shut the engine off. Ofcourse you would have to move the shifter to "N" to start the engine. The 1955 Chrysler C300 was NOT the top of the line. It was the most powerful car in the line and probably in the industry. The Imperial had ALWAYS been the top Chrysler car back to the 1920's when the line was introduced. Nice video.

this car has a 2 speed automatic, it was the power flight, the 3 speed tourqe flight wasn't introduced till I believe 1957/58,

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The Chrysler product line for 1955 was as intended to be a complete break from the past, visually and mechanically. Color was everywhere, inside and out. All car lines - even Plymouth - had optional or standard V-8 engines. CEO Colbert claimed that Chrysler had spent more than $250 million to complete the design and tooling for the new lines. Chrysler short-term goal was to capture 20 percent of the market, but had plans for an even larger share over the longer run. The first ads for the 1955 Chrysler brand referred to the models as cars with "The $100 Million Dollar Look," but by May 1955, advertising for all of the Chrysler Corporation lines used the slogan, "The Forward Look" and a distinctive boomerang logo, both developed by the advertising agency of McCann-Erickson. As the advertising promised, the 1955 models were strikingly different from the 1954 models. The 1955 Chrysler New Yorker, for example, was 3.4 inches longer and 2.4 inches wider than in 1954, while the Chrysler Windsor DeLuxe received a new 301-cid V-8 engine, New Yorkers and Imperials carried the 331-cid Hemi V-8, boosted to 250-bhp. Colbert had decreed that Chrysler nor DeSoto would have a six-cylinder engine. Chrysler's new automatic transmission PowerFlite which had been introduced late 1953, even Plymouth received the new transmission in early 1954. For 1955 the automatic gearshift lever protruded from the dashboard. The big news was there were now a pair of two-door hardtops in the line. Windsor DeLuxe grilles were identical with the upgraded New Yorker, except the Windsor used round parking lamps while the New Yorker had parking lamps that were a part of the upper bumper guard. The top-of-the line New Yorker DeLuxe continued the use of the 331i-cid Hemi engine, with horsepower increased to 250 mostly as a result of the increased compression ratio - now at 8.5:1. The two-door hardtop came in two flavors, as a standard Newport or an upgraded interior trim version named the "St. Regis" - noted for its unique two-tone paint. Later, a summer sales special used the St. Regis curved upper body side trim on the standard New Yorker DeLuxe Newport, providing a rather unusual two-toning effect. Minor lower grille and bumper alterations in the front and a different rear bumper treatment set the New Yorker apart from its Windsor sister. The 1955 Chrysler models wore all-new styling penned by designer Virgil Exner and inspired by the 1952 Imperial Parade Phaeton. The top-of-the-line New Yorker DeLuxe series rested on a luxurious 125-inch wheelbase platform and had an overall length of 218.8 inches. With plenty of horsepower and Exner's 'Hundred Million Dollar Look,' Chrysler sales broke into the top ten for the first time since before World War II and finished in second place in the high-priced market. Overall, 1955 saw Chrysler capture a ninth place in sales within the entire industry. The New Yorker convertible, priced at $3,925, accounted for 946 sales making it the most exclusive in the lineup. The most popular style was the four-door sedan which had a price of $3,500 and 33,342 were sold. The two-door St. Regis was the second most popular, with 11,076 sales. The other two-door hardtop, the Newport, had 5,777 sales. The St. Regis had a base price of $3,690 while the Newport sold for $3,650. The St. Regis was distinguished by its two-tone paint scheme, exclusive to the St. Regis, liberal use of chrome, full carpeting, upgraded fabrics, and color-keyed two-tone steering wheel. Mid-way through 1955, Chrysler introduced their "Summer Special" two-tone paint option with revised side trim allowing for bolder two-tone paint schemes and better emphasized the complementing body colors. A new color-break line resulted from the addition of bright upper-body trim borrowed from the 1955 New Yorker St. Regis 2-door hardtop. The new Imperial, now marketed as a separate make, was naturally the flagship of the Forward Look, with its attractive dual egg-crate grilles providing the cleanest and arguably most attractive front end treatment of the entire line-up, and out back the Imperial had "gun-sight" taillights which stood free atop Imperial's fenders. A two-door hardtop which Chrysler called Newport or a four-door sedan made up the Imperial line, they were handsome and elegantly trimmed. Production for the four-door sedan was 7,840 produced and for the two-door hardtop 3,418 which was twice the 1954 total. "The Power of Leadership is Yours," asserted Chrysler when buying a New Yorker. Chrysler now had only two models: Windsor DeLuxe and New Yorker DeLuxe both rode a 126-inch wheelbase. The two-door hardtop came in two versions, as a standard Newport or an upgraded interior trim version named "St. Regis" - known for its unique two-tone paint. Now in the Windsor DeLuxe line-up there was a pair of two-door hardtops the less expensive trim version was named "Nassau". The more expensive trim version continued as the "Newport" as before. Later as a Spring Special another Newport was offered, with slightly modified trim borrowed from the 1955 New Yorker St. Regis. Depending upon the color ordered, these Spring versions were named "Green Falcon" or "Blue Heron" and came in 2-door and 4-door versions. The 4-door sedans used the same trim package as the 2-door Newport. Windsor DeLuxe grilles were identical with the upgraded New Yorker DeLuxe, except the Windsor used round parking lamps while the New Yorker had parking lamps that were a part of the upper bumper guard. Lower grille areas behind the bumper were also different on the Windsor DeLuxe. The Windsor DeLuxe received the new 188-bhp "Spitfire" 301-cid V-8, while the New Yorker DeLuxe came with a 250-bhp 331-cid V-8. Most New Yorker DeLuxe models had twin full-length moldings with contrasting color between. The New Yorker DeLuxe was soon dubbed, "America's Most Smartly Different Car." Even the windshield was given a special name: New Horizon Super-Scenic" which had a built-in Sun-Cap visor and rearward slanting pillars. The most popular New Yorker was the DeLuxe four-door sedan that was priced at $3,494 and its production was 63,896 cars sold. The Chrysler and Imperial lines for 1955 were introduced on November 17, 1954. Chrysler Town and Country station wagons were added to the line on January 5, 1955. The Chrysler 300 was added to the line on February 10, 1955. Chrysler took second place in the high-priced sales field this model year - Chrysler was back! With Production of 98,874 for the Windsor DeLuxe, for the New Yorker DeLuxe 52,178 cars sold and the Chrysler 300 its production was 1,725 which was considered quite good.

Question what is the title of that book you use and where can you you get it. When I was in my upper teens I had a book similar to it , but over time and bad breaks it was lost. The only book I have at the moment is an import car guide and eventually I would like to get other books to read.

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I was enjoying the video 'til you got to the transmission, which is a TWO speed Powerflite. The THREE speed Torqueflite was introduced towards the end of the 1956 model year, available in the New Yorker and Imperial. ...and the emergency brake is ENGAGED, not protruding. ...and putting the selector in 'R' is not the same as 'P', as was the case in earlier Hydramatics in Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Cadillac.

It is a 2 speed auto not three. You can not use R as a park it will roll. Read the owners manual

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U think that parking break indicator is not needed,,until someone burns up the breaks because it's dark or their unfamiliar with the the car or or or

That's a two-speed auto, not a three-speed, right? Poster says "three-speed".

Car has DeSoto steering wheel and horn ring. The upholstery is wrong all Newport had combo real leather and woven pattern nylon and carpet was low loop nylon and door panel wrong plastic and fabric. Also you missed cowl vent by ash tray and underneath two doors one each side open for very good maximum ventilation. Also unlike GM and Ford the floors and firewalls we're heavy insulated so you didn't get engine heat in the car. Most Newports had the electric power window and power seat option as well as power steering and brakes. AC was rear mount in trunk,.equivilent to 3 ton unit. Hope you can find an original one some day to show. Thanks

Now this is just something irrelevant to the current issue. But you STATED wanting to look into the “ off the beaten path “ cars - TRY AMC !!!

You are way off on your description of the transmission. A powerflyte was a 2 speed, Chrysler wouldn't have a 3 speed automatic until 1957. Also there is no engagement in any gear when the car is not running, so you cant put it in gear to keep it from moving when parked.