The Vintage Vehicle Show travels to San Diego, California where host Lance Lambert visits Only Yesterday Classic Autos where he talks to Chuck Spielman about this pristine 1957 Chrysler New Yorker
I remember my parents having a 1957 Chrysler New Yorker hard top. It was beige and tan with dark burgundy coloured upholstery. A HUGE ashtray in the front and a smaller one in the back. Big splashy red end fins for the tail lights. A great car for 1957.
I really dig this car the color looks fantastic!!!!! I love the quad headlights, and those fins!!!!!!!!! its one of my favorite cars:) back when American cars were actually American not those new plastic cars that they make today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I was 17, there was a guy in town that owned one just like this, in 1977. It was identical in every way. I owned a gold 58 NY'er hardtop. We always parked next to each other if we happened to be in the same place. I'm curious if this is indeed the same car. He had purchased it in the mid 70 from Foreign Motors of Boston, the owner of the Mercedes dealer was a collector and had found it and kept it for a while and sold it to the guy I knew......they were rare even then in 77
I bought a used 57 Saratoga from a gentleman in Oceanside CA in 1970 for $150. It was white, 2 door hardtop and had the same fins as this New Yorker. I've been to a lot of car shows and never seen another Saratoga. Seena few 300's but never a Saratoga. They couldn't have made too many of them. Sadly, the transmission went out in the Saratoga about a year after I bought it, mainly fro teenager abuse more that Chrysler quality, and the car was sold to a junk yard for towing charges and maybe $50. Hope someone there realized what it was and got it back on the road but I sort of doubt it.
am a Mercury g uy mostlty but absolutely love the color on this Chrysler, I do really like the 60-62 Chryslers but during three previous years I like the Dodges fin style best
Very sadly, the 57 Chryslers were not the quality they should have been. In effect they were rushed into production before the usual Chrysler testing had been done to each and every part. Some of course were minor, but others such as the rear mounting brackets for the torsion bars were quite serious. Then rusting problems emerged very soon. Lots of work during 57 made sure that almost all of these were fixed up for the 58s. A pity, because for me the 57s were the best looking of the cycle, the 58s and even more the 59s looking as if small alterations had been made simply to look different and not better. This one looks great, and is in as good condition as any in the showroom almost 60 years ago.
If that's addressed to me, my authority is Richard Langworth's book on Chrysler and Imperial 1945 - 1970, as well as numerous articles in Collectible Automobiles.
"Ach du lieber, mein schatz"! Gorgeous car BUT way too much TALK & not enough showing of the car!!! I'd give this review a thumbs down but the gorgeous color saved my rating to a "no show" or no rating! Come on guys! "Gesundheit" & pass the "brains" poleaze!!!
