Sold one yesterday, buying one today

[v8440]

Old mopars, that is. I sold a rolling body '68 2 door valiant yesterday, and I'm buying a '72 new yorker today. The '72 has a forged crank 440 in it, that I happen to know runs without knocking. I'd hope to save the car, but if I can't, it'll give up the 440 for my buddies '72 duster.

 

[6pkrunner]

Good score! I've destroyed a few C bodies for their 440s over the years. don't let Jesus Chrysler hear this though.

 

[v8440]

If the car is in halfway decent shape, John will just have to get another 440. I don't take destroying one lightly.

 

[6pkrunner]

In 1993 I was on a harbour survey ship and we tied up in Sydney, Cape Breton for the nights. I got a local auto trader and located a 1973 New Yorker for $200. It was about 10 miles out of town. A real nice New Yorker with a cracked windshield and a hole in the muffler. Drove it to the wharf, and not having the luxury of time, or daylight, I used the ship's cutting gear and starboard crane to cut the poor creature apart to give up her 440. Bloody crime, but no other way to get her apart in a hurry. Stowed the 440/727 on the aft deck under tarps.
When we we leaving th next morning I watched as the logging truck I hired was smashing its claws through the windows and crushed it to pick it up and put it on the truck's bed.
A real crime as all it needed was a windshield and muffler. But I had to act fast to get the 440/727.

 

[v8440]

Yeah, that one would haunt me for quite a while if I had done that. I can't say I really blame you, but it's certainly unfortunate it happened that way. Was the 440 a cast or forged crank? It could have been either that year.

 

[v8440]

I got the new yorker. I'm afraid it's gonna be a goner-just too few people wanting to put much time or money into fixing up 4 door new yorkers. The good thing is if I pull the motor and trans, I won't let a bunch of good parts get crushed. It'll be close to as stripped for parts as the '75 dart sport we just junked was. It had no motor/trans/rearend, front suspension, dashboard, a pillars, good glass, seats, etc. I'll put it this way-when I hauled it off, it was so stripped that it only weighed 1530 lbs.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

just too few people wanting to put much time or money into fixing up 4 door new yorkers.

http://www.niagaramopars.com/NewYorker.htm


Hey, what's the side trim look like on that thing? Same as the 71?
If so, and it's something you're willing to part with, let me know what kinda shape it's in - especially the pieces right up front, and how much.

I'd be interested in the whole lot so I can pick and choose the best between them and what I've already got.

 

[v8440]

Here are some pictures of the new yorker:

 

[v8440]

Here are some more:

 

[restoman]

In 1993 I was on a harbour survey ship and we tied up in Sydney, Cape Breton for the nights. I got a local auto trader and located a 1973 New Yorker for $200. It was about 10 miles out of town. A real nice New Yorker with a cracked windshield and a hole in the muffler. Drove it to the wharf, and not having the luxury of time, or daylight, I used the ship's cutting gear and starboard crane to cut the poor creature apart to give up her 440. Bloody crime, but no other way to get her apart in a hurry. Stowed the 440/727 on the aft deck under tarps.
When we we leaving th next morning I watched as the logging truck I hired was smashing its claws through the windows and crushed it to pick it up and put it on the truck's bed.
A real crime as all it needed was a windshield and muffler. But I had to act fast to get the 440/727.

Typical Mainlander - go the Island to rape and pillage.
Just kidding. I would do the same for the 440. Wasn't a dark green New Yorker was it, from Sydney Forks?

 

[v8440]

Oh, and I'll sell anything off the car other than the motor and transmission. My buddy John is getting those. I can't really argue-he told me about the car in the first place.

 

[XLR8R]

How much for the fuel cell in the front seat? :shifty:

 

[6pkrunner]

It was a cast crank 440, and compared to the pictures of yours, the one I killed was like a Roger Gibson resto. the paint would have come like new with a cut and buff. Not a dent anywhere (prior to my butchery) and the interior was like the day it rolled off the lot. It was a bloody crime, but I really wanted the 440. If I could have I would have driven it home and swapped in a 383. But I'd have to toss on a muffler. The crack in the windshied would have slid past the cop's view.
I really should have, but I was pressed for time and didn't want another albatross hanging around my neck.

 

[v8440]

Ok, I feel better about deciding to part it. It hasn't legally been on the road since 1993. Funny how much better shape my '66 monaco is in, and it hasn't been registered since 1990. Go figure-I guess the monaco was kept out of the weather most of it's life.

 

[JesusChrysler]

Sniff...

(stands teary-eyed as another hapless C goes to Ma's big junkyard in the sky)....




Matt

 

[71ChargerRT]

Sniff...

(stands teary-eyed as another hapless C goes to Ma's big junkyard in the sky)....




Matt

I'm with ya there...

 

[MartyB]

...Wasn't a dark green New Yorker was it, from Sydney Forks?...

Aren't ALL New Yorkers dark green??? [smilie=f:

-M