Lest you think all of Eugene is littered with old Volvos, Toyotas and W123s, we are a very broad-minded bunch. We love big broad-sided heavy metal too, like these old veterans from about 1974 or so. If you haven’t already seen them, there are CCs for both of them (at TTAC, for now). Warning: the Imperial CC was written under the influence of a very nice bottle of red wine: ’74 Imperial CC ‘77 Town Car CC And this one here is actually a New Yorker, trying very hard to trick folks into thinking it’s a genuine Imperial.
It’s not like I’m trying to send you back there, but TTAC did give me a nice plug yesterday, and many of you may be here because of it. Welcome. Now let me get some fresh posts put together, and by the time you’ve read them, I should be ready with them…Of course, that’s assuming you haven’t already perused our quickly growing little library already (CCs on the right of the screen).
This would sort of make more sense if it was twins so you could pull parts off one for the other. But on the other hand it’s good to see someone who’s not “biased” for one brand or the other. A mid 70s Coupe de Ville would really complete the collection nicely.
Closer inspection reveals the Chrysler to be a New Yorker. It is hard to distinguish from the 74-75 Imperial, but after the Imperial was discontinued, the same car became the 76-78 New Yorker. The two door hardtop without the opera roof treatment is pretty rare, as I recall. I would put this one as a 76 or 77 from the grille. The square hood ornament (rather than an Imperial eagle in a circle) and the New Yorker script on the front fender (instead of Imperial with the prominent capital I) are the giveaways.
Also, the Lincoln appears to be a 77-79 from the big Mark-style grille.
Two of my favorite cars of the 70s.
That popped in my head minutes after posting that. That had come up in detail in the comments to the ’74 Imperial CC. I forgot to fix it. Will do.