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82 New Yorker Plush Interior Not a Bill Blass This thing is Niiice Absolutely beautiful! |
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jun 28, 2009 4:45 pm) I gotta admit, that '79 New Yorker has me drooling! Oddly, the base New Yorker with optional leather seats comes off looking plusher than the standard leather in the more expensive 5th Ave Edition. And a lot of customers noticed that as well, so for 1981, Chrysler switched, and made those pimpy, button-tufted seats the 5th Ave seats, while what had been the 5th Ave seats (more of an "X" pattern) the optional leather seats for the base model. I had always been under the impression that my '79 5th Ave stickered for around $12K new, but if that blue NYer stickered for $11,937, I wonder if my car was more? That '82 New Yorker looks really nice, too. I really like that "Nightwatch" blue color. It's non-metallic, so it stays shiny forever (although my Nightwatch '79 NYer is oxydizing) I saw an old beast at the GM show in Carlisle this past weekend that really caught my eye. 1972 Buick Centurion 4-door hardtop. White with a green top and green vinyl interior. Supposedly only had around 8,000 miles on it, but if so, it hadn't been stored very well. Carpet and package shelf were shot from water damage, and there was some surface rust here and there. Seller wanted $1800 for it. I thought it would've been a neat beater, especially with the 455-4bbl! I took a pic of it, along with some other stuff at that show. I'll post a link to it all once it's uploaded.
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jun 28, 2009 4:45 pm) |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 28, 2009 5:03 pm) My neighbor had an 86 in white just like the one in the ad. From what I can tell not much was changed from 82 to 86. Chrysler had some nice interior back then. He put 250K miles on that car on the original motor and trans. The '79 is pretty well equipped for not being the 5th Ave edition. Probably pretty rare optioned up like that. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 28, 2009 5:03 pm) |
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....very pretty but you can tell it's not a high-line (interior looks kinda plain and NO power passenger seat, blasphemy!!); I remember there were a plethora of 'designer' editions (Bill Blass was two-tone white and blue, w/matching interior, I think; there were also Pucci and Givenchy editions, among others). Since I'm most familiar with GMs, those old tanks seem nice enough for the money.
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Replying to: ghulet (Jul 01, 2009 2:40 pm) There were four... Cartier, Blass, Givenchy, and Pucci. The one and only way to be sure its a designer series cars is by the opera window. If it wasn't marked on the window its just a plain 'ol Mark. So many sellers think they have a "Cartier" edition just because the clock says Cartier. Almost all late 70s Lincolns had a Cartier clock standard. For 78 the Blass was actually a Brownish red with matching interior Here is a nice example In 79 the Blass was the white/blue combo you mentioned. 
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Replying to: ghulet (Jul 01, 2009 2:40 pm) So in something as upscale as a Mark V, those door panels look downright naked! I think the pattern in the leather makes the car look a bit plain, too. It's just too clean and understated, not over-stuffed and pimpy. At least that car has what, IMO, are the "right" options...the 460 V-8 and a sunroof! Now that I think about it, I believe I've only had one car with a power passenger seat. And that was, of all things, an '88 LeBaron turbo coupe! At least, I think it was power...memory's getting a bit fuzzy now. My '85 LeSabre had a power recline on the passenger seat, but the fore/aft was manual, and it didn't have any other adjustments. I thought the power recline was a bit useless though, since you would be able to adjust a manual seat much more quickly. Well, in a way, I guess my '76 LeMans has a power passenger seat. But that's because it's a solid bench, so where the driver's side goes, the passenger side follows! |
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jul 02, 2009 3:48 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 02, 2009 4:49 am)
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