Its a 1954 chrysler new yorker.

It has the 331 hemi with the 2 spd power flight trans. appears to be all original. Dad and I got it to fire up today. Motor sounded decent. Tomorrow hopefully we can get the brakes to work.

That looks cool!

Nice

nice find

Nice score. My dad used to have a red 53' 2 door New Yorker with a Hemi. It ran & drove & everything worked. It was just all wore out. I was to young to snag it at the time but he sold it for $1500.00. Wish I had it now.

Love it! I used to drool over a station wagon about the same year in Kansas.

R.

Thanks everbody. Speedometer shows 21k miles and we believe that is all thats on it. We have done a couple floor patches, rebuilt the master cylinder, customized a new drag link for it. Tomorrow hoping to get the front wheel cylinders rebuilt. Yesterday I got lic plates for it. Main thing holding it up now is the exhaust. Might be able to go cruising in it before the snow flies

You should give it to me! that's my birth year.

I saw one in Bend, OR about 10 years ago. Same color, but a four door survivor. Driven by a 20-something and a 70-something, cross country trip. What a cool cruiser. Roomy and smooth, relatively quick.

The 1954 heads are worlds ahead of the earlier ones.

R.

The 54 New Yorker DeLuxe was the first Chrysler with a 4-barrel carb. Also was the first with dual exhaust, I believe. And (as noted above), the 54's have much improved heads over the 51-53 models.

235 horsepower, which at the time was the highest of any American production car. (Non DeLuxe 54 New Yorkers had 195 hp and a two barrel carb)

I have the two barrel. Probably getting a new dual exhaust put on though. If i can find a regular 4bl intake that i can afford i am going to upgrade.

Ive learned that if it has the word hemi associated with it, people think its gold plated anyways

Cool !!

cool

Not to detract from your purchase, but if yours has a 2bbl, it is more than likely an extended block. The 54 4bbl intake is a one year only, and are a bit harder to find than mentioned above. It should be a cool cruiser, for sure.

Biggie is my son.

This Chrysler New Yorker Newport is a 2 door hardtop with the standard short block 331 Hemi. Trust me, we have hammered this out over on the HAMB board, I know which block we have, and it is the newer block. We have determined this is likely a middle of year produced car. It has a 2 bbl carb and he has found and purchased an original 4 bbl intake and carb. We will probably install the intake and carb next spring.

We have rebuilt the front brake wheel cylinders, repacked the wheel bearings, and we have installed right hand studs and lug nuts in place of the wheel bolts. We have rebuilt the master cylinder. We were able to pull the rear hubs off and rebuilt the rear brake cylinders, replaced the brake shoes, and repacked the rear wheel bearings and replaced the outer axle seals. The brakes and e-brake work awesome.

We have added an alternator, retained the generator to drive the power steering pump, replaced the belts, all the hoses, and have completely rewired the car, front bumper to the rear of the car. We have updated all the light sockets and have installed all new 12 volt bulbs.

Though the tires are almost new as far as tread is concerned, they are weather checked very badly. He has decided he needs to change the tires before he drives it, and he still needs to have the exhaust done. He is unable to change the exhaust do to a back injury, and I am NOT going to lay on my back to cut off exhaust bolts, he will have to pay someone to do it, unless one of you is volunteering. He as been quoted custom dual exhaust system for less then a single exhaust system, in the mid $400-$500 range.

The car is parked in his garage until spring. The wiring update took much longer then expected. Old positive ground switches don't mix well with currently available electrical connections and wiring harnesses. It was a major PITA. Gene

Nice Car .....Kinda looks like a old Caddy

Good for you. I did not say it was an extended block. I said the chances were good it could be because of the changeover in early 54,and the fact is was a 2bbl, which is not usually associated with a 54.