In this episode, Dennis compares a '77 Grand Marquis and a '77 New Yorker. While a majority of you here still see these as nothing more than engine donors, a few of you will enjoy them for what they are.

Kinda sad we'll never see cars like this again, but isn't it amazing how far we've come power wise with less cubic inches?

I was always amazed by the sheer size of the quarter panels on the 2-door Chryslers.

^^^ I read somewhere many years back that the "fuselage" era Chrysler & Imperial 2-doors had the longest quarter panels ever stamped.

My Dad had a '70 LeBaron 4-door that was a great highway car...

I had a '71 Newport 4dr and it always amazed me for how huge by large the car was, the interior wasn't much bigger than a B-body. More shoulder room for sure, but knee room was identical.

watched that show yesterday. My Grandfather had Imperials, and my Uncle always had a '69-'71 300/New Yorker. Great cars. Love to have one for the wife's dailey but not in the rust belt.

That was very enjoyable. I love that Chrysler....Of course!

Rick Goldschmidt's car, it's really nice.

I dvr My Classic Car, I watched that one last night.
I've grown to really appreciate the C-Bodies and all the land yachts.

Rick Goldschmidt's car, it's really nice.

I agree.

If I remember right the Imperials were banished from demolition derby's because they were indestructible.

You are correct sir. I had a friend that would buy them, yank the 440 and stuff a 318 in them as far back as he could. Needless to say he was the Demo King for a long time.

Thanks for sharing that video Satellite
My grandfather who lived in Alabama, bought a brand new 1976 Mercury Grand Marquis 2 door...IIRC it was light Dove Grey with grey leather.
I used to own a '69 300 convertible, that car would float down the road.... I miss that car.

Thanks for sharing. One reason that NY'er looks good is that it has no body side molding. Most of them did, and it was a long horizontal black strip on stainless, bolted on.
At first, I thought the car was my previous car. ONLY when I seen the sun roof, I knew better.
Enclosed 2 pictures of my previous 8,500 mile car.
I had to sell the car for ????

My previous 79 Lincoln Contential " Town Car ". Much bigger and better riding than Chrysler.
And I had to sell it for ??

Yeah, those big old land barges were really plush - I loved them. The two you just posted photos of are beauties - living rooms on wheels. Great cars to take the GF out in!

Great cars in this thread. That Grand Marquis is beautiful.

Love the land yachts. My Dad had big cars, Imperials and New Yorkers mostly. What was said earlier about the room in a C-Body is right; I recall being a kid in the back of Dad's powder blue 2-door '72 New Yorker. No room, tiny windows and had the "Flight Bench" front seat with the high seatbacks so I couldn't see forward unless I sat in the middle. As a kid I hated that car. I do remember that it could do huge burnouts and Dad had the lid of the aircleaner flipped so that when he stood on the gas and the secondaries opened it sounded like it was going to suck birds out of the trees.
Here's a pic of my '72 Sedan de Ville. My uncle Jerry bought it new and took extreme care of it. All original paint, upholstery, chrome, etc. It sat in his garage for over a decade undriven and he decided to give it t me. 36,000 miles. Battery, oil change, fresh gas and a brake line and I drove it nearly 400 miles from Bradford PA to Central Ohio without a hitch.This is a picture of Uncle Jerry and Aunt Jo the day dragged it out of the garage.
Last year I drove it to Daytona. I had replaced the coil springs and shocks, the car handles great. None of the "wallow and float" that plagued these cars when they got some age on them. Ran with modern traffic, 80+ mph much of the trip. MPG? I averaged 8.9!

The good old days....around 1986-1987 at Santa Fe...

I know someone who has several of that style New Yorker/Imperial. Haven't seen him for years he moves around a bit with military.

I also know someone with an identical deville to that but I think it has matching roof. Don't know if he still has it, I vaigly remember him saying that he traded it to someone for work on his corvette. I was out with friends trying to revive a Fleetwood that was hibernating for 30 years and the very next day I saw the same body style deville a block from my house. A few hours later I was out somewhere and it passed me in a residential area so I figured that was sign and followed it a couple blocks till he got home. He actually started going to my buddies garage for a while for service.

Tough to see in the pictures but the top on the deVille is dark green, the interior is matching dark green nylon.
There is some amusing family history with the car. My Dad liked his cars loaded with every possible option. Uncle Jerry's Caddy is very lightly optioned. Doesn't even have power locks or cruise control. When someone would make an admiring remark about the Caddy Dad would refer to it as a "Glorified Oldsmobile".
Dad had interesting cars when I was a kid. '60 Plymouth wagon, '59 Imperial, '63 Imperial LeBaron, '66 Imperial pale yellow with green interior, '70? New Yorker sedan, pale blue/dark blue '72 New Yorker coupe. That car stayed in the family for about a decade, became the "second car", then my brother ended up with it. I will have to hunt around to see if I have any pics of these things.
I really like the big stuff and I still have a huge car, but it's not a Mopar. My '69 LeSabre I have owned for 37 years!

Woah! The Caddy and the Buick are awesome! More pics please.

I am amazed by the same thing. Huge exterior dimensions, but the interiors were not much bigger. So much of the extra size was an enormous trunk, and wasted underhood space and overhang. In a lot of cases just the area between the grille and the radiator was enough to fit a person DAMHIK.