65barracudadude
Well-Known Member
I got a call last night about a car that I had found and asked about last year. It is a '67 Chrysler New Yorker. It is all original except the air cleaner is off of a Super commando 440. It is from the original owner. It has like 113,000. original miles. The reverse band in the 727 broke. It has been sitting under some trees with a tarp securely bungied over it for about 10 years. I know it sucks that I don't have any pictures at this moment. But by the end of the day I can possibly produce some. I remember that it was in really good shape except the paint. White interior. I'm just curious if this is a car that is worth obtaining? I know that any car with a 440 is worth obtaining for the right price, but how about this one? And being the reverse band broke in the 727, is that something that is an easy fix, or do you think that there may be other issues with it?? The reason I'm asking is because I can get the car for a really good price. But I've never even owned a big block before, and I really don't know what they are worth. The original owner said that the motor is the high comp. motor. When the gas companies got rid of leaded gasoline he took it to Chrysler to have them install some kind of gadget that hooks to the carb. that distributes alcohol or something into the motor. I cannot remember what he said it was called, but he knew everything about these cars. I mean he went on with all of this info for like an hour. I really couldn't keep up. Is this car something worth getting? Well, do any of you big block dudes know the answer to these questions?? And was Chrysler's version of the high compression 440 called the "Fire power"? Someone on here said that was incorrect. But didn't say what the name was.