1959 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER - CLASS OF '59 - ENTRY #5

[Silver Foxx]

This is a real nice looker , top class foil work .

[Sixties Sam]

Very nice, Rich! Great paint and foil work. Nice to see a four door model. Great save!

Sam

[Ramfins59]

Thank you all very, very much for all of your great and encouraging comments.

Steven, I totally agree with you regarding the less popular cars like the old Mopars. '57 Chevys are very cool cars but hardly affordable.unless you get really lucky. Way back when I owned my '59 Dodge Coronet it was a real head-turner. While parts for it were hard to find unlike Chevy parts, they were out there but you had to do a lot of searching. I was able to find quite a few items online at salvage yards out in Arizona. Also, thanks again for "making me" repaint the roof 2-tone as it does look a lot better.

[OldTimer50707]

That is a great looking car. That paint is awesome.

[am73grand]

Beautiful build. I really like the color

[bbowser]

Another beautiful build Rich!

[thatz4u]

love those 50's cars, nice work

[Ramfins59]

Thanks guys, I appreciate your encouragement.

[mrknowetall]

VERY Cool! Excellent build!

[Kit Basher]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[om617]

Very beautiful and classy ride,love the colors. When i see the warped promos on Ebay i really never realized how much potential they have,as you have shown here and many times before.

[Ramfins59]

Thanks very much guys.

Tommy, while some of the promos on EBAY are warped in one way or another, I NEVER go near any of those. I look for pretty much "perfect" cars so I don't have to worry about trying to straighten them out. Grilles, bumpers, taillights and interiors are usually available from Modelhaus. A little TLC, the right colors and the addition of wipers, mirrors antenna's and license plates really brings them to life. Plus, since they're all curbsides you don't have to worry about engine or chassis details.

[Helix]

Nice work Richard

[kalbert]

Have you got a class picture with the whole 59 class (so far anyway) together?

[Ramfins59]

Thanks again fellas.

No Kevin, I haven't yet taken any "Class Pictures" for the '59 cars as I've only finished 5 cars so far... Chevy, Chrysler, Dodge, Imperial & Plymouth. I've still got 9 more to work on in my TO DO pile. I would like to take a group picture for each year of the 1950's when I get all of the cars completed, but I'm thinking that might not happen for awhile as I've still got about 2 dozen cars yet to work on. Maybe I will decide to take pictures of the cars that I have completed for each year. Sounds like it might be a fun thing to do to see all of the cars for each year together. I'll give that some thought.

[mopar_guy1]

Pure class...

[TheCat]

Very nice build. I love the color and great job on the BMF.

[Ramfins59]

Thank you Ben and Felix, your great comments are really appreciated.

[RAMBENNA]

love it, these old boats are great. my favs

[Ron Hamilton]

Superb.

[TFchronos]

Another fine example of the 50s, it looks perfect.

[Grumpa]

Rich....can't you just see Eddie Haskell waving good by to Ward, June, Wally, and the Beav as they roll out of the driveway. I can!

Great job!

[StevenGuthmiller]

Rich....can't you just see Eddie Haskell waving good by to Ward, June, Wally, and the Beav as they roll out of the driveway. I can!

Great job!

I think a New Yorker may have been a little too "up town" for Ward & June. They struck me as being a little more along the line of Dodge people! Steve

[Codi]

THAT is very nice. Well executed and congrats on the build.

Tim

[Ramfins59]

Thank you all very much for your encouraging comments.

Steve, I think you're probably right about a Chrysler being a bit too "up town or up scale" for the Cleavers . I'm thinking more like a mainstream Chevy or Ford.