1960 Chrysler Saratoga 2 door hardtop, Part Three

[barriobajaj]

I love that "toilet seat" trunk lid!

[oLdSkOoLkisS]

love the"boomerang" fins & sharp lines of this car!

[samborez]

Say what you will...this car has STYLE! Thanks for sharing!

[20alphabet]

@isjmale So my first comment was accurate. Hmm, engine compartment last thing to do? A little backward there. When will we see the engine compartment on this pretty car?

[20alphabet]

@ijsmale Why then no pictures of the detailed engine compartment???

[ijsmale]

@20alphabet --- It wasn't done at the time this video was shot. 

[20alphabet]

The outside's very pretty. I take it the engine compartment looks like fifty year old %$#@.

[ijsmale]

@20alphabet  No, the engine compartment has been detailed.

[migedu1]

A real beauty!

[50zcarsman]

This car is what in the architectural world was called, "Googie" -- the Jetsons-style stuff that featured space-age motifs with plenty of triangles and parallelograms, forward-leaning shapes, starbursts, etc. The remaining mid-century motels in Wildwood, NJ and their bigger sisters in Miami Beach are mostly Googie. It was named for (the now gone)Googie's Restaurant that a big arch. critic saw in So. CA in the early '50s., was taken with, and popularized the design of.

[baracuda5555]

Arrive in style!

[leonarddaccardi]

the trunk tire mount is work of art

[Jimboyc21]

Beautiful, you deserve an award . Mint condition custom luxury. Pretty car.

[ijsmale]

Thanks, I love the 57 -59 Chryslers and Dodges as well. Plymouths, not as much. 57-59 Imperials are the best.... but by 1960 the fins on Imperial just don't do anything for me. I'd also take a loaded 1960 Dodge Polara hardtop any time.

[MrDasher01]

You have a beautiful car. 1960 Chryslers are the prettiest cars in the world inside and out. Virgil Exner is the best. If he were here, I'd shake his hand. Congratulations on your trophy.

[tbear4pa]

That's a fine example of the Forward Look, with the Atomic, Jet Age design of that era.

[DJ86023]

Wow how beautiful! When I was sixteen I got my first drivers liscense in my Uncles's 1960 Chrysler Winsor, it was just like this car, even had the contintental kit on the trunk, it was awesome. I wish I would have bought it from him when I had the chance. The color was taracotta and gorgeous. I think it had a 318 engine but not real sure. You just don't see these cars any more, thanks for posting it.

[ijsmale]

@DJ86023 Thanks for the comments. Actually your Uncle's car would have had the 383 engine. The 318 was only used in Dodge and Plymouth in those days, with the bigger engines optional in them. Chrysler always used the bigger engines. 318s were not used in Chryslers till the mid-late seventies.

[inkey2]

@ijsmale i was thinking the same thing....her car would not have had a 318 in it.....the smallest would have been a 361 or some kind of bi V-8. My 1962 newport had the 361 with the stromberg big 2bb carb.....did they have a 361 in 1960?

[ijsmale]

@inkey2 - Yeah, the 361 was used on the Canadian built Windsors in 1960. Also used in the Dodges and Plymouths that year. The US built Chrysler Windsor and Saratoga in 1960 used the 383, but it was an RB ( Raised block) 383 engine, same block as the 413/440. The Canadian Saratoga used a LB ( Low block) 383 which is the 383 we're all familiar with. My Saratoga is a US build and has the RB 383, which was actually only used in the USA in 59 & 60, on Chrysler Windsor and Saratoga only.

[inkey2]

@DJ86023 yeah, the smallest engine that could have been in that car was a 361

[Lockemeister]

Realy nice lines on that car. A design achievement.

[DougCameraMan]

I owned a rare 1957 Chrysler 2 door Saratoga. White hardtop.  I bought it used in 1970 for $140 from an elderly man in Oceanside. It was in excellent condition, too. $140 ... hard to believe now. It had the V-8 and I believe it was a hemi, and of course it had the automatic trans. PUSHBUTTONS on the dash. It was the first year Chrysler re-issued the saratoga nameplate in many years. I have NEVER seen another one like it.

[ijsmale]

Hi Doug, you shoulda kept the car ! I have photos 1957 Chrysler Saratogas, Windsors, New Yorkers and 300s if you are interested in seeing any I can email.

[ldaccardi]

they don't make them like they use too. what a beauty

[pwizard665]

is that car a desoto on another site it said this was a 60 desoto

[ijsmale]

The car isn't a DeSoto but 60 DeSotos use the same sheet metal as the Chrysler, with different grille and other trim and different interior.

[inkey2]

@pwizard665 yeah, the grill on the desoto was more crazy looking

[BillT1965]

Wow... that's a great car! Love the tri color interior and the trunk lid dressing... to name a few.

Yes, this is Ontario Bill with the 60 Dodge Polara.

[windsor59conv]

Wow! So nice Saratoga

[debb75]

Nice car

[Auggie56]

Great car, Desoto and Chrysler had the best looking finned cars.