My first car in 1971 was a hand-me-down 1963 Chrysler Newport. It had a 318 V8 and was so smooth to drive with the pushbutton control. Mine was desert tan and had air conditioning, power seats and cruise control. It had been my mother's car and she hated to give it up but my dad bought her a 1970 Olds Delta 88 used and gave me the Chrysler. I had 68K miles on it and I drove it for 2 years and it never gave any trouble!
Yeah, its a trip. My grandparents have a pair of '64 Chrysler 300s and they have SQUARED steering wheels, pushbutton transmissions, and all sorts of oddities to them! Neat machines for sure.
My aunt and her high school boyfriend were killed in a 1963 Newport back in the sixties. Hit a concrete bridge abutment head-on. Both went through the windshield. I am surprised the bridge didn't fall down.
My dad loved these cars but he could never afford to buy one so he bought a Dodge instead.
adape0884frank 8 months ago
My first car in 1971 was a hand-me-down 1963 Chrysler Newport. It had a 318 V8 and was so smooth to drive with the pushbutton control. Mine was desert tan and had air conditioning, power seats and cruise control. It had been my mother's car and she hated to give it up but my dad bought her a 1970 Olds Delta 88 used and gave me the Chrysler. I had 68K miles on it and I drove it for 2 years and it never gave any trouble!
ncmountaingal1960 10 months ago
The 50s and 60s were when cars had real individual styling. Nowadays, so many cars look alike.
ftsjr 10 months ago
FYI The conv. pace car is not a 300 letter series car. it was called the pace setter
summitdrinker 1 year ago
that was my first car ,I specially like its push botton tranny.
gocal777 1 year ago
Im driving a 66 newport now... so cool to see this.
bizzybri 1 year ago
Economical, in a good way, that is.
Ever since 1980, things started going wrong.
TheColumbus270 1 year ago
My dad has a Newport that looks exactly like the one in the video. I usually put 100 miles on it every summer. Really turns some heads.
rcbizzle90 1 year ago
I had one of these a white hardtop two door with the leather buckest seats and square steering wheel and pushbutton
transmission. I loved that car.
jimashtube 2 years ago
I think most automobile manufacturers could learn a thing or two from such cars as these. Such as interior room and a smooth ride.
enigma413 2 years ago 7
The americans knew how to make comfortable cars =P
KnarkPekka 2 years ago 2
look at that steering wheel.
tomloft2000 3 years ago
Yeah, its a trip. My grandparents have a pair of '64 Chrysler 300s and they have SQUARED steering wheels, pushbutton transmissions, and all sorts of oddities to them! Neat machines for sure.
Ambassador72 2 years ago 4
excellent !
1234576894545 3 years ago
My aunt and her high school boyfriend were killed in a 1963 Newport back in the sixties. Hit a concrete bridge abutment head-on. Both went through the windshield. I am surprised the bridge didn't fall down.
dawnnaYT 3 years ago
One of the prettiest Chryslers ever.
montego13 4 years ago