[{"id": 12124813, "authorName": "carfan1978", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfan1978/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What do we know about what is needed to get ac working properly", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1691350866, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12124898, "authorName": "CarFoolLane", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfoollane/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Think of all the seasons this big Chrysler survived for five decades. Not only the snow and slush seasons, but demolition derby seasons too. Exactly the type of car a sensible, older person might have bought new and took perfect care of until he or she were no longer able to drive. Nothing too fancy, but probably bought with hard-earned money so it was treated well. \n\nBeing otherwise minimally optioned, I'm thinking the wheels were added at some point. Otherwise, wouldn't the spare match the four on the car? Maybe an expert on the fuselage cars can weigh in.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1691351285, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12125533, "authorName": "AllUsernamesTaken", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/allusernamestaken/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Candy Cane? Hey anybody know a Candy Cane?\" \r\n-Rusty Nail", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691353722, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12125783, "authorName": "Landlords1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/landlords1/", "bidAmount": 500, "content": "$500 bid placed by Landlords1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691354538, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12126249, "authorName": "Justification", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justification/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like it should have a bumper sticker that says Hoffa..", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1691356991, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12126385, "authorName": "rkjjeep", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rkjjeep/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My debate teacher in high school had this exact car. She broke all the rules and let me drive her and SIX debaters (including me) to debate tournaments all over MI. Good times. RIP Mrs. H.", "likes": 15, "timestamp": 1691357825, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12126440, "authorName": "AlohaZ3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alohaz3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fantastic fuselage. This must be a smooth as butter swallowing up highway miles in comfort & style.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1691358518, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12126700, "authorName": "Redvair", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/redvair/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Greta Thunberg's second choice behind a 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood.", "likes": 15, "timestamp": 1691361768, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12126974, "authorName": "carfan1978", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfan1978/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The fender / cowl tag will tell us if it had road wheels or not from factory . I suspect you are right that it had wheel covers. Am I correct that format road wheels started in 1975 or 1976. I think the late 60's and early 70's factor road wheels had smaller center hubs. Am I correct?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691365430, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12126996, "authorName": "carfan1978", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfan1978/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "With this being the New port Royal model, it was the lowest trim level of the three Newports that year. Royal, Newport and Newport Custom. My mother had a 1971 Newport Custom so am familar with these cars.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1691365626, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127235, "authorName": "chazzzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chazzzer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Carfan1978 - I know road wheels were available in 1970 or 1971. My dad looked at a really beautiful black-on-black Newport coupe from that period, and it had the super good-looking road wheels \u2014 and a factory cassette player/recorder. I also recall a magazine ad from that era showing a Newport coupe with factory sliding sunroof.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1691369107, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127312, "authorName": "86acmkiv", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/86acmkiv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My dad had one like this but with a black vinyl roof. It did great rollback burnouts.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691370161, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127359, "authorName": "carfan1978", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfan1978/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@chazzzer Here is a link to the 1972 Chrysler full line brochure. The road wheels on this Newport appear to be the later years larger center ball / knob The ones shown in the brochure have the narrow center knob compared to these. http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Chrysler_and_Imperial/1972%20Chrysler/1972_Chrysler_Full_Line_Brochure/1972%20Chrysler%20Full%20Line-35.html", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691370989, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127431, "authorName": "carfan1978", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfan1978/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just noticed in the Chrysler sales brochure fine print about the 1972 models that when road wheels were ordered (the ones with smaller center knob), you get 4 of them. That would imply the spare is steel wheel as this car has. I bet that bias ply tire in truck on this Newport Royal is original but cannot be sure if it is Goodyear. Many Mopar of that era had Goodyear from factory", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691372324, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127461, "authorName": "Olbugger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olbugger/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@carfan1978, I\u2019d figure at least a compressor and receiver/dryer for starts.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1691372761, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127512, "authorName": "Dollycat3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dollycat3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a great old beauty \ud83d\udc4dnicest I\u2019ve seen in ages\u2026..", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691373507, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127596, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I haven't touched a cigarette in 12 years, but buying a Newport to drive and a Newport to smoke simultaneously would probably be the greatest accomplishment of my life.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1691375417, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127605, "authorName": "Electraglider", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/electraglider/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I started selling cars in late 75. I look at this and can envision the customer that purchased this. Moving up from a Dodge or Plymouth to a Chrysler. Quite likely their first car with A/C. I remember many test drives demonstrating the speed control feature and turning the wheel over to the customer and having them activate the throttle with buttons. I would pay close attention to their facial expression. Some of these options were magic to drivers that learned on Model A's and felt an automatic transmission and power steering was extravagant enough. My Great Uncle was that guy. Shop Steward for his Union Brothers. Bought a new top of the line full size Dodge or Plymouth every couple years with minimum options. He always had a dapper hat, polished shoes, cigars in his shirt pocket and a Racing Forum. I loved those \"Senior\" customers. You would just slow down and listen to them tell you what they liked and you knew they were happy to factory order exactly what they wanted. Taking a demonstration drive to their home to see how it fit in the garage or driveway was often a deal closer. I could often get a neighbor interested and \"farm\" them for a future sale. I invested in a Polaroid Instamatic to take pictures of their current car and have 6 to 8 weeks to line up a buyer for that beautiful over serviced cream puff. It was a great time be selling automobiles. I see a full size \"Jane\" like this and it doesn't seem so long ago...\r\nThanks for submitting this old yacht.", "likes": 22, "timestamp": 1691375541, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127623, "authorName": "Chucks78chevy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chucks78chevy/", "bidAmount": 650, "content": "$650 bid placed by Chucks78chevy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691375909, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12127678, "authorName": "Patrick_2012", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/patrick_2012/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A trunk big enough to smuggle four, maybe five friends into the drive-in theater. Not that I would know anything about that illegal activity.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1691376708, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12127836, "authorName": "joeveto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/joeveto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Photo 30 shows cruise control not called out in the description, possibly aftermarket? \r\n\r\nRegardless, always nice to have in a cruiser like this.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691380487, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12128234, "authorName": "CarFoolLane", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfoollane/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@joeveto\r\n\r\nThat appears to be a factory cruise control. If you look at photo #53 you can see the transducer assembly mounted to the inner fender. The aftermarket ones looked much more \"aftermarket\" in both the underhood components and control switches. \r\n\r\nGuessing it wasn't mentioned because it's currently inoperative? (BaT's been doing that of late with complete factory air conditioning systems, though not in this car's case.)", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1691404859, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12128422, "authorName": "HopelessLover", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hopelesslover/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Had a car like this, same color, same motor/interior, but a hardtop. Load up ALL the friends, put the mother-in-law in the trunk and off to the beach !\r\nAND, it was a dream to drive, may I say nimble on the back country roads of LaHonda, Ca.\r\nMine had turn signal lights atop the fenders though. \r\nAh the memories...", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1691411524, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12128488, "authorName": "Sfpopp", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sfpopp/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by Sfpopp", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691412619, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12128754, "authorName": "paulinpa (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paulinpa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Picture of Cowl Tag. Air Conditioning system is complete and blows air, just not cold", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1691416067, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12128938, "authorName": "threefortydodge", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/threefortydodge/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This era of fender tags won\u2019t have wheel information on them but it will be on the broadcast sheet if there\u2019s one present.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1691417753, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12131802, "authorName": "trailerjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trailerjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "She's a big girl!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691433938, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12135842, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691458337, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12137992, "authorName": "Rick04005", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick04005/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Passed my road test in a similar-sized Chrysler - my father's 71 New Yorker with a 440 TNT. Saw it in downtown Manhattan years later with a guy selling illegal fireworks out of the trunk! Wish we had kept that big girl.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1691509714, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12140253, "authorName": "Tarheel6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tarheel6/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I hope this does well, I have the 1969 version of this car but a darker shade of green and without the vinyl top. Mine lived in Pennsylvania for a while too, and is even rusting in the same spot below the rear corner of the back window. Great looking survivor! GLWTA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691519630, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12146043, "authorName": "Ajv369442", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajv369442/", "bidAmount": 3500, "content": "$3,500 bid placed by Ajv369442", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691582878, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12152144, "authorName": "KawTriple2t", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kawtriple2t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pretty nice fuselage post.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691616034, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12153926, "authorName": "Westdawg1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/westdawg1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Tarheel6 You just described my parent\u2019s old car to perfection down to the year and color. It was purchased in Fairview, PA.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691626605, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12163277, "authorName": "Green66", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/green66/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale\r\nAnd it's about to set sail\r\nI got me a car, it seats about twenty, so come on\r\nAnd bring your jukebox money.......\r\n\r\nI had a buddy in the Army when I was stationed at Ft. Belvoir and he had one. Every friday night we ran about 10 people into DC in that car. Good times are recalled when ever I see one. GLWTS", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691713648, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12163462, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A quick Vintage Air and a 2barrel Sniper and aluminum rad.....your in business! ;-)>", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691716348, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12163465, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691716375, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12163496, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 4500, "content": "$4,500 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691716908, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12171928, "authorName": "jskriloff", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jskriloff/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My sister and I both learned to drive in one of these. Seeing this brings back so many fun memories of piling as many friends as you could fit in one and cruising around.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691799614, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12172219, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My father gave me this same car ( but green) as a high school graduation present in early 1977.\r\nAll of my high school buddies had Camaro's, Mustangs, and one even had a beautifal White Dodge Challenger. This car held its' own in the chick magnet category. I drove this car from Georgia to New Mexico and back, on two different occasions. The only issue i had was a flat tire in Dallas. A short while later, mechanical issues, and a lack of money forced me to give her up. I vowed to always get another. Is this my chance??", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691803198, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12172610, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Chrysler Newport SRT Hellcat", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691810283, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12172611, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by GTO400fourspeed", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691810298, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12173052, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GTO400fourspeed, Great idea ...find a donor and make it a 2 door.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691837569, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12173053, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691837587, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12173094, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GTO400fourspeed, didn't that shop in St. Louis put \"Classic Car Studios\" shove a Viper motor in an early model Chrysler 300?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691839132, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12178362, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@troy_hall I\u2019m seeing some of the older restomods with the Viper motors coming up for sale - with the more plug + play Hellcat crate system it seems to be the go-to configuration now (the V10 plus tranny takes up a lot of room in the old engine bays.) This is perfect for the Hellcrate, and the length and weight of the Newport might even bring down some of the understeer I experience with my Challenger Hellcat. I\u2019d certainly have fun trying\u2026!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691874273, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12178634, "authorName": "Markchelak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/markchelak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My brother had a 64 corvette in High school - I had a 4 door Green LDT - he used to kid me - saying I would need a dark alley, a bottle of chloroform and some rope to get laid in that thing, unfortunately he was correct.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691877007, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12179130, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GTO400fourspeed, I'm a big fan of al the new builds and accessories. That said there's a lot of coin going into that and at the end of the day it still is a 72 Newport. That being said, I have pitched a lot of coin on something that is for .....ME ....at the end of the day. Sometimes your the Bird ..Sometimes your the Statue. If anything that's the truth in the car world. :-)> God speed", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691880903, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12179163, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@troy_hall @paulinpa Think of the \u201872 Newport SRT Hellcat as the older brother of the 4dr Charger Hellcats. Kind of a \u201cwhat if\u201d for these big Mopars if the R/T and hemi was extended by Chrysler to the 4dr line in the late 60s and early 70s like it has been today with the Chargers. \r\n\r\n(\u2026can you tell I\u2019m talking myself into this build already\u2026?)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691881380, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12179173, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "https://www.x2builders.com/engines.asp?catid=Hellcats&main=Engines&subid=na", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691881541, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12179585, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GTO400forspeed, I\u2019m seein that you have drank the kool Aid !!!! \ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude09and I\u2019m on board for the finale build. But I\u2019m still gonna bid. Only cause I want to just cruise as big as a WHALE!!! Lmao.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691887210, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12179591, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GTOfourspeed, GLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691887292, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180061, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Same @troy_hall, GLWTA. \r\n\r\nIt\u2019s this or a Meyers Manx dune buggy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691898312, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180064, "authorName": "MichaelBrame", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelbrame/", "bidAmount": 5600, "content": "$5,600 bid placed by MichaelBrame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691898381, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12180186, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 6000, "content": "$6,000 bid placed by GTO400fourspeed", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691902217, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12180283, "authorName": "Chebby", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chebby/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Paint it pink, and you've got Homer's car from The Simpsons.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691910002, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180506, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 6500, "content": "$6,500 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691928102, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12180538, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 7000, "content": "$7,000 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691929121, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12180654, "authorName": "MoparDen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moparden/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This would make for a great stablemate companion for my 1972 Dodge Coronet Custom 318ci/904TF w/ 61K original miles: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GhJDcMEmDYp9Wj1SA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691931275, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180697, "authorName": "MoparDen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moparden/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CarFoolLane & @joeveto\r\n\r\nMy '72 Dodge Coronet Custom has the exact same factory Cruise Control set-up as shown here. Mine works great and I used it to drive the Coronet home 300 miles in the Fall of 2021 when I purchased it from the original owner's family member.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691932189, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180735, "authorName": "Olbugger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olbugger/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Electraglider, I started in \u201876. Those were marvelous years. Didn\u2019t realize how great they were for a long time. I could have written your comment except for the camera. That was a super idea.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691932790, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180744, "authorName": "CarFoolLane", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfoollane/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@troy_hall\r\n\"A quick Vintage Air and a 2barrel Sniper and aluminum rad\u2026..your in business!\" (sic)\r\n\r\nI'd keep the factory A/C and get it working by a specialist. Always leery of changing stuff out that was engineered to near-perfection back in the day. Chrysler and the rest of Detroit built air conditioning systems that were the standard of the world. \r\n\r\nI doubt modern kits (with components almost always sourced from \"overseas\" - wink-wink) could out-perform it, in addition to the fact that you'd be messing with such a well-preserved specimen.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691932881, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12180833, "authorName": "MoparDen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moparden/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CarFoolLane: >>\"I\u2019d keep the factory A/C and get it working by a specialist. Always leery of changing stuff out that was engineered to near-perfection back in the day. Chrysler and the rest of Detroit built air conditioning systems that were the standard of the world.\"<<\r\n\r\nCompletely agree! This is what I did with my '72 Dodge. There is a shop in FL that sells rebuilt compressors and takes in non-working cores for credit which get eventually rebuilt and resold. My Factory OEM rebuild I bought from them that I also installed with a new condenser, accumulator and evap with the system which has been converted from R12 to R134a now blows ice cold.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1691934087, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181048, "authorName": "chargalant", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chargalant/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dad had a 72 New Yorker Brougham coupe that was a demonstrator (remember those?) from nearby Marmo Chrysler, Tarentum, PA. Every option excl. power sunroof kept it in the repair shop a lot and later would no longer pass PA state inspection due to rust in 1986. This Newport must have never been driven in the winter. BTW the cruise control on the turn signal had a chrome, knurled ring, and set button at the tip. This one's different. One thing about these fusey C bodies is they handled better than competitors with those torsion bars. I sure had fun driving Dad's in HS. That 440 shocked a lot of people. \r\nAnyway, this looks like a time capsule and will probably be a great buy! GLWTA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1691936456, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181270, "authorName": "Electraglider", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/electraglider/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@olbugger\r\nMSRP had about 22% on the top models.\r\nBase units about 10%\r\nCommission structure was 30% of the profit. \r\nMedical was provided. \r\nProfit sharing \r\nI worked at a dealership where I was the new hire and the least senior salesperson had been there 6 years. Several were over 20 years. Closed at 7pm. No Sundays. \r\nGolden age of car sales\u2026however it was coming to an end\u2026", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1691938631, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181314, "authorName": "63impalaboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/63impalaboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Chryslers didn't carry the panache or the social implications of Cadillac. Thus most Chrysler buyers were after something else, engineering and value. \r\n\r\nThat Chrysler Corporation was engineering centric from inception through say the 60s is why many Chrysler buyers were themselves engineers, contractors, builders some physicians and less were bankers and CEOs. \r\n\r\nI own a 68 New Yorker and one day as I was pumping gas a middle aged woman stopped and said,oh, all My Dad ever drove were Chryslers. I asked her what kind of engineer was he. She asked excitedly \"how did you know he was an engineer?\"", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1691939191, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181320, "authorName": "CarFoolLane", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carfoollane/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Electraglider\r\n\r\nIf you want to get a little chuckle, check out the 1968 Bronco that went live yesterday. Among the great assortment of paperwork, the business card from the salesman who sold the Bronco new. \r\n\r\nHe was in the \"Ford Salesmen's 300-500 Club\" as noted on his card. Quite an achievement at a rural dealership!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691939222, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181467, "authorName": "franimal62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/franimal62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Plush ride. Great motor. Took my driving test in the same car except ours was a \"custom\" with no bar between windows. Back then we had to parallel park!! Instructor was impressed. What a great ride, if this was the custom, I'd be bidding. Need that full windows down convertible effect when you bury that speedo.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1691940934, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181514, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CarfoolLane,@MoparDen, thanx for the heads up. I\u2019ll keep it in mind if I win the auction. I\u2019ll reach out for more info", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691941324, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181515, "authorName": "MichaelBrame", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelbrame/", "bidAmount": 7100, "content": "$7,100 bid placed by MichaelBrame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691941328, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12181761, "authorName": "Electraglider", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/electraglider/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@carfoollane\r\nWow....I forgot about the 300-500 club. \r\n Each vehicle had a point value. Small cars and used cars were low point values. First year in sales I didn't understand trucks as well as I should. Consequently my desk was on the wrong side of the dealership. I was near the Pinto, Mustang, Maverick and Granada display. I sold a ton of Pinto product. Small commissions but I never missed my volume bonus. Then I was put on the Used Car Lot my 3rd year in the business. It changed my life. I was working with some of the most talented people I ever met. The art of reconditioning, the 5 minute appraisal , display, seasonal trends, turning your inventory. A couple years on the Used Car Lot gave me the fundamental education to power the rest of my career. Its something that could never be taught in a school. Basically school was in session daily and your paycheck reflected your grades. \r\nThere are fundamental rules in this industry. I see them being adhered to rigorously by the best dealers on this platform. The market determines the price. The best presenters here get the eyeballs on their offerings consistently. I get as much pleasure observing the process and the great presentation as I do looking at the automobile.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1691943598, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12181982, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691945601, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12182016, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 7750, "content": "$7,750 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691945954, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12182235, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PACarter, \u2026 you\u2019re killin me. \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691947017, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12182240, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691947040, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12182284, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If I\u2019m lucky enough to win this auction, this is gonna look great next to my 66 Hemi Charger and my 69 BB Charger. I\u2019m luvvin it!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691947207, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12182293, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Roll Tide!!!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691947236, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12182962, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 8250, "content": "$8,250 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691949943, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12182967, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Go Dawgs!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691949959, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183099, "authorName": "Tom_S.", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tom_s.-user/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@troy_hall - Focus!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691950449, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183201, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 8500, "content": "$8,500 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691950823, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183210, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Game time!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691950850, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183291, "authorName": "MichaelBrame", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelbrame/", "bidAmount": 8600, "content": "$8,600 bid placed by MichaelBrame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951198, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183309, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 8700, "content": "$8,700 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951255, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183315, "authorName": "MichaelBrame", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelbrame/", "bidAmount": 9124, "content": "$9,124 bid placed by MichaelBrame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951280, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183470, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Tom_S., Almost Miller time!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691951743, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183482, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "let's do this!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951794, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183491, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 9250, "content": "$9,250 bid placed by troy_hall", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951819, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183499, "authorName": "MichaelBrame", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelbrame/", "bidAmount": 9423, "content": "$9,423 bid placed by MichaelBrame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951835, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183546, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 9650, "content": "$9,650 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691951994, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183611, "authorName": "Moonrunner1972", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moonrunner1972/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Someone is getting a great deal today!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691952194, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183627, "authorName": "MichaelBrame", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michaelbrame/", "bidAmount": 9999, "content": "$9,999 bid placed by MichaelBrame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691952253, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183668, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Punchin out y\u2019all. Thanx for the run.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691952448, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183686, "authorName": "GTO400fourspeed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gto400fourspeed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Getting out of restomod donor car range too\u2026", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691952540, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183694, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 10200, "content": "$10,200 bid placed by PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691952560, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 12183724, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 8/13/23 for $10,200 to PACarter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691952680, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 12183799, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PACarter, congratulations, nice car , guess my chargers are just gonna be lonely.\ud83d\ude06", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691953071, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12183960, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Troy, i love this car. I stated earlier, i had one of these Newports' in 1977, but it was a green version. This gold looks so much better. I'm new to this (first time). You were certainly a worthy opponent. I paid more than i wanted too, but now i have a classic to cruise in . No Hellcats for me!\r\nSounds like you have quite the stable.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1691953709, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185302, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PACarter, thanx for the heads up brother, I do have a stable. My chargers keep good company with my Series 1 and quite a few more.\ud83d\ude33 It\u2019s not a collection as my wife says \u2026. It\u2019s an addiction. OH WELL!! Could be worse . I\u2019m glad you won the Auction. I would have done to much to get my$$ back when I\u2019m dead n gone. It\u2019s was a great auction and God Bless", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691959809, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185347, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@PACarter, 5 years ago I had 54 collectibles. I\u2019m down to something like 21-22 somewhere around there. My Popp developed dementia. That changes everything. I realize that it was time to thin the herd. He\u2019s fine yet he has full blown Alzheimer\u2019s. He#l he\u2019s probably healthier than me. Long short I\u2019m cleaning house a bit \u2026 But ALWAYS a lookin. Be Gold", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1691960284, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185390, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Troy, this was a one off for me. Found the car i had been looking for. Best of wishes for your popp!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691960781, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185398, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Troy, one thing we do have in common. We have the 2 best college football teams in America!\r\nSEC! SEC! SEC!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691960880, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185481, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OH\u2026 YEAH!!!! ROLL TIDE!!!!\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691961864, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185491, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Grew up on the Tennessee state line, Tennessee side just outside Huntsville Al. In NC these day brother", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691961968, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185500, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Time to feed my dogs. Be Gold and good luck with ur hot rod. Find me if you need me", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691962074, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185513, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I grew up in Columbus Georgia. I was conflicted in these days. I swear i could hear the chant Waaaaaaaaar Eagle from my House in Columbus. Auburn was only 35 miles as an Eagle Flies.\r\nUltimately it was always Georgia # 1 and Auburn a close second for me.\r\nAlways paid much respect to the Crimson Tide", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691962240, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12185778, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691966280, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12186015, "authorName": "troy_hall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/troy_hall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "where's your 10-20?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691970120, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12186036, "authorName": "PACarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "albuquerque", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1691970591, "type": "comment"}]