Re: [Chrysler300] New Yorker Salon

["Sheldon C. Wotring" <swotring@xxxx>]

Hi all,
Salon color choices were:
Black
White
Alabaster
Glacier Blue
Cord Blue
Navy Blue
Embassy Gold

Interiors were either Gold or Blue depending on exterior.
Leather was an extra cost option.
Tilt Wheel was not included nor listed as an option in the literature I
have.
I personally have never seen any color other than Gold.
Sheldon
PA
2-K's
1960 New Yorker
1964 Sport 300







doug_jones@xxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I will contribute what I remember of a 1964 NY Salon I owned for some
> years.
> They came in two colors, gold/gold interior and white/blue interior.
> The
> interior could be either brocade or leather and had two distinctive
> features: wood applique on the brushed aluminum dash trim and on the
> door
> trim, and a front seat center armrest with a locking storage
> compartment.
> 
> My belief is that there were no options on the car - it came with
> everything
> Chrysler could think of standard, including Power seat, windows,
> antenna,
> AM/FM radio with reverb (wooo wooo), A/C, Auto-Pilot, dimming rearview
> mirror etc.
> 
> On the exterior, it was normal NY except for the painted pinstripe
> along the
> waist a la J or K, and the chrome louvers were deleted in favor of a
> 'New
> Yorker Salon" lettering scheme behind the front wheel arch. I believe
> the
> '63 Salon had special badges on the wheel cover centers as well.
> Salons had
> the canopy vinyl roof (always black) similar to the 'Silver 300'
> model.
> There was no two door version - there were no 2 door New Yorkers of
> any type
> offered in 1963 or 1964! I think someone might have seen a 'Silver
> 300' and
> come to the wrong conclusion. Or somebody created one .. but the
> special
> upholstery only came with the 4 door's solid bench seat. I once had a
> 1960
> Imperial 'LeBaron' convertible, with all the correct badging, special
> wheel
> covers and so on - only problem was that no such model was offered at
> the
> time, so 'created' cars do happen.
> 
> Mine was white / blue leather and it was a superb car. I only hope it
> survived and someone is pampering and restoring it today. I never saw
> another white one before or since, and only two or three of the more
> common
> gold ones.
> 
> Cheers,
> Doug