Some guys just aren't truthful -- I guess you could
call this a "Liein' Lion"!
Ross Klein
'56 & '68 Imperial sedans
'78 NYB 4 dr. (Golden Fawn Lion
Edition)
'Life's too short to drive 'ordinary' cars"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:59
AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] 59 NYer "Red
Lion"???
"Red Lion" edition? Buffalo manure!
Chrysler
called their engines "Golden Lion" and had a leaping lion on the side
emblems. But there was no such thing as a "Red Lion".
The
guy is restoring a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker 2-door hardtop, finds he does
not have all the needed trim to complete the restoration
properly. Result? Strip all the trim off and fill the
holes. Give it a shiny red paint job, and you have a "Red
Lion"!
So what if it is more barren looking than the cheapest Windsor
series. So what if Chrysler had just gone through two years of buyers
and dealers complaining the Windsor looked too cheap - not enough
chrome! Chrysler offered a cheapo-looking New Yorker and called it a
"Red Lion"?!?
Sold 200 of them? Yup, just like a 1965
Barracuda with a factory-built 1965 340 V8, factory-built 1963
Valiants with poly 318 V8's, 1957 Plymouth Furys with factory-installed 392
hemi V8, etc., etc.
Wonder if he had painted the car Daffodil Yellow
whether he would have called it the "Yellow
Lion".
Bill Vancouver, BC
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Original Message ----- From: "Chris 'Mopar' Lemos" <mopar@xxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent:
Monday, August 19, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: [FWDLK] 59 NYer "Red
Lion"???
> Saw this on ebay: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1852424063 > >
Can't say I've ever hear of a rare Red Lion edition New Yorker before. >
Is there such a thing, or is this just a Plain old NYer with the trim >
removed? > If nothing else, it showed up at just the right time to
settle the > discussion on how my in-progress mild custom Saratoga would
look nosed, > decked, and shaved. > > -- > Chris
"Mopar" Lemos > mopar@xxxxxxxxx > ICQ
328577 AIM MoparNJ > IRC
irc.openprojects.net #geocache > NJ Rods-n-Rides http://www.njrnr.org >
Geocaching http://www.geocaching.com > >
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