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Pre World War II Models

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler 70 Series

1924 – 1932

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler 50 Series

1926 – 1928

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler 60 Series

1927 – 1931

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Series 80

1926 – 1931

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler C Series Six

1932 – 1934

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler C Series Eight

1932 – 1934

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler C Series Imperial

1932 – 1934

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Royal

1934
1937 – 1942

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Airflow

1934 – 1937

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Imperial Airflow

1934 – 1937

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Airstream

1935 – 1936

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Imperial Imperial Custom

1937 – 1939

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler New Yorker

1939 – 1942

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Saratoga

1939 – 1942

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Windsor

1940 – 1942

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Traveler

1940 – 1941

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Crown Imperial

1940 – 1942

Post World War II Models

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Royal

1946 – 1950

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Windsor

1946 – 1961

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Saratoga

1951 – 1960

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler New Yorker

1946 – 1992

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Town & Country Sedans and Convertibles

1946 – 1950

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Imperial

1946 – 1954

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler 300 Letter Series

1955 – 1965

1928 Pontiac Six Roadster

Chrysler Newport & 300

1961 – 1981

Chrysler Cordoba

1975 – 1983

Chrysler LeBaron

1977 – 1985

General Brand History

Years Manufactured

1925 – Current

World Head Quarters

Detroit, Michigan USA

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1924 – The Chrysler was introduced at the New York Auto Show in the city’s Hotel Commodore. There was a full range of nine different body styles. Styling features included steppe type fenders, drum headlights, vertical hood louvers and a prominent double belt line molding on closed cars. Split windshields were used on early production open cars.

1925 – There were relatively few changes in the 1925 Chryslers. Open cars now used a one-piece windshield which was hinged at the top instead of a horizontally split two-piece type. After November 1924, Chrysler bodies were built by Fisher Body Co. At the middle of the year, Chrysler purchased the Kercheval Body factory, in Detroit, and started producing its own bodies.

1926 – The four-cylinder Chrysler was a continuance of the Maxwell with a new, rounded radiator sheet. The design was thinner than that used on Chrysler sixes; but had a family resemblance. The Chrysler G-70 I-6 was a refinement of the previous B-70 and had basically the same styling except that the door openings were raised a bit higher off the body sills. The Chrysler Imperial E8O was a luxury series with distinctive styling, longer a wheelbase and a larger and more powerful I-6 engine. A styling innovation was a scalloped hood and radiator design.

1927 – The wheelbase on the four-cylinder Chryslers was reduced by three inches, although the basic styling was carried over from the previous year. The Chrysler 60 was an all-new car which was introduced as a mid-1926 model. It was carried over, with minor changes, through the 1927 model year. The G-70 series was also a carryover, with several new models including “sport” and “Custom Sport” versions of the phaeton, a rumble seat cabriolet, rumble seat “Imperialcoupe and a Landau Brougham. The “Imperial” was marketed as a 1927-28 series. Features included lower, longer bodies, hydraulic brakes, Delco Remy ignition and Chrysler’s high compression “Red Head” engine.

1928 – The Series 52 was basically a continuation of the Chrysler 50 I-4. The series 62 “small” six had a higher radiator. These cars returned to the use of drum type headlights and cowl lights were eliminated. A higher radiator and cowl were used on the Chrysler 72. 1928 Imperials in Series 80-L were on a 136 inch wheelbase. They retained the scalloped-type radiator and hood design and allowed custom bodies from LeBaron and Dietrich.

1929 – The four-cylinder Chryslers were became Plymouths this year. The 75 series Chryslers had about the same appearance changes as the Chrysler 65 (Plymouth). They included narrow pro­ file radiators, full crown fenders, arched windows on closed cars. On Imperials, a narrow profile radiator was used, along with automatic radiator shutters, slender front body  pillars,  shatterproof  glass, arched windows, dual cowl ventilators, fuel gauge on dash, and arched ver­tical hood louvers.

 

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1950 – This was the last year for the Royal nameplate. There was minor facelift of this short-lived series due to the late release of the new 1949 models. The “Town & Country” wagon was not a part of the Town & Country line, which was built on the New Yorker chassis.

1951 – The Royal line was dropped from the Chrysler fold and the Windsor became the low-priced series. The grille lost the 1950’s costly egg-crate styling look and parking lamps were now located directly below the headlamps within the top grille molding. The Chrysler New Yorker and Saratoga were the first to use the new “Hemi” V-8 engine. The Saratoga would be introduced by combining a Windsor series chassis with the new V-8. Production of this series ran for two model years (18 months).

1952 – All three Series continued with only minor visual changes – the most noticeable in the reloation of the backup lamps integrated into the tail lamp itself. Big news was an increase in the Windsor’s I-6 L-Head’s displacement to 264.5 CID. Interiors remained the same and the dash panel continued its padded design similar to the 1951 car.

1953 – In a major change, the Saratoga nameplate was dropped and replaced by the New Yorker nameplate, with the original New Yorker renamed New Yorker DeLuxe. In a impactful downsizing switch, all Chryslers sat on the old Saratoga/Windsor wheelbase of 125.5 inches. The only long wheelbase vehicle remaining was the 139.5-inch wheelbase used on the 8-passenger sedans, now labeled Windsor and New Yorker.

1954 – The Low-end Windsor series was dropped, leaving only the Windsor Deluxe.  The Chrysler Windsor faced serious competition from Lincoln, Mercury, Cadillac, Buick, and Oldsmobile – all who now featured more powerful OHV V8 power plants. The L-Head 6 cylinder was anemic in the public’s eyes.  It would be the last year for the long wheelbase 139.5-inch chassis. Styling, however, was essentially six years old and sales plummeted more than 40 percent.

1955 – The “100 Million Dollar Look” by Virgil Exner, gave the buying public an all new Chrysler from stem to stern. The six-cylinder engine was gone. There were now only two lines: Windsor DeLuxe and New Yorker DeLuxe – and in February 1955, the new Chrysler 300. The long wheelbase models were sent to the Imperial line. A new, highly touted feature was the dash-mounted shift lever for the Powerflite automatic transmission.
The Chrysler 300 was a truly a separate line, but it carried a New Yorker model number C-68-300.

1956 – The 100 Million Dollar Look was carried forward. The “DeLuxe” nomenclature was dropped, and now there was only the “Windsor” and “New Yorker” nameplates  with the differences in the interior fitment/appointments and level of V-8 power. Big news this year was the size increase for the Hemi engine, now at 354 CID. The Windsor continued on with the Poly V8 – its displacement moved up to 331 CID and horsepower to 225 – with the 4-barrel Power Package – to 250.

1957 – Chrysler’s 1957 design was cclaimed for its clean lines and crisp styling. All had new bodies as well as a new chassis with torsion bar suspension. The “Newport” name was no longer used for the hardtop body styles. Dual headlamps became standard equipment shortly after production began. The Saratoga returned as the mid-level Chrysler. The Hemi enginewas now at 392 CID and the Poly-head engine used on the Saratoga and the Windsor was raised to 354 CID.

1958 – The look was virtually unchanged from 1957, but the 1958 Windsors used a Dodge chassis  with Chrysler-look sheet metal. Wagons could be had in 6 and 9-passenger configurations. The Windsor and Saratoga used the Poly-head 354 CID V-8. The Hemi remained at 392 CID  – available only in the New Yorker and 300D. The 300D was offered with electronic fulel injection, but shortly after it was withdrawn.

1959 – The 1959 Chryslers used the same body structure of the 57-58 cars, but the metal was changed to give the car a new look. A unique “outlined roof”‘ treatment, an option, could be ordered in colors that matched the body side sweep inserts. All hardtops and convertibles used the dome-like windshield pioneered on 1957 convertible. Swivel bucket seats were available on all body styles except the wagon, and were standard on the Chrysler 300E. Most importantly, a new, wedge combustion chamber V-8 engine was used on all 1959 Chryslers. It was available in two displacements: 383 CID and 413 CID.

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