Street-Spotted: 1956 Chrysler New Yorker
Out of 921 built, just 24 examples of Virgil Exner s drop top are believed to have survived. Autoweek
Decades before the Chrysler New Yorker became a badge-engineered model thanks to the LH platform used by the likes of the Eagle Vision and Dodge Intrepid, as well as the Chrysler LHS and Concorde, the New Yorker was a large and luxurious V8-engined yacht. The nameplate itself dates back to the variants of the Chrysler Imperial lineup of the 1940s, but by the late 1940s the New Yorker had become its own distinct model, though it still shared mechanicals and some bodywork with DeSoto designs.