Shriners Edition: 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Limo
This next car comes as a tip from Johnny Bouncwell who writes: So here I am looking through a local auction house for some odds and ends to add to the shop and…what in the hell is this? I have no idea what anyone would do with this other than see just how many people they could get inside it, or better still, how many tiny Shriners cars they could jam inside. I can say for certain that 2020 was tough on any organization that depends on charity and volunteers for money/labor, but I’m surprised that an organization as powerful as the Masons had to let their awesome New Yorker go to a dusty auction…but the Shriners are technically a spin-off from the Masons and perhaps less hellbent on world domination and more interested in building children’s hospitals and they might have to sell an awesome limo to do that. Find this 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Limo currently bidding for $2900 via Bentley’s Auctions in Amarillo, TX.
From the seller:
VIN: 8313152668 CYLINDERS: V8 KEYS: 1, RUNS: Yes WINDSHIELD: Rock Chips ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: “KHIVA GREETERS”, Low Tires, Needs TLC on Fluids, Brake Cylinder, Club Seating
Payment Requirements:Certified Funds are required for this item.
See a better car to start your fraternity? tips@dailyturismo.com
Two doors on the left, four on the right!
This just wants to be the set for some performance, for example:
A traveling production of Glengarry Glen Ross where is serves as a mobile real estate office. Fill the luggage compartment on top with folding chairs and do a tour of Walmart parking lots. Paint white.
Tour vehicle for rock and roll band. Paint it black. (If Jack White, leave paint as is but do awesome mid century atomic themed upholstery)
“Highway to Hell†adaption of the Decameron (I count eleven seats) road movie where ten passengers play cards for their souls and tell their life stories while the devil drives them to Midland Texas. Only stops at the ghosts of Stuckeys for Bollywood style dance numbers while the living ignore them. Paint as is.
A neighbor gave me a 1961 Chrysler sedan to drive to college. The eerie green glow of the Snow Globe instrument dome was hypnotizing in that 70s sort of way. That car never let me down though I later abandoned it for a 1963 fintail 220S.