Technical 1964 Chrysler Newport 3 on the floor

Guard the build sheet with your life as you look for codes.

 

Chrysler did some crazy stuff back in those days..........Hemis in wagons and four doors, etc. There was a cop near us and his patrol car was a 426 Max Wedge four door with a four speed. He rolled up on me one night when I was racing a GTO with my own GTO and I took off. I had the speedo buried past 120 and he was coming up on me like I was standing still. The only way I got away was to get onto some side roads where I was faster through the turns.

Those were interesting times for Mopar for sure.

Don

 

Here's the page from the 1964 Chrysler brochure regarding transmission options - it does say "Heavy-duty manual 3-speed manual transmission with floor-mounted gearshift standard on Newport and 300 models." http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/stat.../1964_Chrysler_Brochure/1964 Chrysler-10.html

 

is that also a radio delete car ?.....there is one of these around Dallas....we had a 62 Newport with this set up in the yard....think it got crushed.....good save there....

 

Nice Chev. I also have a 47 Buick Super.

 

I actually have both plates. It has the radio delete in now. But I have the Radio plate as well. Came with the car.

 

Thanks, your comment is appreciated.
There are 2 1951's in the stable, not much variety in my life.
One is the black 2 door sedan, other is the dark blue sport coupe, more commonly known as a "business coupe".

 

my brother drove Chryslers all were standard shift. when he went to trade his 75 model they told him they would not order anymore stick shifts for him and said it would have a very poor resale .

 

That figures.. I found the build sheet. Just some of the codes I cant find online.

 

I remember seeing a 1964 Dodge 880 in a wrecking yard(Tommy Shannon's) on the Mississippi /Alabama border. WE were freaking out that the 4 door had a 4 speed, a friend bought it to put in a 64 Dodge with a poly v 8. This was in the mid 70s. Old Tommy had a big shop where he built dirt track cars. By the way, if the peron who was looking for a 880 front grill hasnt found one yet, I know where one is. And Newport parts also.

 

I'll jump in on this one my father's first car was a 64 Newport conv white with red interior white top 361 bb and a 3 speed manual on the floor the only other option was the automatic push button on the dash unless you jumped to the 300 then you got a auto , floor shifted
Is this Newport for sale?

 

Her is another factory 3 speed on the floor Chrysler.

 

I still remember the catchy campaign ad run on TV in '64 for the price leader stick Newport.
They kept singing $2964 over and over.
A brainiac chick in my class had one her dad bought for her to drive to school every day.
Raised her status level as she whipped through those gears.
Had a nice sound to it.

 

Kinda... I tried to sell it. But no one thinks it has any value.. The thing is I can't find any others (Anywhere). So since she still only has 82,500 on the clock. Guess I'll just drive it. the 361 was replaced with a 383 2v .Eventually folks will come around. If you search google for a 1964 Chrysler newport with factory 3 speed. You will only find this car. And a station wagon.. But as far as coupes or sedans are concerned. This is the only one out there. I have aquired a 69 11 inch flywheel' Bellhousing and a (Flange) style A833 for it... Might bolt on a paxton type supercharger and have a real sleeper. Considering the car weighs in at under 4000 lbs. I'm sure it will boogie quite nicely. But ya I would sell it for the right price. The extra trans etc would be xtra.. Thanks...

 

P.S. Got a 48 super sedan too. You probly figured that out from my pic,,, It's all original too. But I have a 50 motor I gotta put in it.

 

When I was in high school I know where there was a Windsor, a '59 3 speed car, 4 doors and under the hood was a 383, the speedo said Police Certified. I remember thinking it was odd because up to that point I have never seen a cop car with a 3 speed on the floor. LOL

I like the original car in this thread because tome it is an oddball and I like oddball stuff. I never trust original mileage on an old car, as there is no real way to verify it, but it really doesn't matter an old car in good shape always makes a good driver low miles or not.

 

That oem shifter alone is worth more than a couple bucks I bet. Not to mention the original shift boot. May have sourced it from their truck parts division.

 

Actually looks like the shifter out of a valiant or dart. of course that does not mean that it was not originally a truck part.

 

Looks like the original shifter to me. Those were fairly flimsy looking.

 

A Valient or Dart shifter would be an original shifter. I think Mother MOPAR used the same 3 speed shifter in about everything in that time period. They were still using the same shifter (or one that looked like it) in the valiant barracudas, they would take a real beating believe it or not.