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This Town & Country Newport is unique in the NB Center collection. While all cars in the collection are titled and insured for the road at all times, this car is not. This car has never been titled since it was never actually sold. Ordered new by a Chrysler dealership in Oklahoma. The dealer loved the car so much he never sold it and kept it for his own use. The car was driven little on dealer plates. When the dealer retired to Florida he took the car with him, pampering it the whole time.
When the car was finally sold to the NB Center it arrived still on its factory paperwork. This is a brand new 1950 Chrysler that has never been sold or titled. Today the car has just about 5,000 total miles and it is the closest you will ever come to a brand new 1950 automobile. -
Company
Chrysler Corporation
Make
Chrysler
Model
New Yorker Town & Country Newport, C49N
Body Style
Newport, 2-door, 6-pass.
Body Manufacture
Chrysler / Pekin Wood Products
Model year
1950
Wheelbase
131.5 inches
Length
214 ⅛ inches
Engine
Inline-8, L-head, 323.5 cid
Horsepower
135 @ 3200 rpmTransmission
Fluid Drive, semi-automatic
Original Base Price
$4,026
Brand Production
179,299
This Car Production
700 -
Launched on May 23, 1950 as a late addition to the model line-up. The Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country Newport with a base price of $4,026 was the most expensive offering to carry the Chrysler name that model year. While the top of the line Custom Imperial was technically a Chrysler product, the Imperial was treated like a separator division and did not carry the Chrysler name. The late introduction, high price and hand made quality of the Town & Country made it an exclusive offering that was coveted by the likes of Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth.
Unlike the Town & Countries offered from 1941 through 1948, there would be only one body style this year, this two-door hardtop, the same as the New Yorker Newport on which it was based. The New Yorker with its 131.5 inch standard wheelbase and 135 horsepower on tap, was well suited to the heavy wood trimmed body.
The 1950 car used wood trim affixed to steel body panels, unlike the all-wood bodies used through the 1948 model year. Despite using less wood, the trim required a lot of hand finishing to assemble. The cars were striking with their varnished ash trim over the painted steel panels. The Town & Countries also got unique tail lamps with back-up lights mounted high on the trunk lid. Rear fender trim was mounted higher on the fender than the other 1950 cars.
While not a big seller, the 1950 Town & Country gained a reputation as a special car and brought customers into showrooms. It was one of the contributing factors to Chrysler's best sales year to date that would not be beaten until 1965.