tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630341206999083025.post4190444143978562391..comments2023-04-14T17:11:35.913+02:00Comments on CUBAN CLASSICS: 1962 Chrysler Newport 4-door SedanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630341206999083025.post-61837190234465514752021-08-13T12:05:54.667+02:002021-08-13T12:05:54.667+02:00What a great story! Thanks for sharing. What a great story! Thanks for sharing. Cubanclassicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794864244044566303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630341206999083025.post-3355802608444641552021-08-13T10:45:10.019+02:002021-08-13T10:45:10.019+02:00I had this same model,year,and color. Interesting...I had this same model,year,and color. Interesting story. My first wife and I hitch hiked to California from Michigan City, Indiana back in 1975. We met some amazing ,nice people with our rides .We lived in Long Beach awhile when my brother, Kevin, showed up . <br /> We looked for a car after my 1964 Corvair Monza air cooled engine blew out the gaskets. A few blocks away from our apartment, a couple was selling the 1962 Chrysler Newport. It was mint from front to back and top to bottom. It even had the wide stripe whitewall tires. The steering wheel was original green unlike the one in this picture. The California weather had been very good to the finish as it was shiny and the chrome all over was mirror -like. The guy was asking 600 dollars for the car in 1975. We tpld hom all we had was 250.00 cash. His wife said," Take it..we need diapers for the baby!". Thus we bought a mint 62 Chrysler Newport for 250 bills. When I drove it back to Indiana a week later, I disconnected two barrels on the four barrel carb and we cruised effortlessly and smoothly across America. My brother, our Black Lab dog, Kahlua, and a couple we gave a ride to Illinois from Colorado.. all fit in the spacious back seat while my wife and brother alternated the front passenger seat for sleeping. I stayed awake all the way back to Indiana ,on a diet of cigarettes and coca cola. When I got back to my hometown of LaPorte, I pulled into a Citgo gas station to fill up and the attendant there saw the car and offered me 600 dollars on the spot. Of course I laughed and refused. I will never forget that amazing car. I later sold it to a guy whose kid went to college downstate in Indiana at Lafayette. Rory G. CubelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com