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Salvage yard adds Chrysler 300s, Eldorados, other ’50s treasures

This gold-and-white De Soto Adventurer two-door hardtop was one of many desirable 1950s cars in the 250-car stash acquired by French Lake Auto Parts (FLAP) in Annandale, Minn. This example is not the only Adventurer that was purchased by FLAP.

A 250-vehicle collection has landed in a Minnesota salvage yard, featuring everything from a 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham to a 1956 De Soto Adventurer. More »

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Optioned Out: A well-appointed 1932 Chrysler Eight

With 3,198 sold, the five-passenger sedan was by far the most popular of the five 1932 Chrysler Eight models. Owner Bob Wagner duplicated the factory-optional stone guards on the V-shaped radiator grille of his car.

There’s nothing like being in the right place at the right time. Just ask Bob Wagner – owner of a well-appointed 1932 Chrysler Eight. More »

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Museum to close; Chrysler Group buys collection

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The Walter P. Chrysler Museum will close at year’s end, following years of fundraising challenges and operating at a deficit. The museum will merge with The Chrysler Foundation effective Dec. 31. Subsequently, the museum’s historic collection … More »

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Car of the Week: 1948 Chrysler Town and Country convertible

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In 2010, Ken Buttolph had the chance to buy back the 1948 Chrysler Town and Country he first purchased in the early 1960s, and he didn’t hesitate. “When the [owner] died, it was in the will for them to offer it to me first,” he said. More »

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Chrysler Group dedicates World Trade Center artifact on 9/11

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The UAW/Chrysler Local 412 Veterans Committee will hold a commemorative ceremony today dedicating a piece of steel from the World Trade Centers in honor of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks. More »

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Car of the Week: 1964 Plymouth Fury convertible

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Ray Diedrick is a pretty laid back kind of guy. So when he decided to tackle his first convertible project and breathe some life into an old, worn-out 1964 Plymouth Fury, he didn’t get too nervous or worried. More »

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Car of the Week: 1927 Chrysler five-passenger coach

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Pedro Aguilera tried his best to hide his excitement the first time he laid eyes on his 1927 Chrysler. The Port St. Lucie, Fla., resident had no intentions that fateful day four years ago of shopping for a pre-war Chrysler — or a Chrysler of any vintage for that matter — but it was love at first sight. More »

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Car of the Week: 1935 Chrysler Airstream

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There are probably a million different reasons why a guy could get attached to a particular old car. Cameron Dall’s motivation for wanting a 1935 Chrysler Airstream was simple: It reminded him of his dad.

“Yeah, my father had a car like this before he went into the service in World War II,” said the Mount Prospect, Ill., resident. “His father was a traveling salesman and every two years he got a new car. He probably bought a new car in 1935, and then got another one in 1937, and that’s when my dad got the car.” More »

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A Chrysler’s Chrysler

Period photos show the LeBaron-bodied 1937 Chrysler town car built for Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler. The car is a study in streamlining during the Art Deco era, with harmonizing speed lines throughout the entire design.

With Chrysler as her last name — Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, to be exact — Della Chrysler’s automotive choices weren’t as limited as one might expect. Certainly, Mrs. Chrysler drove a Chrysler automobile, but in 1937, she chose not to be carried in one of the dizzying number of production sedans and limousines in the Custom Imperial Eight or Royal Six line. Instead, Mrs. Chrysler had a one-of-a-kind town car built. More »

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Michigan Introduces Bill to Expand Use of Historic Vehicles

SEMA ACTION NETWORK UPDATE Michigan Introduces Bill to Expand Use of Historic Vehicles Michigan, the birthplace to many of the collector cars we cherish, has introduced legislation (S.B. 1146) that would amend the state’s current law governing historic motor vehicles … More »

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