A 1955 Chrysler New Yorker with a presidential pedigree is at present up on the market. The black sedan was Harry S. Truman’s every day driver after he left workplace, in line with vendor Traditional Auto Mall.

First noticed by Automobile and Driver, the New Yorker represents the primary 12 months of the “Ahead Look” design language that redefined Chrysler styling and was thought of very influential on the time. The vendor claims the automotive has been totally restored in and out, and in images the black-and-chrome exterior and tan leather-based and fabric upholstery actually look contemporary.

Nevertheless, the vendor notes that the automotive is not in working situation. Regardless of being “utterly restored,” the numbers-matching 331-cubic-inch Hemi V-8 cranks however does not begin, in line with the itemizing. When working, it drives the rear wheels by a 2-speed Powerflite automated transmission.

Truman was a loyal Chrysler buyer. As Automobile and Driver notes, he and his spouse Bess set out on a 19-day highway journey in a special Chrysler New Yorker shortly after Truman left workplace in 1953. Truman’s final automotive was additionally a Chrysler. A 1972 Newport was bought about six months earlier than his loss of life, and survives right now within the storage of Truman’s Missouri residence, now a museum.

Whereas that is actually no peculiar New Yorker, the $83,500 asking value remains to be an enormous leap from what related non-presidential vehicles normally promote for. For instance, a non-running 1955 New Yorker two-door hardtop bought for simply $7,700 on Convey a Trailer in 2020, Automobile and Driver famous.

U.S. presidents have had eclectic tastes in private vehicles, starting from Ronald Reagan’s Subaru BRAT to Joe Biden’s Chevrolet Corvette. However these vehicles usually tend to find yourself in museums than showrooms, so maybe the rareness of this chance will persuade somebody to pay the Truman-owned Chrysler’s premium value.