There was no mistaking the design and distinctive curb enchantment of early Sixties Chryslers. Between the offset headlight design, exaggerated tailfins (most automakers by this period had toned them down), and beneficiant chrome, these vehicles made an announcement. Add to the combination a spicy paint colour like “Cinnamon Poly,” and also you had an actual eye catcher in your palms.

The Decide of the Day is a 1961 Chrysler Newport two-door hardtop listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Tucson, Arizona. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“A uncommon automobile you’ll by no means see at a automobile present,” the itemizing begins. “The final 12 months for the Chrysler forward-look flight-sweep design of designer Virgil Exner.” The vendor has owned the automobile for seven years, and it has reportedly been restored from high to backside, each inside and outside.

The Newport identify itself has a protracted historical past within the Chrysler household, first utilized to a “phaeton” automobile in 1940 that had a four-door, dual-cowl setup. When the Newport turned a standalone mannequin a few years later in 1961, it slotted because the least costly mannequin within the lineup. Nonetheless, advertising and marketing supplies strived to make it clear that the Newport was nonetheless a full-sized automobile (simply with a cheaper price level). Quite a few physique types had been accessible for 1961 together with a two-door convertible, a two-door hardtop, a four-door sedan, a four-door hardtop, and a four-door station wagon.

As we speak’s function automobile is of the two-door hardtop selection. Its momentum comes from a 361cid V8 mated to a TorqueFlite push-button automated transmission. “She runs extraordinarily quick with nice torque,” the vendor says. The motor was initially rated at 265 horsepower when new.

I’ve talked about it in prior tales, however my favourite function of this mannequin is its “AstraDome” instrument cluster which appears to be like like a form of glass globe that covers a collection of gauges. Due to its placement, even the flip sign lever needed to be relocated to the dashboard beneath the gear selector. The lever would return to the middle place when a flip was accomplished. The vendor says that this automobile is supplied with energy steering and that the AM radio is working effectively.

For the Sixties, this automobile had some space-age, futuristic parts that had been “on the market.” And 60 years later, that makes it a neat automobile to protect and showcase. Like the vendor says, you aren’t more likely to discover very many prefer it in your native automobile present circuit. “Sadly, my well being points and age have now precluded me from driving her typically sufficient. I have to discover a new loving house for her,” the itemizing concludes.

The asking value is $39,600 for this stylish Cinnamon hardtop.

To view this Decide of the Day on ClassicCars.com, click on the itemizing right here.