1958 Chrysler Windsor Car Show! Forward Look Big Finned MoPar 354 V8

Take a look at a 1958 Chrysler Windsor.
This car spent most of its life in New Mexico. Purchased new in 1958 by Ola Keeney at Wilson Motors, Truth Or Consequences, NM. She owned the car until her death in 1984 at 87 years old. The car made its way to Kansas and eventually to North Carolina to my place.
I had to do some minor work to get the car roadworthy. Otherwise, this car is mostly original. The car's colors are Mesa Tan with an Ermine (white) roof. Under the hood is the original 354 Polysphere V8 coupled to a Torqueflite 3 speed automatic transmission.

[@jamesfox2579]

I would proudly own AND drive this Car over ANY Car built today!💕

[@joes3485]

The 1957 and 1958 Chrysler power steering was very sensitive. It took only a finger to guide the car down the road. Some objected to that, but the one I had, I became very used to and could easily tell how the car was feeling the road. This is a very nice example of the series. Good USA steel - just wish the rust proofing had been better.

[@404goldie7]

Man, I am very envious. The poly V8s have a unique, relaxing sound.

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Nice Looking Steering Wheel. 😊

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

I really like the dashboard of these Chryslers.

[@stephenallenson]

My dad bought this same car new from a small Chrysler dealer in a small rural town in Western N.Y. Great car and fabulous fins. No a/c in his. Same color combo.

[@alexanderbel1953]

I loved driving my 52' Windsor deluxe

[@UfoDan100]

My high school friend Russ had one back in 1970. He bought it for $125. It was an okay ugly car for a teenagers first car. It was a 4 door , same color. We had some wasted late nite drives , beer , cigarettes and sometimes weed. Good ole days , the car was our music , bar and warmth on cold winter N.J. nites. Transmission slipped and we pushed it on steep hills or gave up and found a more level road.

[@jrblanke]

Very very cool. I know very little about late 50s/early 60s mopars, so I enjoy your videos and instaface posts. I really like the jiffy jet washer bag, and even the long skinny brake pedal. Such awesome styling!

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

Thanks for following along. Glad you enjoy the posts!

[@RizzaRazzu]

I love 50s car design. 😘👍🏻

[@brianwhite175]

Nice ride I just bought a 1958 chraysler New Yorker with the 392 hemi It spent it’s whole life in cape cod mass

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

Very cool!

[@explorewithbarryandlagniap7744]

My Father, as A teenager had A 1958 Chrysler New Yorker 2 door Htp 392 Hemi. The color was kind of A light blue, I think he called it aqua. Those are very beautiful Automobiles. I love all Virgil Exner designed Chrysler Product cars.

[@2HacksGarage]

Now that is style…

[@michaelwaldmeier1601]

I vaguely remember my Great-uncle's '57 and '63 New Yorkers. Nice.

[@FoxeemaTV]

very nice car...and video

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

Thank you 👍

[@JohnneeD1]

Great video, 5hanks!

[@cjdesign5700]

Nice...great well informed description...thanks.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

The styling on this car is very similar to my 1958 Plymouth Suburban! Made by the same parent company.

[@danielulz1640]

Very nice car. That pinky beige color is almost the same as my old 62 Dart.

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

They used this color for many years! My ‘62 New Yorker was the same color.

[@danielulz1640]

@@ObsoleteAutomotive It's a nice color, not stark white, warm but not too pink.

[@garymckee448]

Nice Chrysler

[@MikeGuy993]

Love it!! So many cool details on that car.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

I want to find a Frostking unit for my 1958 Plymouth Suburban! Like this car, I'd put in a modern compressor.

[@PETERNESS]

Is this the Stephen King car ? new subscriber glad to be here ,hey from Australia,what a sensational voice ,this is how as a young kid livin in the outback i expected real Americans sound like

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

I guess I am a real American! Haha

[@stephenholland5930]

Cool survivor car, man. "Turn up the base" as Cold War Motors would say. 😉

[@saganich74]

That rubber trunk mat is a very rare part.

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

@@saganich74 Oh yes for sure. Any original trunk mat for a forwardlook car is a rare find!

[@RizzaRazzu]

I love 50s car design. 😘👍🏻 you've got a new sub.

[@kirbywaite1586]

Amazing how similar those fins and taillights are to the '57 Lincoln.

[@davemiller4721]

We had a 58 2-door Windsor in the mid-60s. Did not know about the optional hood ornament. It looks like a smaller version of the eagle that was on our 55 and earlier models. Never saw one on any of the survivors. On our 58, btw, the front seats were shot by '64 and had to be recovered. Had constant electrical problems with the neutral start switch. Build quality of the Forward Look was terrible. Those outward pointing fins tended to get banged and scratched as they would hit all sorts of street lamps, no parking signs, anything near the curb. The radio was a tube radio - by the 60s it was a fossil - the whole car looked outdated. The late 50s was a brief moment in automotive time - yielding works of art rather than basic transportation.

[@wessmith7408]

You are very wrong on the door handles. Nash had them before Chrysler did. If my memory serves me correctly, they had these handles as far back as in the early 50's. At that time Chrysler products had a handle which pulled left to right. This handle I believe was introduced in their 56 line-up. I know for sure the 55 Nash had the lift handle all because we had one.

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

My words were “one of the first” in regards to the door handles. Nash and later AMC/Ramblers did not have the key lock combined with the door handle assembly like the Chrysler products. The door handle/key lock in one assembly became quite popular in the 1980s/1990s.

[@just-incase]

Back in the day, people parking on a hill would be turning the wheels into the curb or throwing a block behind the wheel. We take it for granted having a P for park where we don't really have to use the parking brake (if we don't want to). With these old push buttons, all you have is your parking brake. These were heavy cars to just be trusting your parking brake. It's good to see that the bright light still works on that one so nobody forgets and drives off with the brake on, and then finds out later that there is no more parking brake. Nice car though, and I'll bet that's a tube radio in there as well. You should turn the knob on the left and give it time to warm up. It'll need a little longer if it hasn't been running in years. They're really nice though with a warm tone, "Golden Tone by Chrysler".

[@bruceh92]

World class 👍

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

May I post a link to my channel about me putting my late father's 1958 Plymouth Suburban back on the road?

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

Sure. Others may want to see more finned Chrysler Corp. cars.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

@@ObsoleteAutomotive much appreciated! Perhaps you might enjoy following along?

[@halamkajohn]

In an emergency , can it get 50 mpg? I put 30 gauge wire at the alternator. the 6 cylinder dart gets like 27 mpg. felton scrz 37 mpg. key switch. pistons have a better pressure profile. lean confuses ford mechanics.

[@cabinvibeetsystore9094]

New sub ! Liked 😊🐸✌️😉🎉

[@daviddisandro821]

interestingly enough those huge cars only had 14 inch rim tires

[@mikedrown2721]

Too bad there wasn't a export version using a Plymouth body and dashboard with the Windsor front end and call it a Chrysler Royal

[@kauilaoboe6584]

Carburetion? 4bbl?

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

@@kauilaoboe6584 Factory 2bbl

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Original paint?

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

It had a partial repaint at some point in the original color.

[@cindys1819]

It came from New Mexico? Sure...that why it ISN'T a pile of Rust by b this point. I suggest you keep the can in a ZERO percent himidity enclosure.....

[@williamlovely450]

what is the blue wagon in the back ground

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

It’s a 1961 Plymouth.

[@williamlovely450]

@@ObsoleteAutomotive Im looking for a 60 or 61 chrysler wagon

[@ObsoleteAutomotive]

@@williamlovely450 Those are very hard to come by!

[@williamlovely450]

@@ObsoleteAutomotive yes I had a 61 and sold it a big mistake,got a 61 country squire now but am a mopar guy

[@justinmorgan2126]

Todays hot tip boys and girls.. NEVER BUY AMERICAN: