CHRYSLER ROYAL.

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CHRYSLER ROYAL.

Chrysler Australia, known as FCA Australia import Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Alfa Romeo and Fiat vehicles for Australian buyers. There used to be a company called “Chrysler Australia Ltd” and they manufactured vehicles from 1951 to 1980 but was eventually taken over by Mitsubishi Motors Australia.

In 1951 the Chrysler Corporation acquired Chrysler Dodge Distributors (Holdings) Pty Ltd.
This company was formed in 1935 by 18 independent distributors. Between 1950 and 1960 Chrysler invested in Australian manufacturing venues which included a new assembly plant at Clovely Park in 1964. They also invested in an engine foundry which was based in Lonsdale in 1986. During this period, Chrysler Australia earned the reputation of becoming one third of the “Big 3” motor manufacturers with the other two being General Motors Holden and Ford Australia.

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To begin with, Chrysler Australia assembled North American Chrysler passenger cars and trucks in the 1950’s. The most popular US sourced badge engineered trio were Plymouth Cranbrook, Dodge Kingsway and De Soto Diplomat, all of whom were based on the 1954 US Plymouth.

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Chrysler Australia developed a coupe utility variant which was marketed in nine different versions. These were Plymouth Cranbrook, Savoy & Belvedere, the Dodge Kingsway Custom, Kingsway Crusader & Kingsway Coronet and the De Soto Diplomat Custom, Diplomat Regent & Diplomat Plaza. The Plymouth sedan was a popular choice for taxidrivers but then Holdens became a favourite for many drivers causing the decline of the range of cars mentioned above.

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The Dodge Phoenix was produced by Chrysler Australia from 1960 to 1973 but in 1957 Chrysler Australia combined each badge-engineered marques into one car…….the Chrysler Royal. This was basically a facelift from the 1954 version and this vehicle was in production until 1963.

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The Royal caused a measure of curiosity as it started out as a side-value 6-cylinder manual with a 3-speed manual column gear change. Modifications were made after including US sourced engineering features such as power-steering plus automatic transmission and an OHV V8. On the styling front US "Forward Look" style tailfins were grafted on the rear of the car, while the front end gained dual (vertically stacked) headlights. Unfortunately these modifications didn’t prevent the subsequent fall in sales and General Motors-Holden were becoming a dominant force in the Australian and the Royal became outmoded and expensive and production ceased in 1963.

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Just the color speaks for itself.
Amazing piece of art.

Thank you for your comments @oldtimer. Glad you liked it.

That's a pretty neat looking car. Don't see them like that very often. I wouldn't mind taking a ride in one of those. Much cooler than most new cars.

They don't make them like this now days.lol. Thanks for dropping by.

Ah when cars looked hot! When they looked like they were speeding when standing still! I just love the shade of royal purple you caught on this one @trudeehunter! :-)

Thank you @shasta . The owners certainly look after them and present them well. Thanks for your visit. Trust you are well.

Great informative piece and some very nice shots of this beauty of a car.

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Thank you @tijntje for your comments and glad you liked them.

Great photos and information 😀

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Thank you @j85063 for dropping by and thanks for the comments.

Wow! That's some royal purple.... I remember I used to like a popsicle of that colour when I was a kid! Must have been grape flavoured... :)

Thanks @ackhoo. Yes it is a lovely purple.

My pleasure, Trudee!

beautiful, i like blue 👌

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Thanks @shuvo35 for your comments.

Oooh, I like that Phoenix. It would be fun to have one of those to drive around. Got to love the fins!

It looks in great condition although I would say the gas bill would be up there.

Now that's what you call a piece of ingenuity great piece of machinery for someone who didn't know much about cars you did a great job on this one sounds like you been reading up on cars well done my friend now can you sent the keys back to me...hehe :)

I can't take all the credit. Google comes in handy when I need information. By the way the keys are in the mail. lol.

Just picked up the keys thanks for that i have been partying for the past couple of days with some friends that came over from Oz :)

Lovely photos. Beautiful purple color on the Chrysler Royal, Trudee. Those old cars had a lot of style.

Thank you Jo. The old cars look so solid don't they and its great to see people restore them and maintain them with so much care.

Howdy Trudee! Those are such great pictures of a beautiful car! I love that color, wow! Anyway, very interesting, I didn't even know Chrysler was down there.

Chrysler have been down here for a number of years and still have a lot of fans, judging by some of the car shows I have been to.

yes, and hey, the classics are the best ones anyway! It's Friday there right? what's on the agenda for the weekend?

Love these old master pieces. So cool and majestic and full of character.

Beautiful.

Thank you @nana-nini for your comments. Thanks for dropping by.