Significant for this 1961 year was a “downsizing” of the mid-level line from the 126″ wheelbase to 122″ as well as adopting the “Windsor” nameplate in place of “Saratoga”, with then the Newport replacing Windsor as the entry level Chrysler. Taillights left the fins and the expensive 4-speed push button disappeared from the 300G, replace by a Chrysler sourced 3-speed. Priced “under $3,000” with a $25 deposit.
Virgil Exner’s (Vice President of Styling at Chrysler Corporation) penned the canted-headlamp, finned styling for 1961, as he did with the 300 series onwards.
This 1961 Chrysler Newport is one of the few that was ordered with the three-speed manual transmission. The big Mopar is now a family heirlo











