# Uncovering Harry Truman's last Chrysler

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** chrysler\
**Created:** [June 14, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/uncovering-harry-trumans-last-chrysler/200663 "2025-06-14T12:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/uncovering-harry-trumans-last-chrysler/200663/21 "2025-06-17T13:36:40Z")

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It appears that Harry only kept his '53 New Yorker for ~2 years.  
Here he is, accepting the keys to his '55 New Yorker.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/4/1/41ac1332c00fcd82ff499b0a536ff753278b3d12.jpeg)

Behind the wheel of his '55 New Yorker, with the unique dash-mounted shift lever…

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/3/7324efb0085436cf4aca00c17dcea551edc63548.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/uncovering-harry-trumans-last-chrysler/200663/22 "2025-06-17T13:44:04Z")

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Harry was a died-in-the-wool Chrysler guy for most of his life, but his first car was a used 1911 Stafford, which he said was “able to stand up to my abuse for 3 years”.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/c/ccadf7aae50d3f12c78a37a3d555f74d4cd0f7b8.jpeg)

And, he once owned a 1929 Studebaker.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/c/6c5b32549902f2918a7ecabd3c6620625bc5104f.jpeg)

Henry Ford II presented Harry with the first post-war Ford to roll off the assembly line, in 1946. Harry reportedly gave it to his daughter, Margaret.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/a/1a1e7144789f9edd5a58fc31a7e50e8b3aedc2d6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/uncovering-harry-trumans-last-chrysler/200663/23 "2026-02-16T20:41:10Z")

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I just found a photo showing the interior of Harry’s 1955 New Yorker.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/2/e2d95263704b489e475b67bcd24c7da46370fdba.jpeg)

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