Chrysler Town & Country Convertible

The name 'Town & Country' came about in a very prosaic way. One of Chrysler's designers remarked that the front of the car looked very 'town' and the wooden section very 'country'. That is basically all there is to it.

The name 'Town & Country' came about in a very prosaic way. One of Chrysler's designers remarked that the front of the car looked very 'town' and the wooden section very 'country'. That is basically all there is to it. This Chrysler Town & Country Convertible can very easily carry six people. The car is 5.63 meters long and, thanks to the woodwork, weighs around 2,500 kilograms. Most models have six cylinder engines, but this one has a 5.3 liter eight cylinder with 135 hp. Not fast, but adequate. As standard, the Chrysler has a 'Fluid Drive' semi automatic gearbox with fluid coupling. Automatic transmissions were still in their infancy at that time. The second windshield for the rear compartment is a rare accessory. After the war, Chrysler resumed the Town & Country program with an entirely new model, while other car manufacturers were still producing facelifted prewar models. The car was not cheap: a Town & Country cost about 3,500 dollars and was therefore more expensive than an average Cadillac. The woodwork of the Town & Country was also very expensive: a door cost 234 dollars, more than three times as much as a steel door, which cost 73 dollars. In the late forties, the real wood was replaced by a kind of wood veneer called Di-Noc, but by then the model's popularity was already declining.