This Ivory White 1959 Chrysler Windsor 2-door hardtop is believed to have done just 79,356 miles during its entire lifetime.
Clearly a very well looked after car that has averaged less than 1,300 miles per year since it was made!
The Windsor is actually built on the Dodge chassis and has a wheelbase 4 inches smaller than the Saratoga and New Yorker.
![1959 Chrysler Windsor](https://www.carsandstripes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1959-chrysler-windsor-hardtop.jpg)
This was to be the last year that Chrysler cars would be constructed with separate body. 1960 would see the change to unibody construction.
On the two-tone cars the inside the color sweep along the side of the car matched the roof color.
![side view of a 59 Chrysler Windsor](https://www.carsandstripes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1959-chrysler-windsor-side.jpg)
Inside, this Windsor enjoys the optional, ‘swivel’ front bucket seats. With a slight touch of the finger, a control at the seat base unlocks the spring-loaded seat, permitting you to pivot a full 40 degrees for easy, graceful exit and entrance.
![1959 Chrysler Windsor Interior](https://www.carsandstripes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1959-chrysler-windsor-interior.jpg)
Look how cool the dash and instruments look. It’s had to believe the Windsor was the base model for ’59. Note the padded “safety” dash – it was standard on the New Yorker and Saratoga but an optional extra on the Windsor. The push-button gear selection was located on the far left and a distinctive Chrysler feature on their automatic cars.
![1959 Chrysler Windsor dash](https://www.carsandstripes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1959-chrysler-windsor-dash.jpg)
Power comes from the original 383 cubic inch Golden Lion V8 engine with 2-barrel Carter carburetor giving an output of 305 horsepower. This is paired with a TorqueFlite automatic transmission with push button selection (a $227 option over the standard 3-speed manual transmission).
![1959 Chrysler Golden Lion 383 B Block Wedge V8](https://www.carsandstripes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1959-chrysler-383v8.jpg)
Golden Lion was the name given to Chrysler’s new wedge-head B-block engines. Together with the “Lion-Hearted” look, these phrases were used along with a lion image for marketing purposes in the sales literature. Accompanying the cars was a lion emblem on the seat backs, the valve covers and the front doors (both as an embossed image on the door panels and as a badge on the outside) .
Chrysler built a total of 6,775 Windsor 2-door hardtops for the 1959 model year. The base price for this model would have started at $3,289. In addition to the optional Torque-Flite automatic transmission mentioned above, there is a Music Master push-button radio originally priced at $100.
This ’59 Windsor is currently for sale on eBay. (follow the link for even more photos)