For 1946, the glamorous Town & Country Convertible was introduced. Spurred on by an enticing advertisement campaign and a two-page spread in the widely read Saturday Evening Post, anxious public interest in the new Chryslers prevented the firm from making any clay models or prototypes. As a result, the car was reportedly built directly from sketches to meet looming time constraints. Cosmetically little changed in the first three years. The new Town & Country Convertible was based on the upscale New Yorker series and offered a wide variety of luxurious appointments.

Priced new from $3,400, Chrysler’s elegant Town & Country Convertible was the most expensive model available in the entire Chrysler model range, exceeding any other model in the New Yorker series and eclipsing the more moderately priced Royal, Windsor and Saratoga. All told, approximately 8,400 convertibles were built for 1948, with many less said to remain in existence.

The car offered here is in very nice overall condition and is finished in maroon, with the popular and desirable Highlander (plaid) interior. This Town & Country convertible is powered by the New Yorkers big 323.5-cid L-head inline eight-cylinder engine with 135-hp, and is also equipped with Fluid Drive transmission for cruising ease, as well as twin spotlight, pushbutton radio, amber foglights and heater/defroster. The interior has many Art Deco inspired trim elements, combined with a truly distinctive body design that allowed the owner to be at ease if the going was on country roads, up through the mountains or on a jaunt down the boulevard to the club. This has all of the ingredients needed for driving enjoyment in both town…and country.