1941 Chrysler Windsor Sedan
Nineteen forty-one was the last full year of civilian automobile production in the United States before the country’s entry into World War II, making the model year’s output the final expression of pre-war American design before the factories retooled.
The Windsor occupied the lower end of Chrysler’s lineup, positioned beneath the Saratoga and New Yorker, and rode on a 121.5-inch wheelbase in its six-cylinder form while delivering a refined interior and broad list of standard equipment at a competitive price point.
The 1941 bodywork features a sharply pointed hood, steeply raked windshield, and a grille integrated into sculpted coachwork with parking lights mounted within the front fenders.
Beneath that hood is the 241.5 ci L-head inline six (marketed as “Spitfire” beginning in 1941), rated at 108 horsepower.
Optional Fluid Drive (Chrysler’s fluid coupling system, introduced for 1939) allowed smoother engagement from a stop and more relaxed driving, though it still required gear selection through a conventional manual transmission.
Windsor prices for 1941 started at approximately $1,000 for the six-passenger sedan, positioning the car as an attainable near-luxury proposition in the final months before American production turned to the war effort.
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