NOT MINE 1971 Imperial 2-door.

[crv]

1971 Chrysler Imperial 2dr. One of 1440 Made

IF ADD IS UP ITS AVAILABLE for fux sake. Perfect running 440. One of 1440 coupes made with ultra rare Bendix antilock brake (never messed w/that). Was unusual olive green top now black. Weird...

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1971 Chrysler Imperial 2dr. One of 1440 Made​

$6,800
Listed 3 days ago
3 days ago
in New York, NY

Seller information​

Seller details

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Dave Burd

• Condition
  Used – good

IF ADD IS UP ITS AVAILABLE for fux sake. Perfect running 440. One of 1440 coupes made with ultra rare Bendix antilock brake (never messed w/that). Was unusual olive green top now black. Weird rare combo. Green leather hi back seats and dash are excellent. 72000 orig miles. Underside extremely solid. Rust in lower quarters. Was stored many years. Trans rebuilt in the past. Bought many moons ago and Maine doesn’t require a title, so there’s that. IF YOU’RE SERIOUS…CALL afternoons and evenings 2o7, 653, o988 for honest thorough description.

 

[ayilar]

Wonder what was originally green. Regardless, very seldom seen 1971 2dr imperial. Would be great to have the tag.

 

[crv]

Green top and upholstery/black paint, maybe that's what he means?

 

[commando1]

Black two door Imperial is indeed a rare bird.
Shame that it's a crusty car.
This car needs another Julian.

 

[marko]

Green top and upholstery/black paint, maybe that's what he means?

 

[Sgt-Few-So-Large]

Yeah I worded that a little fuctly. Original black car - I dyed top black. Top was green.
Just another black & green '71 coupe! ;)

Also, I sorry for my sins of putting wide whites on a '60s/'70s car.
They were all out of 2 inch wide white walls at the time.

 

[amazinblue82]

Wonder what was originally green. Regardless, very seldom seen 1971 2dr imperial. Would be great to have the tag.

Car's in two places.

For Sale - 1971 Imperial LeBaron 2dr Coupe in Black

 

[amazinblue82]

Black two door Imperial is indeed a rare bird.
Shame that it's a crusty car.
This car needs another Julian.

Yeah, all true.

The rust is evidencing itself, from what we can see, in the "problematic" spots. Hard to remediate with metal (need access to/must be skilled with metal repair), and usually more extensive than one thinks until you get into it.

Still, nice, rare sled. Wish seller all the best with it.

 

[ayilar]

YM23T1C221035 is a rare bird. Thank you folks for the links.

 

[fury fan]

The seats and doorpanels look really good.
All things considered, I'd rather deal with that down-low sheetmetal rust than try to get the interior repaired.

If circumstances were different, I do believe I'd be tempted to make that a Fury Fan car.

 

[mopardug]

No cruise on an Imperial?

 

[Sgt-Few-So-Large]

No cruise on an Imperial?

That's about all it's missing. Was cruise commonplace by '71? Most of my cars have been a couple years older.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Was cruise commonplace by '71? Most of my cars have been a couple years older.

This document can help answer that question. Look on page 6.

The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1972 Chrysler Advance Information

 

[Sgt-Few-So-Large]

The seats and doorpanels look really good.
All things considered, I'd rather deal with that down-low sheetmetal rust than try to get the interior repaired.

If circumstances were different, I do believe I'd be tempted to make that a Fury Fan car.

Exactly. Making a bunch of extremely simple patches is a million times easier than finding a 55 yr old interior that is, or looks original & nice.
Though I've been doing metal work on rusty shtwagons for many decades, seems like far more do-it-yourselfers are...well, doing it themselves.

 

[fury fan]

Fenderskirts make great templates!

 

[ayilar]

Several photos of YM23T1C221035 sporting the same front plate from 2008 to 2011 are linked to here: Pics of 69-73 C bodies

Here is the car in 2008, without hubcaps. Looks like the top was still green at the time:

Here it is in fall 2011, with hubcaps on:

This last two photos were taken, AFAIK, in front of Lummox Autobody in Portland, Maine back in October 2011:

It is great to see that the car is still around!

 

[crv]

Several photos of YM23T1C221035 sporting the same front plate from 2008 to 2011 are linked to here: Pics of 69-73 C bodies

The black '71 now in France is super nice, comes up on FB regularly.

 

[ayilar]

The black '71 now in France is super nice, comes up on FB regularly.

Indeed: @TX9 in CA sold that car (VIN: YM23T1C211836) to @olds, who thoroughly restored it and then sold it to France in 2020.

I agree with @fury fan that the car in this thread (VIN: YM23T1C221035) appears to have the same potential for a restoration to greatness. I hope that @Sgt-Few-So-Large finds a good caretaker for her.

 

[crv]

@TX9 in CA sold that car (YM23T1C211836) to @olds who fully restored it and sold it to France in 2020. I agree with @fury fan that YM23T1C221035 has, AFAICT, the same potential to be restored to greatness. I hope that @Sgt-Few-So-Large finds a good caretaker for her

Not only that, it would be such a nice Imperial restored to how it came out of the factory. This one might end up in Europe as well. Not sure how costly it is to restore a car like this in the US, but over here it would be well north of $100K, people are paying $60K just for a paint job, a show car standard paint job around $100K, so restoring cars here is prohibitive unless one has deep pockets.

 

[fury fan]

The paint on this one seems to have some decent shine left. Who knows what it looks like up close, but from what I see, the car doesn't require to be 'restored'.
Not for my palate, anyway.

The bumpers, grille, trim and all lenses all look very presentable, and doesn't seem to be any bubbling under the VT (except maybe the passenger's A-pillar?).
So I was merely thinking about rust repair and then painting it from the lower molding downward.
And any repairs for daily-reliable status, of course.

I'm not interested in any car that needs $15-20k of cosmetics.