1972 Imperial LeBaron Strange Quirks, Features & Idiosyncrasies

[67newport]

 

[Boydsdodge]

Always great to see a beautiful Imperial tour.

 

[Mid70's Chrysler Fanatic]

“Frenched” backlight and high belt line, but still it looks easier to see out of than new sedans.

 

[Clover]

I love mine!

 

[Carmine]

Not a big fan of Adam. Guy is super opinionated, but I was surprised he went a solid 20 minutes without saying anything stupid until he started talking about the electronic ignition system. I have been driving old Mopars for 35 years now and have only experienced one failed ballast resistor, interestingly on a car that was in a pretty hard front end collision. A lot of my cars are still running their original ignition box, and I always grab them in junk yards if they are original Chrysler boxes. It's just a switching transistor, not some kind of black magic. If Adam thinks that only Imperial shared roof stampings and glass with other Chrysler products, I'd hate to introduce him to all of the body parts (including roofs) shared between Cadillac, Olds, Buick and even Pontiac.

 

[Mid70's Chrysler Fanatic]

Not a big fan of Adam. Guy is super opinionated, but I was surprised he went a solid 20 minutes without saying anything stupid until he started talking about the electronic ignition system. I have been driving old Mopars for 35 years now and have only experienced one failed ballast resistor, interestingly on a car that was in a pretty hard front end collision. A lot of my cars are still running their original ignition box, and I always grab them in junk yards if they are original Chrysler boxes. It's just a switching transistor, not some kind of black magic. If Adam thinks that only Imperial shared roof stampings and glass with other Chrysler products, I'd hate to introduce him to all of the body parts (including roofs) shared between Cadillac, Olds, Buick and even Pontiac.

I noticed that issue with his comments, too. I haven’t had ballast-resistor troubles either (knock on wood); the only problem I’ve experienced specifically to a Mopar ignition system involved the distributor in my Slant-Six-powered Plymouth Scamp. That was a mechanical failure, totally independent of the electronics.

I haven’t watched his video on late Seventies’ Detroit clunkers, with a ’79 Volaré in the thumbnail. I figure that it would irritate me.

 

[crv]

Sometimes I watch the videos with the sound off, just enjoy the good, clear footage without distortion and movement like when someone films while walking, not to mention wind noise.

 

[Carmine]

I haven’t watched his video on late Seventies’ Detroit clunkers, with a ’79 Volaré in the thumbnail. I figure that it would irritate me.

It seemed like overnight that all of the YouTube video thumbnails suddenly have sensational, clickbait headlines in big fat text. I actually have a few videos up there, but not enough to know when this change occurred.

I am about as hardcore Mopar guy as you will find, but I have also owned many Ford and GM products. I feel like I could very easily review them without injecting my personal bias. For example, I owned a very low mileage 1971 Mark III. In a perfect world where I never had to sell anything, I would have kept it. The quality of materials, the build quality and the torque were very impressive. That said, it felt like it was more work to drive at highway speeds then my 1970 Fury. But I also realize some people prefer that floaty ride. I wouldn't feel the need to drone on about it in a video.