For Sale sorry if repeat, 1977 Chrysler Imperial Le Baron Hearse--Ebay
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Awesome!
I dont know if its a converted Imperial......has to be a 1974 or 1975 or a converted/customized 1977 Chrysler Town & Country with Imperial badging.
It has Imperial badging and Imperial rear marker lights.
It has Imperial badging and Imperial rear marker lights.
sauterd
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so does that mean it would not be an "official" converted hearse by either the factory or a qualified hearse company? sorry for the confusion.
Don't know. There wasn't any "official" Chrysler hearse/limo builder. Pretty much all the hearse/limo conversions were one offs by different coach builders. These were built with whatever direction/specification the buyer wanted.
I suppose 1977 could have been the year they titled the car after the conversion. In other words, instead of a 1975 Chrysler Imperial, it's actually a 1977 Superior Hearse (or something like that). If you think about it, they could buy a left over 1975 model in 1976 and then sell it late in 1976 as a 1977 model.
Pete Kaczmarski
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Remember its in Germany......money exchange rate, plus customs?...plus transportation costs=not for most owners.
commando1
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Why do they always use a 4 dr for a conversion??? Use a damn 2 dr to begin with.
And it's an economy conversion. Square tubing for the frame wrapped in flat sheet metal. Ugly as sin.
And it's an economy conversion. Square tubing for the frame wrapped in flat sheet metal. Ugly as sin.
patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
A two-door door intrudes into the cargo area. A four-door is much more appropriate for the conversion. You're not looking for sporty, you're looking for functionality here. And this is quite a beautiful car! My guess is that someone exported the Imperial in '74 or '75. The conversion companies were in Brussels, Belgium (my '67 Belvedere I hearse came from there) and Cologne, West Germany, among other locations. The "square tubing" are handrails for the pallbearers as they accompany the hearse from the church to the cemetery.
The seller has a spectacular twin to my '66 Imperial convertible, too.
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I was refering to the frame structure under the new roof skin.
Crude.
JC68vert300
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I think it's interesting. For 20,500 plus shipping and customs though, it will require a buyer that is really looking for a hearse.
A hearse without a side entry-exit door? Not desirable in the funeral business.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Not likely it will be used as a Hearse ever again.
I doubt so too; I was just commenting on an oddity in the business.
I've have worked with some that had a side entrance, but the slide inside was designed for rear extraction only. Really made the side door useless.
I did a funeral with one such car. The rear door would not open, and there was no side extraction available with the slide mechanism. If it weren't for a groundscrewman who happened to be there, who was small enough to crawl across the top of the casket to get the rear door to open, using a long screwdriver, I don't know what would have happened that day!
Dan Scully
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I always throw a moving blanket over the rear door of my flower car if working inside for some reason. I probably could squeeze threw the partition window but the blanket will keep it from closing.
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Very nice professional work and paint on the Imperial conversion.
a67furyman
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If I had lotts of money with no where to spend it, I would buy this car and have it stipulated in my will to be used to bring me to my final resting place. Not likly to happen though.
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