Time for another Pic of the Day

[commando1]

Interesting. Who woulda thunk?

 

[detmatt]

I think that you could get a stretch from the factory back then, I wonder if this is one of them???

 

[commando1]

Don't believe the 81-83 Imps were factory stretched.
Are you thinking of these?

 

[1978 NYB]

All of the 1990-1993 Imperial were made at the Belvidere plant. There's little to no information on the Coach builder for the stretch version of these Imperials. Their were very few of these limo's produced.

I bought a brand new Z-28 in 1989 at the PX in Germany for $16,000.

Here's the base price for the Imperial's...

[h=3]Prices[/h]The following are the original base prices for the 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial:

• 1990 • $25,655 USD
• 1991 • $27,119
• 1992 • $28,453
• 1993 • $29,481

 

[1978 NYB]

I would love to have this 2006 Imperial Concept car.....

On July 17, 2007, Chrysler officially announced it would drop the production plans for the Imperial. This cancellation was due to the Imperial not being able to meet the government's new fuel consumption standards in the United States

 

[detmatt]

Don't believe the 81-83 Imps were factory stretched.
Are you thinking of these?

Yes I was. Wasn't sure if they did same for Imperial.

 

[1978 NYB]

During 1955 and 1956, a Crown Imperial limousine model was also offered. With an extra 19.5 in (500 mm) and 16.5 in (420 mm) of wheelbase in 1955 and 1956 respectively, and seating eight (three in the front including the driver, three in the rear, and two on rearward-facing fold-down jump seats), these replaced the long-wheelbase offerings in all Chrysler marques. Only 172 were built in 1955 and 226 in 1956. They were the last Chrysler-branded limousines built entirely in Detroit.

 

[1978 NYB]

Throughout her husband's term as U.S. President, Jacqueline Kennedy's personal car was a Ghia built 1960 Crown Imperial. The car figured prominently in her various duties as First Lady. In President John F. Kennedy's funeral procession on November 25, 1963, at the front of the motorcade, carrying Jackie and her children, was a brand new 1964 Crown Imperial, a car she would then use for some time thereafter.

 

[1978 NYB]

While the "Crown Imperial" limousines ended in 1965, Imperial limousines continued to be made by other coach builders. After the last ten Ghia built Crown Imperials were completed, Ghia sold its tooling to Barreiros Coachbuilders of Spain. Barreiros built ten limousines, much like those built by Ghia and, similar to the last ten built by Ghia, built 1965s with 1966 exterior styling, but with two inches longer wheelbase. Build quality was poor by comparison, with the cars famous for having a wiring harness made from wires of the same color.
Between 1967 and 1971 a total of 27 Imperial limousines were produced by Stageway Coachbuilders (ASC) of Fort Smith, Arkansas on a 163.0 in (4,140 mm) wheelbase, and were justifiably advertised as the largest luxury automobiles in the world. Two 1972 models with 1973 grills were built by the Hess and Eisenhardt Company of Fairfield, Indiana for the United States Secret Service and were used by Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan on his swearing-in day. One 1974 model Imperial was produced into a limo also by ASC. The final Imperial limousines were 1981-83 bodied cars, two of which were stretched 24-inch (610 mm) and five were lengthened 36-inch (910 mm).


[h=3]Imperial slogans[edit][/h]

• "America's Most Carefully Built Car"
• "The Finest Car America Has Yet Produced"
• "Finest Product of Chrysler Corporation"
• "The Incomparable Imperial"
• "Excellence Without Equal" [SUP][42][/SUP][SUP][43][/SUP]
• "It's Time for Imperial" (1981–1983)