While messing around on Bring A Trailer - 1968 Chrysler 8 door Limo

[Imperial One]

Sold in 2015 for $1,950. I might have been down for that. Totally ghetto. 1968 is my favourite year for Chryslers

No Reserve: 1968 Chrysler 8-Door Limousine

 

[sprice]

Would be a good project. Lincoln hubcaps and Cadillac radio knobs replace. The brass Chrysler nameplate is worth noting. Smoke the windows with interior refinements and you have a sweet ride. Rare I bet.

 

[CBODY67]

Curious mix of parts! Newport VIN, tail lights, side door trim, yet NY instrument panel "wood", grille, and nameplates.

 

[Mid70's Chrysler Fanatic]

Curious mix of parts! Newport VIN, tail lights, side door trim, yet NY instrument panel "wood", grille, and nameplates.

I wonder why the middle doors are missing their handles. It's also interesting that a limousine would have manually operated windows.

I see part of a NYer taillight ***'y in the trunk. That, along with the aforementioned mix of NY/Newport trim and other oddities, makes me think that the car started out as an airport limo, and someone attempted to jazz it up.

That being said, I still like it better than the outrageous rental limousines of today.

 

[Toolmanmike]

That would be cool. Load up your buddies and head across the country for Carlisle. Then put the limo in the show.

 

[CBODY67]

I wonder why the middle doors are missing their handles. It's also interesting that a limousine would have manually operated windows.

I see part of a NYer taillight ***'y in the trunk. That, along with the aforementioned mix of NY/Newport trim and other oddities, makes me think that the car started out as an airport limo, and someone attempted to jazz it up.

That being said, I still like it better than the outrageous rental limousines of today.

I tend to agree on the later upgrades. That style of seat and fabric were not popular until later. As the 1980s-style Delco radio and enclosure it is in. A change from an airport limo into a "party wagon" would explain the absence of some of the exterior door handles.

Enjoy!
CBODY67

 

[Turboomni]

Wonder what that thing weights in at. Quite the beast.

 

[rapidtrans]

It always kills me how these limo conversion shops can do all that work yet can’t hang doors correctly. The door misalignments just exaggerate the paint mismatch.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Hitting the lottery = cornering the market on Limos and Executive Directors.

 

[live4theking]

I've seen an airport limo once at Carlisle in probably '94. It had a "stageman" on it I think. That's going back a ways. I probably have a picture of it somewhere. When I'm off over Christmas I should pull out the boxes of pictures that I have from the old car shows and look at them with the kids. I bet they would love that.

 

[68PK21 440.6bbl]

I've seen an airport limo once at Carlisle in probably '94. It had a "stageman" on it I think. That's going back a ways. I probably have a picture of it somewhere. When I'm off over Christmas I should pull out the boxes of pictures that I have from the old car shows and look at them with the kids. I bet they would love that.

Most likely a Armbruster Stageway conversion, they are the nations oldest limo conversion company and the old logo featured a stagecoach which you can see remants of it here in this brochure.

https://armbrusterstageway.com/wp-c...way-Brochure-Custom-Funeral-Cars-For-Sale.pdf

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