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Shopping on Holiday – 1964 Imperial LeBaron

January 21, 2014

Continuing today’s theme of shopping while you’re on vacation, apologies are in order for not finding a Porsche Speedster buried in a mine tunnel. Although if you found one, that would be no fun, because then you’d have to drag it out of its hole, catalog everything, and then put it up for auction and rake in some ridiculous six-figure sum from the same guy who never heard of the tulip craze. So to save you from that miserable fate, here’s a 1964 Imperial LeBaron for sale in Jamestown, CA for $2500 (clearly, the empire has fallen).

1964 Imperial Le Baron rear

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Swallow Strainers – 1962 Imperial Crown Sedan

November 27, 2013

If you’re interested in jet-age or mid-century modern design, you should definitely be familiar with the work of people like Virgil Exner and Elwood Engel. Exner actually designed one of the first post-war cars, the Studebaker Starlight coupe, which definitely had jet themes, and then created the futuristic forward-look cars for Chrysler. Incidentally, he was also responsible for the design of the 1956 Imperial featured last week. Elwood Engel is most famous for his work on the 1961 Lincoln Continental, but also worked on the similar looking Chrysler slab-sided cars, as well as having a hand in most of Chrysler’s muscle cars. With that context, here’s Exner’s last opus, or the reason Engel was called in – this 1962 Imperial Crown sedan is for sale in Oakland, CA for $3500.

1962 Imperial right front

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Longest Wheelbase Ever – 1956 Imperial Sedan

November 23, 2013

Do you want to drive a car that says. “Get the hell out of my way because I’m big and good-looking”? Well, look no further than the 1956 Imperial. From the oversized bumpers that say “Move it buster”, to the eagle on the front that says “Better Dead than Red”, to the sparrow-strainer taillights and the eagle on the rear that says “America, F$%^ yeah!”, this car could only be from the US. However, while it’s large – one of the biggest American cars of its period – its design is actually quite attractive, with the dual grills taken from the Chrysler 300. It’s also rare that one of these is available in our price range – the absolute upper crust of American cars is usually priced out of this budget range, or it’s so far gone as to be nothing more than a giant paperweight. Check out this 1956 Imperial Sedan, for sale in Pasadena, CA for $4000.

1956 Chrysler Imperial for sale nose

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