That was so cool to go back in time. I drove several of these as used cars back in the late '70's while looking for my first car in high school. Never found one nice enough. But the ones I drove were still great driving and handling cars. Beautiful Elwood Engel design that still looks great 60 years later, just like his iconic Lincolns of the '60's.
The 64/65/66 Imperials were a vast styling improvement over the previous, outdated, Virgil Exner styling. Elwood Engle, who was involved in the incomparable, clean, 61 Lincoln, heavily influenced these Imperials. However, it wasn't enough to save the Imperial marquee and sales gradually declined to where a separate, longer body (from a Chrysler) ended with the 1974 year. At that point, Imperial was little more than a decked out, big Chrysler. My favorite Imperial was the 66, essentially the same car as the 64 and 65, but with some added, refinements..
Imperial ended with the 1975 year models. Engel wasn't just "involved" with the 61 Lincoln, he designed the entire car, inside and out, the last time a stylist did the entire vehicle. The last true Imperial was 1964. By 1965, it was already beginning to share mechanical and styling components with the Chrysler division cars. The grill is a modified version of that used for the Chrysler 300. The stalk shift transmission replaced the push button that was unique to Imperial, but a first for all large Chrysler cars in preparation for the engine change in 1966 from the 413 to the 440.
Hi.... I owned a 65 Crown Coupe.....triple black .....head turner......she ruled al Mopars in my little town in west pa..... 65 to me was the best of the 64-65-66 years.......I sold her in 2011..... she live in Richmond Va now.......Look up the online Imperial club website....she is still in there as a great example of a 65 Coupe.....all black ......she was correct right down to wheel covers and correct size white walls ......I called her National Velvet ..... because of her stature and Queen Mopar standing...
I owned a 65 Crown Coupe..triple black home run.....64-65-66 series....I liked the 65 best.....66 did away with the lettering around middle of truck.....it went to scrip letters on the right side....66 moved up to 440 V8......my 65 was last year for the 413 V8
My word!! This 1965 Imperial was the epitome of automotive excellence and engineering heretofore unseen and unknown. And it stayed that way, until the 1966 came out.
I was always unhappy Chrysler corp went back to the column shift. I owned a 59 Plymouth, 62 Chrysler and 64 Chrysler over the years and I loved the push buttons
I have always heard it was government regulation that forced the change from push button to lever. Remember Power Glide and Dynaflow having Reverse at the bottom for example, I guess the idea was to standardize all US automatic transmissions to the PRNDL "standard".
@@claycoates5056 They were not "Chryslers" in the SAME way that Cadillacs are not "Buicks". I'm SURE the OP knows that. But Just as much as Cadillac is a division of a company based on Buick (GM- And yes, Buick IS the foundation of GM..), The Imperial division was part of the Chrysler Corporation. So, the O.P.'s point stands.
Bruce Lee played Kato, the Green Hornet's loyal man servant, side kick, and chauffeur, drove "The Black Beauty" which in the TV series starring Lee and Van Johnson as the Hornet, was a 1966 Imperial. In the 2011 movie with Seth Rogan, it's a 1965 Imperial.
@CalebEatsaBullet, whether it was push-button or a column shift, Chrysler's three-speed "Torque-Flite" was still the best automatic transmission in the industry during that era.
+John Eddy It was the best autimatic until 1964, then GM introduced the Turbo Hydramatic (on the same design of the torqueflite 3 speed with torque converter), with was the best transmission on the market until at least the 1980's. Even smoother than torqueflite, and super reliable.
+MrTheMiguelox None could match the PowerShift three-speed automatic in the high-performance Avanti-powered Studebakers. They allowed second-gear take-off when traction was compromised.
+MrTheMiguelox None could match the PowerShift three-speed automatic in the high-performance Avanti-powered Studebakers. They allowed second-gear take-off when traction was compromised.
Haha...I'd say 35 year old people wouldn't know. If you're 35 today (born 1981), you began driving around 1997. Assuming your parents had a car that was brand new or up to 7 years old (1997 to 1990 model), the floor mounted high beam switch had long disappeared.
Ita a Calco floor starter switch.....www.ruralking.com/calco-starter-switch-floor-mount-dr405c.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0eju_eeX2AIVyEoNCh1CpQGLEAQYASABEgKlN_D_BwEthat is now used as a hi- lo beam switch. LOL.
Great time piece video. Beautiful cars. Those 245 pounds of sound deadening material were like carrying a 1965 NFL nose tackle with you before loading your first passenger! Having added weight for a sound damper in the drivetrain is considered an engineering failure now but you just pumped a little more gas then.
Automatic parking brake release? I remember that "feature" on Cadillacs and almost every full-size Fordcolnry model (extending into the Cougars and LTD II's and Thunderasses) in the late sixties and into the seventies. I also remember news stories two to three times a week where a car had slipped from "Park" to "Reverse" on its own, the automatic brake release did its thing, and the car backed great circles jumping curbs, smashing mailboxes, running down pedestrians until it either smashed into something substantial or ran out of gas. You just don't GET that type of entertainment out of today's cars!
+5610winston Ford Cruise-o-Matic transmissions had that problem but it was a problem with the "Park" pawl...they didn't have automatic parking brake releases
I had the automatic parking brake release on my 1988 Cougar and 1997 Continental. To actuate the automatic release you had to shift from P all the way to D before the parking brake released. It was vacuum operated. As far as slipping from P to R, yes I experienced it in my 1988 Cougar. Mine was not running at the time and merely drifted backwards, down a hill, crossed a country road, and into a farm field. Amazingly the car hit nothing and had no damage. Not fun to watch it happen. I know of someone killed when her Ford truck ran her over when she got out to get the mail from her mailbox. It slipped from P to R. Tragic beyond words. The P to R slippage was a product defect, for sure. I don't remember whether a recall was ever issued to fix it.
Much later models than the sixties and seventies I reference. I was a parking valet runner back in the day (summer job), and the cars in those days released the brake when the trans was shifted into reverse.
I am surprised the video doesn't say something like "do not forget to include your prospect's wife in the purchasing decision. Show her all 16 pretty colors she can select from." 😳
@@Nunofurdambiznez Imperials of any year are grossly underrated. Up until 1968, they shared no mechanical components or trim with any other MoPar apart from the drivetrain. Imperials were of sterling quality as well, given that the Chrysler Corp. spent roughly four times as much time in both materials acquisition and assembly than either Lincoln or Cadillac. Really solid drivers can be had for under $20,000 all day long in virtually any year or body style you want. Just look at this 1962 Crown Southampton coupe for sale on Hemmings to see what I mean. If I wasn't wrapped up in my same-year Studebaker GT Hawk, I'd be all over this! www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/chrysler/imperial-crown/2330446.html
@@Nunofurdambiznez No worries! In that case, Have a look at this '64 Crown Sedan for even less from the same website. It's mint! www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/chrysler/imperial/2041266.html
The reason behind this was that Chrysler changed transmissions in 1965 in preparation for a change in engines in 1966 from the 413 to the 440. Rather than change both engine and transmission the same year, they did it one followed by the other. This necessitated Imperial sharing the new transmission which was a stalk shift design as that is what all other Chrysler's used.
@@user-tq1tf6hh9w the reason for the change to stalk selector in 65 was government regulation standardizing the automatic transmission dial. All 1964 Chrysler automatic transmissions except for floor shifts were push button.
Engel's team did a great job disguising that '57 Imperial; you could tell it was the old car by the high hood and cowl, particularly compared to the Lincoln Continental. It turned off a lot of shorter and female drivers.
I believe the same designer of the 1961 Lincoln when to Chrysler from Ford. This car has lot of the same design cues as the Lincoln of that period. Both were beautiful cars, classier than the Cadillac.
Elwood P. Engel, Special Projects Stylist at FoMoCo was hired away from Ford by Virgil Exner in 1961 to replace Exner as Chief Stylist of Chrysler Corporation. Engel had one condition. He would get to design the 1964 Imperial without interference. That's why it is the only year that has the "floating Continental grill", because it was Engel's way of showing Ford what the 61 Lincoln could have been had he been allowed to redesign it from a stretched 1961 Thunderbird concept he drew, into a full 4 door luxury car. He never liked what the Continental became.
We had a 1966 four door (if I remember correctly). ;-) At 8:48; Under the parking brake you can see a radio scan button that I'd trick my friends into believing (for a short time) the radio would automatically go the channel I liked (with prior setup).
The Penultimate Imperial. 1966 was the LAST of the REAL Imperial. I'm a GM guy, but in all honesty the '62-'66 Imperials (IMHO) were the Ultimate US luxury cars! It was on a bespoke platform (Yeah it was several years old, so it had all of the "bugs" worked out) It shared None of its platform with any other Chrysler product, Lincoln shared its platform with the Ford Thunderbird, Cadillac shared it's body with Buick AND Oldsmobile. Even ROLLS-ROYCE shared it's with Bentley. Imperial stood alone!
I love the concept of "Architect designed homes" being a selling point for "luxury homes". As my mother (A real estate agent 1950s-1980s) pointed out to me: Government funded low-income housing projects are ALSO "Architect designed homes"! 😜This is also true for "designer" clothes. Yeah, even the lowest priced no name shit clothes at Wally*World had a designer!
Imperial division of the Chrysler Corporation. It's like having 3 sons, one Imperial, one Dodge and one Plymouth. Each have moved out and established themselves, but they are all Chryslers.
orange70383 Sorry. I'm not buying it. If we were to proceed from THAT logic, then we would call the OTHER two "CHRYSLER Dodge" and "CHRYSLER Plymouth" . But neither car is called that. They are called DODGE and PLYMOUTH....PERIOD.The SAME should apply to IMPERIAL. Not a "Chrysler" . Not a product of the "Chrysler" Division. IMPERIAL had become it's OWN division, so the "Chrysler" name should NOT be used . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)
Exactly !! That's just as bad as those idiots who call the Desoto A "Dodge Desoto". DODGE and DeSOTO were TWO SEPARATE MAKES of cars, and TWO SEPARATE DIVISIONS of the Chrysler Corporation .
The IMPERIAL was not even VINed as a Chrysler. All Chrysler models (New Yorker, Newport, 300, etc) carried a "C" make code in their Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) designating them as Chryslers. All IMPERIAL models (Custom, Crown, LeBaron) used a "Y" make code. If IMPERIALS were Chryslers, they too, would have had a "C" make code...just like other Chryslers but they did NOT...BECAUSE THEY WERE *NOT* Chryslers. *IMPERIAL* was it's OWN make/brand/division.
It convinces the perfectionist that this is the car for him and his family. Men at the top. Men who think, work, and live on the alert. Warning, this car is NOT for vegan feminist single moms.
Fine car without a doubt. No Passenger side mirror, shoulder or head rests, shoulder belts. No wonder so many people got whiplash in accidents back in the day.
I´m also an Auto Designer/Stylist & if you´ll ask me, then 90% of all modern/present vehicles called "SUV" are a result of completly false understood customers. Because the Automakers has canceled the real good fullsize sedans/coupes back in the mid 90´s (Last REAL Impala/Caprice) & the last but in styling to much aged Crown Vic was canceled, too...The last and very very successful example for an fullsize Sedan/Coupe Platform in production is the Chrysler LX/LD.. platform with the Charger, 300C and Challenger. For example, Ford has canceled the Crown Vic instead to give it a nice, new styling what would use the right gens/Stling/Designs of the "Golden Age/Aera US Cars" & the same about GM, when they used the Holden for an Caprice, what was offerend only for fleet vehicles. The biggest Problem is, that these cars often changed into FWD and transaxle V6 Cyl. Platforms and a little bit smaller. That was the biggest fail in history. Because these FWD 6 Cyl. only optioned vehicles aren´t that kind of car what the people would buy. And the Dodge Charger is the best example for an Sedan like it should be in the 21st Century. The HEMI or even also the LS Engines are the best example for the right kind of engines, used for these vehicles. Also a RWD Platform & even also to brong back the "Body on Frame Design", like the Crown Vic was using as the last example in this class, what was canceled however the people would be serious interested in these class and kind of car. Not everybody like an "SUV" or however, for a best example how false an Auto Design could be in this class called "SUV" are these "European Sporty Styled SUV´s". These are not fish, not meat. i you look at an modern X3/5/6 or Q3/4/5/6, these "SUV´s" are all offered with "Strong, sporty seats" and has an interior space what is an joke. An SUV, or a good, right understood SUV is an Yukon, or such an american SUV where you get nice compfortable seats, also an real AWD/4WD System and even usable space and room. But these european SUV´s, at least the Compacter Versions are all completely bad in my eyes and are an trend what would go by with the time (I tell that as an guy that lives in Europe, in germany, and i say that the American SUV´s like the example of an Yukon are right SUV´s. But even these European "Luxury SUV´s" are real bad in the most cases of perspective. How i sayed: "Not Fish, Not Meat!") And with the canceling of the most RWD V8 mid- & fullsize Sedans/Coupes, in the affordable price classes the Auto Industry canceled the most successful kind of car /class of cars. They´ve canceled, however there was still serious customers out and sales, for best example was the Ford Crown Vic back in 2010-15, when they offered this model for fleet customers only, however there where so many people out there what would buy it, however it wasn´t that nice and in the height of time in Styling, like the Dodge Charger was. People would buy these aged Crown Vics, however it was neccessary to give this car a new styling, with the look in the golden Aera of the American Automobile. Like they´ve done wwith the 2006 Dodge Charger back in 2006. And when you read about; "The K Car rescued Crysler", then i laugh, because if you´ll really see what safed chysler & gave this Traditional Make a new, successful future then you should look back in 2006 on the introduction of the Dodge Charger /LX Generation. Because you could see, that customers SHOW what they want. They´ve bought the Charger, especially the HEMI 5.7L Engine Option in masses, what no Product of this make could do before, after the "Golden Aera" ended. And they still sell this Platform Based Cars like the Challenger, Charger very successful, because these are done so right in Design and Styling, especially when you make a comparsion to the GM & Ford Cars in this Class (Sedan), the FWD Impala and such designs hasn´t any chance against the Charger. And that´s because Chrysler has used the right Design, the right Styling for this kind of car with the tradition of the make itself. Chrysler was always known for unibody Design. The Imperial was the largest unibody car ever produced when i´m right back in the 70´s. But there isn´t any "Must/Should" be Unibody, if you´ll take a look at GM or Ford. They had very very nice Cars on "Boy on Frame Architecture", like the last real Chevy Impala, what was canceled back in 1996, however the sales would increase still in this moment when they´ve canceled, because it was also an relatively young nw Generation of the fullsize Chevy. However, they´ve canceled. And even the same with the Crown Vic, what had still good sales, when it was offered for fleet use only & then canceled completely.....That´s the story why the America Auto Industry should bring back the Mid- & Fullsize Sedans. With RWD, with V8´s, with Body on Frame Designs, too. And then you´ll see that sales for SUV´s, especially for "Luxury SUV´s" or such things would go down, because so many people would buy a mid-full size Sedan/Coupe instead these SUV´s like an X3/5/6 or Q3/5/6 or such not real usable kind of "SUV" ;) I can´t beleave, thatthe buyers of these are really lucky with these, especially when you show them that there are still fullsize sedans like the Charger, 300C what can make all that a lot better, especially in driving, because they´re not to high in Body height and cornering is a lot better....or also the Seats! Even when i think about the european SUV´s/Makes, their seats are soo hard but also not that sproty. For reality they´re not that what an SUV should be. Even in my eyes. And i wish Chrysler would offer also an new Imperial! And i´m still working on many different Designs, like a new Ford Gran Torino, Lincoln, Charger, and even also an Imperial. Even because i´m a stylist/auto designer, i make sketches, drawings and design studies. Even for this kind of car i´ve done many different, what could make a successful future for these makes i think.
Obviously you never felt a certain joy when the teacher brought in the filmstrip projector and tape player! Those "Beep" sounds bring me back to my earliest years of grammar school, especially the "focus" slide, when kids would start saying "Focus, focus!" over and over as it was set up. No VCR's back then, only the big movie screen!
@@Zebra_3 The beep in the audio told you to advance to the next strip. These were sometimes put on records and they played while you watched the film strip. When you heard the beep, you pushed the strip in the project to advance to the next picture.
10:04 reminds me of that Simpsons' driver's ed film, "Alice's Adventures Through the WIndshield Glass". Great, classic car though. Much better than any contemporary Cadillac.
it is real. and at the time it was 100 year old walnut. all the walnut is still in mine but it dont look so nice... veneer just means its a really thin piece / cut.
Tony Fleetwood Yes, real Northern California walnut aka claro walnut. But I've never been able to find out how they got ahold of walnut harvested just after the Civil War. Or maybe they meant trees that were 100 years old, albeit then recently harvested?
David Phelan 1971 Imperials were called "Imperial by Chrysler" on the deck lid. I believe that Chrysler was sending a signal then ('71) that Imperial was no longer a separate division.
FIVE_O_FEVER Smoking cigarettes was good for you. The automakers recognized that fact with all the ashtrays and lighters. Universally America's institutions considered smoking your civic duty. It was ubiquitous in military men's officially issued packets of essentials along with razor blades. It was equally recognized as essential by automakers.
itsmegp46 All those big ash trays--I have two huge ones in the dashboard--in my '70 model. They gave cigarettes out like pencils and chewing gum in the military. Smoking was a civic duty.
The message, Caution cigarettes may be hazardous to your health was printed on the side of the packs starting in 1965. In 1969 Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act (Public Law 91-222), which prohibited cigarette advertising on television and radio and required that each cigarette package contain the label "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health."
Plus 6:59 mins. "And remember to tell your prospects about GURG, fellas. Only Imperial has it". Not the best use of fonts on Ross Roy's part. That said, these were stunningly beautiful cars whose design holds up today.
For those of you who STILL insist that the IMPERIAL was a "Chrysler"... Here is a link to the 1965 FULL LINE of Chrysler cars for 1965. LOOK at it..and just SEE if you see IMPERIAL listed among the models. ua-cam.com/video/shQY_Z0atO4/v-deo.html
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHA!!!!!! CHRYSLER IMPERIAL it was, is and always will be!! No matter HOW many times you left that same FUCKING message over the past 5 years!
For all of the guys who insist that the IMPERIAL is , was, and will always be, a "Chrysler", explain THIS: On the VIN numbers all "Chryslers" (Newport, New Yorker, 300, etc) carried a "C" code. The IMPERIAL didn't . Under IT'S "Make" code,all IMPERIALS (Custom, Crown, LeBaron, Ghia Limousine) there was a "Y"code. TWO DIFFERENT MAKES. If The IMPERIAL was a "Chrysler", wouldn't it ALSO have had a "C" code ?Also consider THIS: (from Wikipedia) : "For the 1955 model year, the Imperial was launched and registered as a separate marque (make), apart from the Chrysler brand. It was a product of the new Imperial Division of Chrysler Corporation, meaning that the Imperial would be a make and division unto itself, and not bear the Chrysler name. Chrysler Corporation sent notices to all state licensing agencies in the then-48 states that the Imperial, beginning in 1955, would no longer be registered as a Chrysler, but as a separate make ." Why would the Chrysler Corporation go to such great lengths to separate The IMPERIAL into it's own MAKE and DIVISION, even to the point of contacting all Motor Vehicle Departments (DMV's) in the then-48 states to inform them of this change, if, as you guys claimed, IT NEVER HAPPENED ? Think about it.
This reminds me of the school audio-visual presentations (used through the 1980s) that used a slide projector along with vinyl records. The "beep" indicated when to put up the next slide.
The beeps were part of the original audio. They told the listener when to advance to the next photo strip,. This was not a movie, it was a tape or record audio played while the image was projected using a Film Strip projector. When you heard the beep, you advanced to the next film strip. Annoying, but necessary.
Mmmmm. When cars were good. If only they didn’t rust we’d still be driving them now. Couldn’t work out if the child was a he or a she? Perhaps they were way ahead of their time & it was a modern he-she. That & electric cars don’t make sense.
That was so cool to go back in time. I drove several of these as used cars back in the late '70's while looking for my first car in high school. Never found one nice enough. But the ones I drove were still great driving and handling cars. Beautiful Elwood Engel design that still looks great 60 years later, just like his iconic Lincolns of the '60's.
It hadn't been known as "Chrysler Imperial" since 1955, as Imperial had been made a separate division.
I drove a 65 New Yorker in 1977. Beautiful car. It had the AM/FM radio with reverb on the rear speaker. 413 motor. Great drive-in car. 19mpg highway.
AM/FM radio with rear speaker & reverb. Dad had a 64 Chrysler 300K with the rear speaker/reverb. That was some real hi tech stuff back then.
The 1965 Imperial is proof that styling need not be overdone to be attractive.
Although it does look a whole lot like the early 60's Lincoln.
@@dannyv5661 It does, but the Imperial made it better, as was Elwood Engel's vision.
Thanks for this clip !! I owned a 65 Crown Coupe ...triple black ......sharp classy modern car ... she stopped traffic when I drove her around
The 64/65/66 Imperials were a vast styling improvement over the previous, outdated, Virgil Exner styling. Elwood Engle, who was involved in the incomparable, clean, 61 Lincoln, heavily influenced these Imperials. However, it wasn't enough to save the Imperial marquee and sales gradually declined to where a separate, longer body (from a Chrysler) ended with the 1974 year. At that point, Imperial was little more than a decked out, big Chrysler. My favorite Imperial was the 66, essentially the same car as the 64 and 65, but with some added, refinements..
Imperial ended with the 1975 year models. Engel wasn't just "involved" with the 61 Lincoln, he designed the entire car, inside and out, the last time a stylist did the entire vehicle. The last true Imperial was 1964. By 1965, it was already beginning to share mechanical and styling components with the Chrysler division cars. The grill is a modified version of that used for the Chrysler 300. The stalk shift transmission replaced the push button that was unique to Imperial, but a first for all large Chrysler cars in preparation for the engine change in 1966 from the 413 to the 440.
Engle made them look like Lincolns. Gone were the glory styling of the prior Exner years when everyone knew an Imperial when they saw it.
Hi.... I owned a 65 Crown Coupe.....triple black .....head turner......she ruled al Mopars in my little town in west pa..... 65 to me was the best of the 64-65-66 years.......I sold her in 2011..... she live in Richmond Va now.......Look up the online Imperial club website....she is still in there as a great example of a 65 Coupe.....all black ......she was correct right down to wheel covers and correct size white walls ......I called her National Velvet ..... because of her stature and Queen Mopar standing...
I owned a 65 Crown Coupe..triple black home run.....64-65-66 series....I liked the 65 best.....66 did away with the lettering around middle of truck.....it went to scrip letters on the right side....66 moved up to 440 V8......my 65 was last year for the 413 V8
I really love the space age 1963 and older ones though 😢
My word!! This 1965 Imperial was the epitome of automotive excellence and engineering heretofore unseen and unknown. And it stayed that way, until the 1966 came out.
The 66 was the same. The unibody (and more New Yorker) version arived in 67.
You damn right it is.
1967 ya mean... The 66 was the SAME car as the 65.
@@WAQWBrentwoodI believe that for ‘66 they moved the engine mounts closer together to reduce engine shake and make the car even smoother feeling.
I would have been delighted if my family got one of those Imperials brand new in '65.
I would have been astounded
My mother in law had a 65 Dodge Polara.
I know this is the Imperial.
That Dodge was Solid and gorgeous. The Imperial must have been a true Delight.
Absolutely beautiful
I was always unhappy Chrysler corp went back to the column shift. I owned a 59 Plymouth, 62 Chrysler and 64 Chrysler over the years and I loved the push buttons
I have always heard it was government regulation that forced the change from push button to lever. Remember Power Glide and Dynaflow having Reverse at the bottom for example, I guess the idea was to standardize all US automatic transmissions to the PRNDL "standard".
If there was such a regulation, it must have been rescinded now. Both Acura and Lincoln have push buttons now.
Yep...it was another Govt. reg. that put an end to it. Sad.
Yes,believe Lincoln has them now!
And Ram-the dial!
@@WAQWBrentwood I remember when Dynaflo had no park. You put it in Neutral then pulled the parking brake.
i'm in love.........with this car
love the music...... I'm a Lincoln man but this is a beautiful automobile-- esp. the convertible!
I'd trade my 2019 Lincoln Nautilus for a pristine '65 Imperial convertible any day of the week!
Very nice vehicle few know Chrysler pioneered many of the creature comforts and safety features that are used on vehicles today
One problem the Imp.s were not Chrysler
@@claycoates5056 They were not "Chryslers" in the SAME way that Cadillacs are not "Buicks". I'm SURE the OP knows that. But Just as much as Cadillac is a division of a company based on Buick (GM- And yes, Buick IS the foundation of GM..), The Imperial division was part of the Chrysler Corporation. So, the O.P.'s point stands.
Yep!
Thanks for this. I love how you put the viewer into the position of the driver…
That was a beautiful car
Yep...still is ...if you can find one.
I seemingly underestimated the quality of the Imperial. Must have been the one to watch in 65.
Elwood Engel! Created an elegant automobile to bear the Imperial badge.
Bruce Lee played Kato, the Green Hornet's loyal man servant, side kick, and chauffeur, drove "The Black Beauty" which in the TV series starring Lee and Van Johnson as the Hornet, was a 1966 Imperial.
In the 2011 movie with Seth Rogan, it's a 1965 Imperial.
That was Van WILLIAMS ,
You sold me with the cigarette lighters and ashtrays in the back!
@CalebEatsaBullet, whether it was push-button or a column shift, Chrysler's three-speed "Torque-Flite" was still the best automatic transmission in the industry during that era.
+John Eddy It was the best autimatic until 1964, then GM introduced the Turbo Hydramatic (on the same design of the torqueflite 3 speed with torque converter), with was the best transmission on the market until at least the 1980's. Even smoother than torqueflite, and super reliable.
+MrTheMiguelox None could match the PowerShift three-speed automatic in the high-performance Avanti-powered Studebakers. They allowed second-gear take-off when traction was compromised.
+MrTheMiguelox None could match the PowerShift three-speed automatic in the high-performance Avanti-powered Studebakers. They allowed second-gear take-off when traction was compromised.
Chrysler's Torqueflite could be push started like a manual transmission.
You just said that.
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I bet if you ask someone 25 years old , what is the function of that button on the floor in the video at 8:45 they will not know what it is for? LOL
You're right. I always liked the floor mounted switch.
Haha...I'd say 35 year old people wouldn't know. If you're 35 today (born 1981), you began driving around 1997. Assuming your parents had a car that was brand new or up to 7 years old (1997 to 1990 model), the floor mounted high beam switch had long disappeared.
I haven't thought of that high-beam switch for many, many years. Amazing how it "just kinda went away" without anyone noticing....
after watching the original Green Hornet with Bruce Lee driving, I'd say it operates the front-mounted machine guns.
Ita a Calco floor starter switch.....www.ruralking.com/calco-starter-switch-floor-mount-dr405c.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0eju_eeX2AIVyEoNCh1CpQGLEAQYASABEgKlN_D_BwEthat is now used as a hi- lo beam switch. LOL.
Great time piece video. Beautiful cars. Those 245 pounds of sound deadening material were like carrying a 1965 NFL nose tackle with you before loading your first passenger! Having added weight for a sound damper in the drivetrain is considered an engineering failure now but you just pumped a little more gas then.
Gas was cheap in 1965.
Imperial division of the Chrysler Corporation! Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler and Imperial!
Automatic parking brake release? I remember that "feature" on Cadillacs and almost every full-size Fordcolnry model (extending into the Cougars and LTD II's and Thunderasses) in the late sixties and into the seventies. I also remember news stories two to three times a week where a car had slipped from "Park" to "Reverse" on its own, the automatic brake release did its thing, and the car backed great circles jumping curbs, smashing mailboxes, running down pedestrians until it either smashed into something substantial or ran out of gas. You just don't GET that type of entertainment out of today's cars!
+5610winston Ford Cruise-o-Matic transmissions had that problem but it was a problem with the "Park" pawl...they didn't have automatic parking brake releases
+5610winston ~Ha Ha. It was hilarious to read that.
I had the automatic parking brake release on my 1988 Cougar and 1997 Continental.
To actuate the automatic release you had to shift from P all the way to D before the parking brake released. It was vacuum operated.
As far as slipping from P to R, yes I experienced it in my 1988 Cougar. Mine was not running at the time and merely drifted backwards, down a hill, crossed a country road, and into a farm field. Amazingly the car hit nothing and had no damage. Not fun to watch it happen.
I know of someone killed when her Ford truck ran her over when she got out to get the mail from her mailbox. It slipped from P to R. Tragic beyond words.
The P to R slippage was a product defect, for sure. I don't remember whether a recall was ever issued to fix it.
Much later models than the sixties and seventies I reference. I was a parking valet runner back in the day (summer job), and the cars in those days released the brake when the trans was shifted into reverse.
I am surprised the video doesn't say something like "do not forget to include your prospect's wife in the purchasing decision. Show her all 16 pretty colors she can select from." 😳
Wow with all that steel dash . The padded dash is a real safety feature lol.
That crown convertible is one heck of a sled.
My last imperial was a 65 convertible.
I'd trade my 2019 Lincoln Nautilus for a pristine '65 Imperial convertible any day of the week!
oh MAN that convertible - what a fantastic automobile! I'd trade my 2019 Lincoln Nautilus for a pristine '65 Imperial convertible any day of the week!
Do it! You won't regret it!
@@jakekaywell5972 trust me.. I'm seriously thinking about it!
@@Nunofurdambiznez Imperials of any year are grossly underrated. Up until 1968, they shared no mechanical components or trim with any other MoPar apart from the drivetrain. Imperials were of sterling quality as well, given that the Chrysler Corp. spent roughly four times as much time in both materials acquisition and assembly than either Lincoln or Cadillac. Really solid drivers can be had for under $20,000 all day long in virtually any year or body style you want. Just look at this 1962 Crown Southampton coupe for sale on Hemmings to see what I mean. If I wasn't wrapped up in my same-year Studebaker GT Hawk, I'd be all over this! www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/chrysler/imperial-crown/2330446.html
@@jakekaywell5972 thanks! However, I'm not a big fan of the 61-63 Imperials... "60, YES.. 64 and beyond, totally!
@@Nunofurdambiznez No worries! In that case, Have a look at this '64 Crown Sedan for even less from the same website. It's mint! www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/chrysler/imperial/2041266.html
"Safety padded instrument panel." All the big 3 were quick to tell about this "safety feature." I'm sure it was life saver.
My dad would never let us have ice cream in the Imperial
Funny how in 1964 the push button transmission was the perfect thing. Now, it is a column shift like anyone else, with no reason given.
The reason behind this was that Chrysler changed transmissions in 1965 in preparation for a change in engines in 1966 from the 413 to the 440. Rather than change both engine and transmission the same year, they did it one followed by the other. This necessitated Imperial sharing the new transmission which was a stalk shift design as that is what all other Chrysler's used.
@@user-tq1tf6hh9w the reason for the change to stalk selector in 65 was government regulation standardizing the automatic transmission dial. All 1964 Chrysler automatic transmissions except for floor shifts were push button.
Nice!
That device detects on-coming car headlamps and automatically dips the headlamps of the Imperial.
Dims not Dips
I want that convertible, that’s a gorgeous car
I'd trade my 2019 Lincoln Nautilus for a pristine '65 Imperial convertible any day of the week!
Engel's team did a great job disguising that '57 Imperial; you could tell it was the old car by the high hood and cowl, particularly compared to the Lincoln Continental. It turned off a lot of shorter and female drivers.
Elegance.
I believe the same designer of the 1961 Lincoln when to Chrysler from Ford. This car has lot of the same design cues as the Lincoln of that period. Both were beautiful cars, classier than the Cadillac.
Elwood Engel
He did. Notice the resemblance between the 1961 Lincoln Continental and the the 1964-68 Imperials
Elwood P. Engel, Special Projects Stylist at FoMoCo was hired away from Ford by Virgil Exner in 1961 to replace Exner as Chief Stylist of Chrysler Corporation. Engel had one condition. He would get to design the 1964 Imperial without interference. That's why it is the only year that has the "floating Continental grill", because it was Engel's way of showing Ford what the 61 Lincoln could have been had he been allowed to redesign it from a stretched 1961 Thunderbird concept he drew, into a full 4 door luxury car. He never liked what the Continental became.
Omg it's in color 😀
Даёшь выпуск про Империал 69-72!👍
A check engine light in 1965. Who would have guessed?
They had to have something to occupy the space formerly used by the push button transmission panel.
😳This car remember me a car for women. It is BEAUTIFUL.
I thought the font/typeface on the dashboard labels was odd. Looked like "old west". I half expected to see "Sarsaparilla" among the different labels.
I wonder if the eight-passenger Imperial Crown Limousine, with the Ghia-built body, was still available in 1965.
1965 was the last year for the Ghia.
We had a 1966 four door (if I remember correctly). ;-)
At 8:48; Under the parking brake you can see a radio scan button that I'd trick my friends into believing (for a short time) the radio would automatically go the channel I liked (with prior setup).
That button you’re speaking of was the headlight dimmer. All American cars had that into the 1970’s.
Sorry, I should have been clearer.
There's two floor buttons, one the dimmer, the other radio.
Each door could hold a carton of cigarettes...
Funny thing in Stephen King's Christine (the novel), a '66 Imperial owned by Darnell is using for delivering cartons of illegal cigarettes.
And each rear door had its own cigarette lighter, so this little 10-year-old girl can smoke without bothering her parents.
@@GenerallyGeneralLee Well, the 10-year-old girl's daughter was an M.D. and far too busy to light up his daughter's smoke.
My 1971 Imperial LeBaron would hold an ounce of weed in the drivers door with room to spare!
@@GenerallyGeneralLee 😆LOL!!! A HAHAHA!!!! GOOD ONE!! I think that's when I started smoking.
The power vent window: to spare the driver the unspeakable torture of pushing it open by hand.
Because manually operating anything was so bourgeoisie.
I love it. True class, but I can't afford to put gas in it at 5 MPG.
You can't afford .29 a gallon?
Teresa67 Factoid I currently drive my grandmother's 1965 Imperial and get 15mpg regularly
On the highway. In stop and go, I'll bet you money you're only getting single digits (we had a '72 New Yorker, so I remember).
I had a 65 New Yorker. Wonderful car, but could not afford the gas at today's costs. It was like flushing a toilet stool every time you started it up.
The sporty 2 door model.
Damn…this beauty was not made for any man. They don’t make them like this anymore.
I liked the film "Crime Story 1986" and like "Classic car" their are format together .
The narrator sounds like he is right out of the 1940s or 50s.
In the beginning the driver has his seatbelt on, but what about the two front seat passenger?
Nice vehicle!
Wow! 5:28 now I know where the Batman TV series got the idea for labels on everything.
you don't know 'cause you're not Batman.
The Penultimate Imperial. 1966 was the LAST of the REAL Imperial. I'm a GM guy, but in all honesty the '62-'66 Imperials (IMHO) were the Ultimate US luxury cars! It was on a bespoke platform (Yeah it was several years old, so it had all of the "bugs" worked out) It shared None of its platform with any other Chrysler product, Lincoln shared its platform with the Ford Thunderbird, Cadillac shared it's body with Buick AND Oldsmobile. Even ROLLS-ROYCE shared it's with Bentley. Imperial stood alone!
Did you find the hubcap?
5:25 Did they misspell *gauges,* or is that just how it was spelled back then?
What does that scoop in front of the steering wheel do?
Automatic high beam dimmer!
I can only imagine the hefty price tag that came with this land yacht.
A bargain at twice the price!
I love the concept of "Architect designed homes" being a selling point for "luxury homes". As my mother (A real estate agent 1950s-1980s) pointed out to me: Government funded low-income housing projects are ALSO "Architect designed homes"! 😜This is also true for "designer" clothes. Yeah, even the lowest priced no name shit clothes at Wally*World had a designer!
These presentations are not films, rather were known as film strips.
6:53 - G.U.R.G.
"IMPERIAL" . NOT "CHRYSLER IMPERIAL" .
Imperial division of the Chrysler Corporation. It's like having 3 sons, one Imperial, one Dodge and one Plymouth. Each have moved out and established themselves, but they are all Chryslers.
orange70383 Sorry. I'm not buying it. If we were to proceed from THAT logic, then we would call the OTHER two "CHRYSLER Dodge" and "CHRYSLER Plymouth" . But neither car is called that. They are called DODGE and PLYMOUTH....PERIOD.The SAME should apply to IMPERIAL. Not a "Chrysler" . Not a product of the "Chrysler" Division. IMPERIAL had become it's OWN division, so the "Chrysler" name should NOT be used . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)
+williamg2552 Correct! Saying "Chrysler Imperial" is like saying "Buick Cadillac"!
Exactly !! That's just as bad as those idiots who call the Desoto A "Dodge Desoto". DODGE and DeSOTO were TWO SEPARATE MAKES of cars, and TWO SEPARATE DIVISIONS of the Chrysler Corporation .
Actually more like saying "General Motors Cadillac".
The IMPERIAL was not even VINed as a Chrysler.
All Chrysler models (New Yorker, Newport, 300, etc) carried a "C" make code in their Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) designating them as Chryslers. All IMPERIAL models (Custom, Crown, LeBaron) used a "Y" make code. If IMPERIALS were Chryslers, they too, would have had a "C" make code...just like other Chryslers but they did NOT...BECAUSE THEY WERE *NOT* Chryslers. *IMPERIAL* was it's OWN make/brand/division.
2:54 "The perfect automobile would be completely silent" tags this vehicle as an old man's car
and as an old man, I would be VERY proud to drive it too!
Or a wealthy mans car. Think Milburn Drysdale.
It convinces the perfectionist that this is the car for him and his family. Men at the top. Men who think, work, and live on the alert.
Warning, this car is NOT for vegan feminist single moms.
The shape and windows except other thing Caprice headlightes in 80s were no longer 4 like two on each side just one on each side
Dat car is dope 🔥🔥🔥
clearly so are you
I hope somebody corrected the "sentry signal" display @ 5:31 before they went into production. It's "gauges" not gages...jeeeeeeese!
Gage is a variant spelling of the word gauge.
Fine car without a doubt. No Passenger side mirror, shoulder or head rests, shoulder belts. No wonder so many people got whiplash in accidents back in the day.
They had headrests as an option.
I´m also an Auto Designer/Stylist & if you´ll ask me, then 90% of all modern/present vehicles called "SUV" are a result of completly false understood customers. Because the Automakers has canceled the real good fullsize sedans/coupes back in the mid 90´s (Last REAL Impala/Caprice) & the last but in styling to much aged Crown Vic was canceled, too...The last and very very successful example for an fullsize Sedan/Coupe Platform in production is the Chrysler LX/LD.. platform with the Charger, 300C and Challenger. For example, Ford has canceled the Crown Vic instead to give it a nice, new styling what would use the right gens/Stling/Designs of the "Golden Age/Aera US Cars" & the same about GM, when they used the Holden for an Caprice, what was offerend only for fleet vehicles. The biggest Problem is, that these cars often changed into FWD and transaxle V6 Cyl. Platforms and a little bit smaller. That was the biggest fail in history. Because these FWD 6 Cyl. only optioned vehicles aren´t that kind of car what the people would buy. And the Dodge Charger is the best example for an Sedan like it should be in the 21st Century. The HEMI or even also the LS Engines are the best example for the right kind of engines, used for these vehicles. Also a RWD Platform & even also to brong back the "Body on Frame Design", like the Crown Vic was using as the last example in this class, what was canceled however the people would be serious interested in these class and kind of car. Not everybody like an "SUV" or however, for a best example how false an Auto Design could be in this class called "SUV" are these "European Sporty Styled SUV´s". These are not fish, not meat. i you look at an modern X3/5/6 or Q3/4/5/6, these "SUV´s" are all offered with "Strong, sporty seats" and has an interior space what is an joke. An SUV, or a good, right understood SUV is an Yukon, or such an american SUV where you get nice compfortable seats, also an real AWD/4WD System and even usable space and room. But these european SUV´s, at least the Compacter Versions are all completely bad in my eyes and are an trend what would go by with the time (I tell that as an guy that lives in Europe, in germany, and i say that the American SUV´s like the example of an Yukon are right SUV´s. But even these European "Luxury SUV´s" are real bad in the most cases of perspective. How i sayed: "Not Fish, Not Meat!")
And with the canceling of the most RWD V8 mid- & fullsize Sedans/Coupes, in the affordable price classes the Auto Industry canceled the most successful kind of car /class of cars. They´ve canceled, however there was still serious customers out and sales, for best example was the Ford Crown Vic back in 2010-15, when they offered this model for fleet customers only, however there where so many people out there what would buy it, however it wasn´t that nice and in the height of time in Styling, like the Dodge Charger was. People would buy these aged Crown Vics, however it was neccessary to give this car a new styling, with the look in the golden Aera of the American Automobile. Like they´ve done wwith the 2006 Dodge Charger back in 2006. And when you read about; "The K Car rescued Crysler", then i laugh, because if you´ll really see what safed chysler & gave this Traditional Make a new, successful future then you should look back in 2006 on the introduction of the Dodge Charger /LX Generation. Because you could see, that customers SHOW what they want. They´ve bought the Charger, especially the HEMI 5.7L Engine Option in masses, what no Product of this make could do before, after the "Golden Aera" ended. And they still sell this Platform Based Cars like the Challenger, Charger very successful, because these are done so right in Design and Styling, especially when you make a comparsion to the GM & Ford Cars in this Class (Sedan), the FWD Impala and such designs hasn´t any chance against the Charger. And that´s because Chrysler has used the right Design, the right Styling for this kind of car with the tradition of the make itself. Chrysler was always known for unibody Design. The Imperial was the largest unibody car ever produced when i´m right back in the 70´s. But there isn´t any "Must/Should" be Unibody, if you´ll take a look at GM or Ford. They had very very nice Cars on "Boy on Frame Architecture", like the last real Chevy Impala, what was canceled back in 1996, however the sales would increase still in this moment when they´ve canceled, because it was also an relatively young nw Generation of the fullsize Chevy. However, they´ve canceled. And even the same with the Crown Vic, what had still good sales, when it was offered for fleet use only & then canceled completely.....That´s the story why the America Auto Industry should bring back the Mid- & Fullsize Sedans. With RWD, with V8´s, with Body on Frame Designs, too. And then you´ll see that sales for SUV´s, especially for "Luxury SUV´s" or such things would go down, because so many people would buy a mid-full size Sedan/Coupe instead these SUV´s like an X3/5/6 or Q3/5/6 or such not real usable kind of "SUV" ;) I can´t beleave, thatthe buyers of these are really lucky with these, especially when you show them that there are still fullsize sedans like the Charger, 300C what can make all that a lot better, especially in driving, because they´re not to high in Body height and cornering is a lot better....or also the Seats! Even when i think about the european SUV´s/Makes, their seats are soo hard but also not that sproty. For reality they´re not that what an SUV should be. Even in my eyes. And i wish Chrysler would offer also an new Imperial! And i´m still working on many different Designs, like a new Ford Gran Torino, Lincoln, Charger, and even also an Imperial. Even because i´m a stylist/auto designer, i make sketches, drawings and design studies. Even for this kind of car i´ve done many different, what could make a successful future for these makes i think.
Sheesh... Where is Mr. Drysdale from the Beverly Hillbillies in this film? Com'on!
Anyone know what the thingy sticking out of the dash top is at 5:50? Looks like a controller for slot cars that were the rage back then.
Automatic headlight dimmer and also the sensor for automatically turning on the headlights at night.
Thanks for the gumball! [You have to be old enough to remember that from the 70s!]
I remember that because my grandfather's '66 Imperial LeBaron had that sensor on the dash.
wiibaron headlight dimmer for hi-beams
Yeh...its a gunsight for 30.cal machine gun hidden in the grill for 1965 road rage.
So tough it was banned from most demolition derbies.
are the annoying beeps optional on the _NOT_ a Chrysler Imperial?
Obviously you never felt a certain joy when the teacher brought in the filmstrip projector and tape player! Those "Beep" sounds bring me back to my earliest years of grammar school, especially the "focus" slide, when kids would start saying "Focus, focus!" over and over as it was set up. No VCR's back then, only the big movie screen!
@@Oldbmwr100rs thank you Captain Obvious for _NOT_ answering the question.
@@Zebra_3 The beep in the audio told you to advance to the next strip. These were sometimes put on records and they played while you watched the film strip. When you heard the beep, you pushed the strip in the project to advance to the next picture.
10:04 reminds me of that Simpsons' driver's ed film, "Alice's Adventures Through the WIndshield Glass".
Great, classic car though. Much better than any contemporary Cadillac.
"Real walnut veneer" So funny!
it is real. and at the time it was 100 year old walnut. all the walnut is still in mine but it dont look so nice... veneer just means its a really thin piece / cut.
Tony Fleetwood Yes, real Northern California walnut aka claro walnut. But I've never been able to find out how they got ahold of walnut harvested just after the Civil War. Or maybe they meant trees that were 100 years old, albeit then recently harvested?
They didn't have the money to fix the old wrap-around windshield?
notice that the car is never referred to as a "Chrysler"? that's because it isn't
He said at the beginning, Chrysler Imperial, listen again
It was a few years later. By 1967, the trunk lid would read Imperial by Chrysler.
itsmegp46 In 1971.
And , by 1974 , the "Chrysler" name was taken off the car.
David Phelan 1971 Imperials were called "Imperial by Chrysler" on the deck lid. I believe that Chrysler was sending a signal then ('71) that Imperial was no longer a separate division.
ナポレオン・ソロに頻繁にクライスラー出て来るのはクライスラーがスポンサーだったのでしょうか？
Is the little girl on her phone?
LOL...ash trays with cigarette lighters in all passenger doors.........Boy that was the day when everybody smoked!
FIVE_O_FEVER Smoking cigarettes was good for you. The automakers recognized that fact with all the ashtrays and lighters. Universally America's institutions considered smoking your civic duty. It was ubiquitous in military men's officially issued packets of essentials along with razor blades. It was equally recognized as essential by automakers.
Smoking was something everyone did. No one ever considered it good for you.
itsmegp46 All those big ash trays--I have two huge ones in the dashboard--in my '70 model. They gave cigarettes out like pencils and chewing gum in the military. Smoking was a civic duty.
The message, Caution cigarettes may be hazardous to your health was printed on the side of the packs starting in 1965. In 1969 Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act (Public Law 91-222), which prohibited cigarette advertising on television and radio and required that each cigarette package contain the label "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health."
only pussys are afraid of cigarettes.
3:00 mins looks like a promo for Alice's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass
Plus 6:59 mins. "And remember to tell your prospects about GURG, fellas. Only Imperial has it". Not the best use of fonts on Ross Roy's part.
That said, these were stunningly beautiful cars whose design holds up today.
For those of you who STILL insist that the IMPERIAL was a "Chrysler"...
Here is a link to the 1965 FULL LINE of Chrysler cars for 1965. LOOK at it..and just SEE if you see IMPERIAL listed among the models. ua-cam.com/video/shQY_Z0atO4/v-deo.html
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER IMPERIAL MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHA!!!!!! CHRYSLER IMPERIAL it was, is and always will be!! No matter HOW many times you left that same FUCKING message over the past 5 years!
@@Nunofurdambiznez and after five FUCKING years you are still wrong!
rare veneeer.......
Yeah....kind of like Corinthian leather used later by Chysler in their Cordoba commercials....lol
For all of the guys who insist that the IMPERIAL is , was, and will always be, a "Chrysler", explain THIS: On the VIN numbers all "Chryslers" (Newport, New Yorker, 300, etc) carried a "C" code. The IMPERIAL didn't . Under IT'S "Make" code,all IMPERIALS (Custom, Crown, LeBaron, Ghia Limousine) there was a "Y"code. TWO DIFFERENT MAKES. If The IMPERIAL was a "Chrysler", wouldn't it ALSO have had a "C" code ?Also consider THIS: (from Wikipedia) : "For the 1955 model year, the Imperial was launched and registered as a separate marque (make), apart from the Chrysler brand. It was a product of the new Imperial Division of Chrysler Corporation, meaning that the Imperial would be a make and division unto itself, and not bear the Chrysler name. Chrysler Corporation sent notices to all state licensing agencies in the then-48 states that the Imperial, beginning in 1955, would no longer be registered as a Chrysler, but as a separate make ." Why would the Chrysler Corporation go to such great lengths to separate The IMPERIAL into it's own MAKE and DIVISION, even to the point of contacting all Motor Vehicle Departments (DMV's) in the then-48 states to inform them of this change, if, as you guys claimed, IT NEVER HAPPENED ?
Think about it.
Anyone else keep hearing the Sputnik sat. Were the Russians spying on this Ad??
This reminds me of the school audio-visual presentations (used through the 1980s) that used a slide projector along with vinyl records. The "beep" indicated when to put up the next slide.
But body did not change at all or tail lights that much
when america made real cars
the beeps are supremely annoying.
The beeps were part of the original audio. They told the listener when to advance to the next photo strip,. This was not a movie, it was a tape or record audio played while the image was projected using a Film Strip projector. When you heard the beep, you advanced to the next film strip. Annoying, but necessary.
Looks no different from fifties like late seventies to eighties caprices looked no diffrent
Haha, 'vintage 1965'.
Mmmmm. When cars were good. If only they didn’t rust we’d still be driving them now.
Couldn’t work out if the child was a he or a she? Perhaps they were way ahead of their time & it was a modern he-she. That & electric cars don’t make sense.
65 imperial was far better than CADILLAC, and I'm a CADILLAC boy.
Chrysler built great starters but the ugliest old-man land yachts ever conceived....good LAWD!
The overt sexism is sad and hilarious
The vagina hat culture of today is wonderful
When cars were exciting