Don’t Call It A Chrysler: 1964 Imperial Crown
The Imperial name had been used since 1926 to identify Chrysler Corp.’s top end luxury cars, but in 1955 Chrysler spun off an entire brand to compete with Lincoln and Cadillac. During the second generation (1957-1966) the Imperial sat on its own unique (unshared with plebeian Chrysler offerings) body-on-frame platform with more style than Ralph Lauren and more steel than a Sherman Tank. Find this 1964 Imperial Crown offered for $9995 in Harrisonville, MO via craigslist. Tip from Jason!
From the seller:
1964 CHYRSLER IMPERIAL
condition: good
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 100000
paint color: custom
size: full-size
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
type: coupe
This 1964 Imperial Crown coupe is in great shape for the age.
This car is in great running condition. You can hop in and cruise to your local car show on the weekends. Factory air and heat car as well.
Push button Torqueflite automatic transmission make it fun to drive.
It has power windows, which all work.
All the gauges on the dash work as well.
Powered by a 413 cubic inch V8 engine that runs like a top! Trans shifts smooth through all the gears as well.
Being an older car it does have some imperfections here and there. I have a lift at the shop for you to thoroughly inspect top to bottom.
Clear title in hand.
$9,995
There was an almost identical car sold on Bring a Trailer for $13,000 in 2021.
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Kind of has a bit of an awkward combination of the late ’60s angular look with the late ’50s and early ’60s curvy shapes, to the point that the back of the greenhouse and the windshield manage to look like they’re from different decades. My ’66 Dart has some of the same weirdness where they tried to do the later ’60s Dart blocky front end on an early ’60s Dart rounded tail. Although there’s probably some visibility benefit here to that curvy windshield.
And it’s great to see one of those kept clean instead of used for demolition derby.
The greenhouse is odd but I think after giving Virgil Exner and his wacky designs they had to come up with something quick. The lesser Mopar models showed the way but it looks like they were striving for sober respectability with the Imperial. It’s one of the rare cars that looks better as a four door with less awkward proportions.
That has to be at least a six-body trunk!
There aren’t many cars where the four door looks better than the two door, but this is one of them.
I guess this is for someone who already has an imperial but doesn’t want anyone to mistake them for their chauffeur is they drive it themselves.