Here's Everything that's Broken on My 1966 Imperial Crown Convertible and Why it's INDESTRUCTIBLE!
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"I *love* this car!"
*Next video*: "I traded my 1966 Imperial for a broken down Camry and a burnt piece of toast"
..... and then dug a big hole behind wizards shop and buried it.
BRB, checking CL for Camrys and the pantry for some bread
"I lent Porker my Imperial...and he burned it to the ground. In my new garage."
.... and then tavarish bought it off me for a fraction of what I paid for it!
This is a oxymoron. There are no broken Camrys
1966 engineers: "Let's make the frame out of 1/2" thick steel I-beams."
dangerousmythbuster it was a wonky convertible. Think of the cowl quakes without that industrial reinforcement! 🤓
@@mgmcd1 Yeah so many of the drop tops were built like that back then. Crazy!
Without the structural reinforcement of C pillars & B pillars convertibles in general regardless of make and model had extra thick frames, generally adding an extra 150-300 lbs. If you wanted a car to race with, you'd get a hard top/sedan.
Edit: but those Imperials were reinforced on a whole new level....even by the standards of the time, and even for a convertible. Absolutely insane. Makes me want one even more now.
Such a death trap. Lol
not even dank memes could melt that
Hoovie - "I can comfortably cruise at 90"
440ci - " 4 mpg......."
My 69 Roadrunner with a 528 Hemi is better than that normally around 12mpg. The Imperials however are very, very heavy. #LandYacht
@@oldninjarider 528!!? I assume you meant 428 lol
Will Wood
Post a video of it or you’re lying
More like 10-15mpg
Is the 440 in this car a Hemi?
"Normally, you sneezing on the car is 45 dollars."
I am dying. :-D
I was reading your comment one second before he said it! LOL!
But what about the most important thing?
Did you find the hub cap?
I remember when I was really little I was riding with my grandmother somewhere in the rain and we lost the hubcap off their '66 300.
@@seed_drill7135 did you guys find it?
@@DoctorSkillz If I remember correctly, there was a mentally ill person who used to walk up and down the highway retrieving items. He found it and my grandmother gave him $5 for doing so. This was probably in 1971 or '72, as they bought a new car in '72.
To my knowledge that '66 300 still exists! I know it did as of the late 90's.
@@seed_drill7135 is your grandmother still with us?
@@Hassan-ww8jf She's 96. She had to go into a nursing home last summer, due to a fall and increasing dementia, but she still knows us and enjoys visits.
We'll soon be selling her '98 Crown Vic. 72K miles and perfect leather interior, always garage kept. Maybe Hoovie will be interested.
Car Wizard - "Let's go in my office".
Hoovie - *walks in office*
Car Wizard - *sitting on a solid gold throne rubbing hands*
Jewzard
I think the wizard is celebrating the day he met hoovie every year as a second christmas
That has a hummer logo on the back
Wizards Ebay account registered to Jenny. Who is Jenny 😂😎
You’re becoming the Car Wizard’s personal 401k.
easily financed the wizards move to the new shop. I know he's expanded his business since but.....
I’m pretty certain he pays the wizard an annual salary. Hoovie is a multi-millionaire.
I believe it's listed as his TH contributions on his retirement plan.
And his kids college fund...
"becoming" ??
2:17 it was just me that flintched when he opened his door at this moment?
what
@@hunterh.6726 I think he means it looked like it was gonna hit the lift tower
@@BilalKhan-ng3ex exactly i was like OOOH NOO!! because i love cars
I was holding my breath! 😱
I might have gasped
"Whale ...sperm"
Wizard jumps out of his seat 😁
stevemonkey6666 checks his pants lol
I almost spit out my food I laughed so hard
Yah that made me laugh so much that was so funny can you imagine if they really did do that
that's the fastest we've see, or ever will see, the wizard move lol
@@muskokamike127 yah
The Wizard really needs his own microphone.
He needs one that looks like Bob Barker's mic from The Price is Right so it can double as a wand.
yeah I always have to crank up the volume on Hoovie's videos in the shop with him. And then get blasted out of my seat when the next video comes on...
The wizard has his own mic for his own channel. Both guys just don’t have the equipment or knowledge to use both at the same time I guess.
Or the Wizard’s charge rate is too high 😂
And a megaphone plattform !!
The Nokia 3310 of convertibles.
IrishTiger no snake though 😂
@@theangryitalian7922 But it has sperm instead!
@@mclarenjohnf1 yah haha wonder does it smell like bleach
Always funny to see good old Nokia comments. -Finn
@@theangryitalian7922 Lol
The interaction between Hoovie and the Car Wizard is so entertaining! "No, you can't have a flashlight!" And I laughed out loud when Hoovie mentioned that the car seats had sperm whale oil on them and the Wizard un-assed that seat right then! I've really enjoyed my daily dose of "Cars & Comedy"!
14:06 ".75cents, im gonna charge you for the 1 squirt" lmaoo😂😂😂😂 oh wizard 🧙♂️😂😂😂
Yeah that and whale splooge makes it awkward
@@oldninjarider That's just the dry comedy that's been going on awhile.
LOL, what a couple .... better than a TV show.
Mechanic standing under the car at start up...
"Hi this is Jake from State farm, yeahhh, about your last video ..."
2:11 'The Napalm. I love the smell of Napalm in the morning'.
Couldn't be better said in an American 60's vehicle.
*Fortunate Son starts playing in the distance*
Not the most tactful of comments considering he has a Vietnamese wife.
@@PhilUKNet Don't tell me you watch Hoovie for his tact?! Don't get me wrong, he's the nicest guy, but I hope it's not over the line to say that he really seems to enjoy having his foot in his mouth!
Phil UK Net Exactly
@@ironymatt I like Hoovie, which is why I subscribe to his channel. He's a very personable/likeable guy - the kind of person I would enjoy having as a friend. I just thought this particular comment was a little inappropriate, not least because of his personal circumstances and now having Vietnamese relatives, some of whom would have been living in Vietnam during the 60's. I guess he just wasn't thinking when he said it.
I never witnessed Mr. Wizzard move so fast. " They coated it with sperm whale oil."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love how the mechanic treats him like a toddler 😂
Because Hoovie basically is
Ya, like how he doesn't let him operate his own light. lol
That's his character.
He is complete child when it comes to his taste in cars. He insists on buying all sorts of crappy murican and euro cars which have gazzilion miles on them and wonders why they fall on their ass.
A toddler paying for his kid's college fund, to boot! 😂😂😂🤣🎓
That X-brace on the frame was only on the convertibles.
G. M. Frazier but basically a unibody plus a frame. They were banned at demo derbys
cadillacs had x frame
Some Buicks had the X
You are correct. Since no top, the body would flex like crazy if the frame was not reinforced.
@@sammolloy8129 GMs had the X-frame (with torque tube drive), but NO side sill members.
Hoovie: "This thing is like Christine it's trying to kill me!"
Me: Here's the first thing wrong with your 1966 Imperial Crown Convertible
The car wizard should have provided a price for an exorcism.
I'm pretty sure I have one or more of those hubcaps....I also have a set of the glass headlight covers if you end up breaking those
We the people must know! Was the hub cap ever found?
I propose we start a change.org petition for it. "Save THAT hub cap!"
That hubcap, NOS will likely be more pricey than the repair invoice
Someone will bring it to him. having found it. "Sorry" says Hoovie , "I sold that car last week"
$80 for foam strips? Wizard is taking an early retirement.
Diag time ain't free
It's the labour.
Hang on, Tyler you have bought a car that doesn't require a second mortgage to repair? Sadface from the Wizard
I had a friend with an old Chrysler land yacht. He said that flooring the accelerator pedal was a little like flushing a toilet as far as the gas tank went.
Awesome car. Keep it forever. Hope you find the hubcap. 😎
I almost cried when I saw that.
Beautifully said🤣😁
Wheel cover! Hub caps are the little ones!
Knowing is half the battle!
G.I. Joe.
Great video guys!👍👍I immediately knew it was the heater core when you described it, which also brought back a _flashback nightmare_ from about 1996.😳 While traveling 300+ miles back to college after Christmas break in a Michigan January, my heater core blew out💥on my ‘89 Merc Sable... a literal ❄️blizzard❄️with subzero temps, in the middle of nowhere in MI’s Upper Peninsula, I had no choice but to continue on! Surprisingly I didn’t die😵from the _HUGE_ cloud of antifreeze vapors billowing from the vents! Of course I put all the windows down after I bundled up-it looked like a winter-version of a _Cheech & Chong_ film!! 💨 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
I am completely in love with this era and style of vessel. Unfortunately here in England it would take up about 125% of most roads’ widths, plus it drinks more fuel in a day than every Vauxhall Corsa in the UK combined does in a year.
Toby you had rolling, back in the 70s I drove a 68 Pontiac Catalina 400ci v8 a whopping 9mpg with the wind at my back. One positive gas was ¢.46 per gallon in LA.
I’m also in England and just hired a great big motor home and drove it around Wales. Also I’ve got a 5.7 HEMI Jeep Grand Cherokee (economical compared with this Chrysler to be fair) so you can live the American dream over here in ‘Blighty’ but you’ve got to be prepared to suffer for your art!
Hah can you imagine getting this thing through tiny villages and country roads when out for a Sunday drive
Drinks fuel? More like chugs fuel.
You would be rolling in this. Imagine the looks you would get. The shipping fee would be astronomical to get it to England. My Dad had one, but it was a hardtop. It was a barge. Got to drive it as a 12 year old on the streets at night. I remember it was fingertrip steering, better yet the brakes were feather touch. You could almost breathe on it and it would come to a stop.
Boogie, that imperial is the best lookimg car you own. Beautiful classic
Boogie? Autocorrect?
@@LordPrometheous yes sir. I should have double checked the text
@@roscop.coaltrain9440 By the way, you were right. That is most definitely the best looking car he owns. A timeless classic. If I'm able to one day, I hope to purchase another '73 Caprice. I found a one-owner, all original with 38K miles on it, back in 95. God I miss that car.
I lived in Newton KS lol! Love your cars man!
Imperial probably gets the same mpg as the H2 only the Imperial has a MUCH MORE cool factor to it and it worth MUCH MORE.
Sell the H2 or the Maserati. You already have a luxury land yacht.
That cheezy, cheap looking Delorean. I never would have looked twice at it.
Wait...that was a California car? A gorgeous, original, unrestored, nearly "Concours" California car? And now you ripped it away from its natural habitat and moved it to the land of Rust Buckets? For the love of God, get it back to Cali!
Upright Ape it’ll be cared for
@The_Large_Moose1974 and older cars are smog exempt in Cali. Send it back before its too late. And its worse with Europeans buying rust-free Ferraris in Cali like ex-Top Gear host Chris Evans did.
No. You guys destroy everything you touch.
Never ever give Hoovie the flashlight. Internet, you have been warned.⚡
"A leak about yea big on the ground".
SOP if it was a Studebaker. Please don't ask me how I know this.
Yay*
Great car!!!
If you didn’t find that hubcap, be careful not to buy a wrong replacement! 1966 used its own unique hubcaps, different to the very similar ones used from 1967 thru 1969.
And get at least a spare one. They’re hard to find!
When I bought my imp it actually had Ford bronco rims. Looked cool enough but I knew they weren’t correct.
I need to know: Did you find the missing hubcap? Please say yes
Yes. Find that hubcap. They don't grow on trees.
Yes
Happy now I hope?
he should sell the Eldorado this car is a better replacement
I love the suspension on that Imperial and how the wheels didn't start to rise with the car until after it had gone up about a foot or so.
They had a hella soft ride, and were heavier than anything else from that period.
@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 The torsion bar suspension in the front was marvelous - gave a very smooth ride because of the very low friction of the design. Loved our '66 Imperial.
I LOVE THIS CAR SO MUCH....next video...Why I;m selling my Imperial
lol ..... no lights
Besides the wizard has his own channel now😳😁
What is his channel?
@@gangatalishis car wizard
We need a full 3 minute video of you opening and closing the top on that car 😎
I do like that Imperial. Good purchase - enjoy it!
Agreed
7:30 I spy a cracked weld on your cross member sir.
100% you did, A+. OLD cracked weld on the front side of what looks like a body mount ear.
Must've hit a Nokia.
Ran over a Kia
Wizard better be giving you some discounts lol!
He already put his 7 kids through college at this point.
Those 2 pieces of foam for the speaker rattle seem quite expensive at 80-100 bucks.
I know right??
It's not the foam that cost, it is the labor. He's not going to just slap some foam/rubber on it, he's going to have to make sure he gets rid of the rattle while not messing up the original aesthetics of the car.
It is Wizard Foam!
Big puddles of water are always hiding. Huge potholes
😱
That is why I stay away from puddles. I don't mind getting my car dirty or spraying down a pedestrian because that is always fun. Speaking of spraying down people, I adjusted one of my washer fluid nozzles so it points at the sidewalk so I can spray down people that I am driving by.
That’s how the police can tell the drunk drivers in Ohio, they aren’t avoiding the pot holes
Sir Mounted 🤣😱😮
That song just started playing in my head .....little bit psycho🤣🤣🤣🤣
zorak1704 Holy trail of tears and missing hubcaps Batman
Please don’t sell this amazing car
We need this in our lives
It is very nice.
But did you find the hub cap, that can't be cheap to replace.
Tom Dubill They had dozens of these wheel covers at The Original Hubcap Shop in San Francisco, but that was a while ago.
Youve got a bad heater core Hoovie. Nice looking Imperial. That missing hubcap probably weighs 30 pounds lol...
You should get a Tascam DR-10 to put on the wizard, so that we can hear him better in the video.
Well - the Wizard could improve the gas mileage some - ask him about a Gear Vendors overdrive unit. Likely won't be "inexpensive" however. Your welcome. :-)
Reggie Reginato Ummm it likely has 2.80 gears. You will run into low oil pressure on the engine and transmission, and the transmission will slip if you slow the engine down much more. Chrysler engineers were actually intelligent back then unlike today where they are just retards hired to make stuff cheaper
Built like a tank? IT IS A TANK..
Indeed mate
Tanks were built like this car.
The crumple zone is the Pinto you run into
@@thelastmemphian not get all tech on you but these cars were built with the "solid cage" concept: encase the driver in iron = safer. They discovered though that the impact force was then transferred directly to the passengers and it wasn't a good idea after all.
I had a friend who owned a 1969 or 70 Chrysler Imperial with the 200 lbs front bumper. He rolled it end for end and the doors still worked and he drove it home.
@@muskokamike127 I have trouble with these ideas at times, though I know they have merit -- race cars, drag cars, NASCAR, F1 -- all vehicles with extremely rigid constructions and drivers tightened down so their bodies barely move whatsoever during crashes. Yet at 120+ mph crashes I'd rather be in one of those vehicles than any 'uber-safe' crumble-zone engineered car.
"I'm going to charge you for the one squirt." Line of the year.
The Wizard jumped up mighty quick from the driver's seat when he heard sperm
Mitchell Gildea he didnt wanna get pregnant 😂😂
@@JDMHaze 😂💀
that was used for the 60s green hornet Black Breauty car
When toyota prius broke and lincoln is more reliable
*what planet is this?!?*
well this car is a chrysler, and its old
Scotty Kilmer just yesterday said not to buy a new Toyota... so we must be in Bizarro World or the Mirror Universe or something.
Hoovie ordering the heater core on his own so that the Wizard doesn't tax him 😂
Gotta really like it
Quality That can’t be replicated
Rolls Royce is standing at distance laughing at that 2nd statement of yours 🤣🤣
Symbolic Bass that car cost hoovie half his utube earnings 💰😱
The broken down Rolls-Royce Product
There's isn't enough steel supply left to make anymore of those. If they build it, somebody's skyscraper isn't gonna get completed.
SuperN0va They’ll have to dissemble a complete one and use the building structure to make the frame.
@Burleon you telling me a 563hp v12 is boring?
Come on Hoodie! Those are classic signs of a defective heater core! Even I knew that and I was a mechanic for 42 years.
Doug the kind of guy to take a photo of a random T-shirt on his bedroom floor and sign it and sell it for $50.00
Wrong channel?
Your driver door was SOOOO CLOOOOSE to that pole!! Yikes!!
Future Hoovie video: I Bought the Cheapest Bugatti La Voiture Noire in the country!
LoL thank you, you actually just made me laugh
Where the hell do you and Doug DeMuro rake in all this money at a young age to purchase all of these awesome vehicles?
2 things:
The Wizard is called Jenny (check the ebay page)
Did you find the missing hubcap?
this brings back memories ,I used to have an 4 dr hard top - 64 ' Imperial Crown/Lebaron : it had adjustable swivel bucket front seats, a fat man steering wheel, plush pillow like velour everywhere , Zenith HI-Fi stereo speakers, 8 track , 440-4brl / interceptor that some one had swapped in . God I miss er!
Cruising at 90? Little bit over the limit there Hoovie! Nice ride between gas stations though!
He's cruising in Mexico. LoL
Despite the OPEC friendly fuel consumption, I still love this Imperial...Belissimo !
It's only because Cadillacs and Lincolns actually sold more than Imperials that people think they are the best land yachts...but Imperials are the best!
The Imperial was rivaled in quality only by the Lincoln. The Cadillacs were shit in comparison.
Gene Barry drives one of these in "Columbo" 1968.
his was a 67-68 but was very close to this one.
@@RADIUMGLASS 67+ was an entirely different chassis. Imperial migrated to the unibody Chrysler C-body chassis shared with Chryslers, Dodges, and Plymouths. It superficially resembled the previous generation but structurally it didn't really have much in common at all.
@JAG it was Columbo. It was a T.V movie. 3 years later the actual series started in 1971. Look up "Prescription Murder". It was on TH-cam a few years back but got pulled down.
Dude just ripping you off 80 bucks or 100 for a rubber strip that you can buy for 25 dollars in Walmart or home Depot and install yourself 🤦😂😂😂
Professional's cost money, usually $80 an hour plus material's. They also provide thing's like warranty work on faulty parts or thing's like liability if something they worked on failed and you crashed because of it...... Just saying....
Car be like: I'm broken
Hoover be like: come here
True story
Have you considered an EFI carb. and elec. ignition? Might help on your MPG.
Might get all of 11 MPG highway.
No point in trying to save MPG in an ancient land yacht
@@thelastmemphian I resemble that remark Lol
8:12 Car Wizard Osha approved, my mechanic would crinnge at this insurance nightmare lol.
Well, mr wizard is starting a youtube channel with the help of hoovie so they dont exactly have the same service provider/client relationship that an average joe would have with their mechanic. Some stunts are acceptable for the shot. =)
give the wizard finally a microphone😩
Did you find the hubcap?
The mystety that will haunt us till the end of days.
This may be my car of any you've bought I'd most want to own myself. I don't think you're going to find an unrestored survivor example of that in any better shape. It was obviously stored in ideal conditions with no real rust on that frame (most light pickup trucks don't have frames that solid). I know you make your money cycling cars in and out, but I hope you hold onto that one for a while to enjoy.
You need a wagon...custom Cruiser, Caprice, Roadmaster..sth like that
I nominate Roadmaster with LT1 and no wood paneling on the sides
Mitchell Gildea nah it’s Hoovie...he needs wood panels
@@grunkohlaktionar7474 actually I agree
Fill your coolant bottle with cologne, it's a feature XD
More interesting than usual...if he’ll keep it long enough to make it worth watching and keep up with that would be cool
Help me Mr. Wizard. Trizzle, trazzle, trezzle, trome, time for this one to come home.
"Big trucks have drum brakes..." Yea, cuz its as big as one 😄, but even those haven't had them the last 15yrs. Maybe you should do a disc brake upgrade...?
Leofred those are huge 12in drums, properly setup and not horrible beaten those drums will stop fine. Why change something that has no issues?
@@CurtisOrionJonesBA-kn6km But still less than he spent on most other cars...
@@Suburbanhotrods Cuz a soft Hoovies restomod would make it a legend
discs might stop better, but drums have better holding power. which is why trucks still have thenm
@@shoominati23 But a slightly better holding power cant replace the better brake feel, cooling and stoping distance tho. And discs sheds the dust better, it doesn't accumulate
Tyler falls in love with every car .... sell them after six month to buy another ones. Love him !!!!!!
I absolutely love this thing. bring back land yachts!
Once full electrification happens it will be the return of the domestic car industry.
put a cop 440 motor in it
found your hubcap...it'll cost you the Delorean
We're gonna need an "Everything broken on my Jeep Gladiator" soon
Hoovie doesn't make videos that long.
@@thatrealba shieshhhh, imagine, that's gonna be a shopping list for a year
OMG I LOL'D when he yelled, "GIVE ME MY LIGHT BACK!" 😆
When my steering wheel squeaked like that is was a ball joint.
You got one of last good Imperials; if I remember right, 1966 was the last year Imperial used a stand alone chassis that wasn't shared with other Chrysler products.
Your Imperial has a separate frame on body, vs unitized body on every other Chrysler product. In 1967, Imperial was put on the regular Chrysler body in the re-design to save money since Imperials always sold less than than Cadillac and Lincoln. After 1966 model year, Imperial became a slightly higher trim New Yorker model and the built like a tank feeling was lost.
That's not quite accurate. Yes, 66 was the last year of the full-frame, but the 67-73 unibody Imperial platform was completely different from C-body Chryslers like Newport/New Yorker. They were wider, longer (actually I think 73 Imperial is longest non-comercial car produced) longer wheel base, and bigger wheel bolt circle than the smaller C-body cars. That changed in 1974 when Imperial went to the standard C-body platform, and yes, was just a fancier New Yorker. When Imperial was discontinued after 1975 model year, that same design became the "New Yorker Brougham".
Imagine buying a new Imperial in 1975 and in 1976 the almost identical car was sold as a New Yorker for $1,000+ less 😲
Did you find the hubcap?
Heater core is leaking. Important.....HAVE THE ORIGINAL ONE REPAIRED! Unless you can find an original new part.
The heater core is waaaaaayyyyyy deep into that car. Under the dash way deep.
Lots of labor.
Do it right and do it once.
Aftermarket heater cores don’t leak....sometimes.....and they are made with fewer tubes and fins meaning marginal heat output.
Have yours fixed and pressure tested.
Great car!
Heater core is leaking most likely. Steering is probably old bushings.
We had a 79 cordoba with a 4 barrel 318 2 dr, T tops, was so nice on the highway.
Torsionbar front suspension floated down the rd. Posi trac rear end pushed the old girl through the snow like a 4wd.
Chrysler and its counterparts yrs ago made some of the nicest " land yachts" .
My uncle had. 1972 imperial with a 440
" super commando" under the hood.. He
Had 2 cherry bomb glasspacks on his..
It sounder soooo gd lol.
You should replace/fix the windshield wiper's, if you get the reference to the movie called Killer Car Christine 😉😂
Is it just me or is that murcliago always at the wizards?
I agree with you on the appeal of the 1966 Imperial convertible. It's great that you are bringing back into top condition.
A couple questions: 1, do you use a lead additive in the gas, or did a previous owner get the heads some hardened valve seats? Also, do you have a gas station nearby that sells ethanol-free gas? Because ethanol does some nasty stuff to old rubber hoses.
Love how he is always ripping on the European cars!
Love that car. One of the best there is!
Horsepower? Max velocity? Real mpg?
I’ve never seen The Wizard move so fast as when you mentioned “sperm whale oil”!
The Mighty Chrysler Imperial. Registered as "Imperial" only from 1955 to 1966.. with '67 models they went back to being Chryslers. 1965 was the best sales year for soft tops. The top three luxury convertibles sold as follows:
Cadillac deVille - 19,209
Lincoln Continental- 3,356
Chrysler Imperial - 633
Woah that interior looks soooo nice
dude.. im an Audi Tech...AUDIS are hella expensive to fix right? well dude this guy is charging u way too much... 150 to reseal a pan about a (45 -60min job), 100 bucks to glue some foam on a speaker grill 5-10 min job, heat riser rattle .. just to add a spring 100$ will take (5-10min)..100 bucks to pop a seal in the diff.. 25-30 min job ... most of these things like the spring and grill foam would be done on the house for a loyal customer... man so 850$.. i would of charged you 100 for pan reseal. 75 for diff seal, free foam, free spring install, 375$ for the heater core.. so like 550$ and i would if gave you a flash light..