The 64 through 66 Imperials are my favorites of all Imperial model years. This one is beautiful, the color is a unique shade of blue. The rear bumper and taillight assemblies are from a 64 or 65. The 66s have all red taillight lenses and the back up lights are mounted in the lower part of the bumper. Up until the 65 model year, the Imperials came with the 413 c.i.d engines. Then in 66, Chrysler moved the Imperials to the 440 cid. In any event, these Imperials have the most beautiful and elegant lines than any other Imperials. All the body lines flow together as they should on all cars, but don't. I owned a 66 4 door hardtop Crown for several years, I wish I still had it. Just gorgeous!
Mine too! My problem with the ‘67-‘75 Imperials were that instead of making the car distinctive, Chrysler shared body frames with their other divisions. The late 60’s Imperials looked way too much like a lot of the Plymouths that shared the same body frame, mostly the Plymouth Fury.
A beautiful Imperial! Thanks for featuring it. The 1964 through 66 Imperials are one of my top all-time favorite cars. They are magnificent in many ways. If you're a Mopar fan, you know the grill, headlights, and push button drive of the 64 differ from the 65 and 66 model years. The 66 was fitted with Chrysler's legendary 440 cubic inch engine. Prior to that, it was the 413 cubic inch engine. The 65s and 66s had the non split grill and "headlights" under glass." A Chrysler exclusive that was shared with the 65 Chrysler New Yorkers. I was 10 years old in 1965 and already an American car Gearhead. The 1965 styling refresh of all Chrysler full-size cars was completely different from earlier model years. They were bigger and sharper, and they resembled the early 60s Lincoln Continentals. Elwood Engle designed both the Continental while at Ford Motor Company, and he then moved to the Chrysler Corporation, which explains the same look, although he managed to capture the Chrysler look that was very distinct at the time. When you look at a Chrysler, they had a way of looking back at you. I think it was the angel of the headlights. It gave the cars a nice pet like personality. I liked that. The rear styling of the Imperial was very classy and very elegant at the same time. The squared off spare tire hump and the shape of the taillights fit the Imperial perfectly. I owned a silver metallic, with gray cloth seats trimmed with black leather 66 Crown 4 door hardtop. Again, very elegant. I did miss the Chrysler push button drive, a Chrysler Corporation standard. The rotating barrel speedometer helped to keep the Imperial unque. For a car of its size and its powerful 440 engine, torque bar front and leaf spring rear suspension gave it good handling and a very comfortable ride. The Imperials were luxurious and in a league of their own when compared with Cadillac and Lincoln. I don't know why they were never quite as popular. They had it all.
He never drove anyone anywhere. He always had a chauffer, or Miss Jane would drive him in her car. How could you think that the distinguished Milburn Drysdale would be so gauche as to drive his own car? Really?!
@@paulk9985 Actually in the Granny Learns to Drive episode he’s driving and lets Miss Jane out on the passenger side. But yes, I’m sure if they all went out it would be a chauffeured affair.
@@curtcollett2893 Wow, I will have to look for that episode. I thought for sure Granny would have driven the truck. But since Pearl owned it, I guess she wanted to upgrade. Granny for Possum Queen!
@@paulk9985 It just happened to be in that episode that Mr. Drysdale pulled up in front of the mansion with Miss Jane. Granny wasn’t driving the Imperial haha.
The same color as JFK s Lincoln Limousine. In fact, this Impérial LeBaron would have been good for JFk. Thanks for this lovely presentation. Johnny Montreal Canada
Interestingly, these Imperials (1964-66) were designed by the same man who designed the Lincoln Continentals so associated with the Kennedy administration. So they would indeed have fit in just as well. They have that classiness so often associated with the Kennedys.
LEBARON (especially 61 through 66) were the ultimate Luxury LAND YACHTS! This beauty takes it to the next level of OTT excessive American Luxury vehicles! 🏆👑 😎
Now that is what a formal limousine should look like. Old school. Not too many people use limos anymore outside of weddings. Even the very wealthy generally drive themselves. But back in the day if you were a movie star or a captain of industry you were kind of expected to live that lifestyle.
By definition a formal limousine would not have the rear quarter windows and for Imperials like this, that meant that the band over the roof and the leather padding came forward to the back of the rear doors. There are a few of those around too as it was an option.
Traditionally limousines had black leather for the chauffeur's compartment and very fine woolen broadcloth for the passengers. Very rarely did they have leather in the rear.
The designer of the '61 Continental (Elwood Engel) jumped to Chrysler and designed another beautiful car the Imperial). The '65 Chrysler was another beautiful Engel design.
Engel did an excellent job with it, especially considering he was forced to work with the bones of the late 50s Imperial. The wraparound windshield is the giveaway, carried forward because Chrysler couldn’t justify the cost of a full retooling for the small sales volume.
Strangely, the exterior door handles could be from a current automobile. The ones on the jump seats look more like the those of the 60s and older cars.
Back in 1971 in San Sebastian, Spain I looked over a four door Dodge Bareinos based on US Dodge Dart but with an upgraded finish and superb dashboard to almost make these cars small Benz and BMW competitors for the spanish market.
Barreiros assembled Dodge Darts and Dodge trucks in the 60's and early 70's. Unlike in the US market, most had a luxurious level of trim and appointments, and were marketed to and driven by CEOs, Bishops, bankers, Generals, that is, Spain's upper crust, and often not by the owner but by a chauffeur.
Just shows you that you could make as big an entrance with this car as you could with any Rolls-Royce or Mercedes, and maybe bigger. And your local garage mechanic could repair every system on it.
Absolutely beautiful, such care and detail. Heard in one video I watched about a Chrysler imperial Labaron think it was a 1961, assembly line work was slower for some of these models, can see why, think a regular size garage might not be big enough, may have to practically put it in a personal "warehouse", or something like that
This is probably the first one I've seen from the Barreiros team....all others were from the Ghia arrangement....crazy expensive (at least comparable to a fully loaded Lehmann-Peterson Lincoln). I had often wondered how the Imperial conversions fared under Spanish workmanship compared to the efforts in Ghia....
The 1965 Ghia limo cost $18,500 new & ten were built, Ghia Coachworks of Italy sold the tooling to Barreiros of Spain who produced ten more for the 1966 model year. This would still be considered a 1966 model. Richard J. Conjalka’s book Classic America Limousines is my source.
The rear styling in particular on these Imperials was magnificently imposing. Incidentally, these Imperials can be difficult and expensive to repair. The fenders are not removeable and must be cut off in order to be replaced, just like a Karmann Ghia.
@@MrZdvy I think you'll find that the front fenders on the earlier models are welded to the front fascia and form a single undetachable unit that cannot be unbolted. The sheet metal surrounding the engine bay is essentially one contiguous piece. I have had this demonstrated by a collision expert.
@kirbywaite1586 I think you are confusing techniques of finishing. These cars are full frame and in fact bolted together however, all the front panels are lead filled at the seams thereby creating the famous one-piece front unit. The early 60's Lincoln was assembled by welding this way, NOT Imperial
@ayryz1 Thank you. I stand corrected. Had I known, I would have said that the fenders would be difficult to replace given that they have to be cut off rather than unbolted and removed as is the case with most car bodies. My understand is that when sheet metal is joined in that manner damage to one portion often affects adjacent pieces. I recall old VW beetle ads that highlighted the fact thst a damaged fender could be easily replace because of their being essentially independent. Is the Imperial sheet metal bolted to the frame in addition to being welded together?
Stunning limousine from an era when these cars were done properly. I agree with someone else on this feed though, the velvet interior is simply not of that period? Sadly many of the stunning cloth, brocade, broadcloth style limousine and formal car interiors didn't survive well. The other oddity is the '70's Cadillac Elk grain vinyl top? You get the feeling it's had some work done and let's face it, it's saved the car.
The big soviet zil limousines where heavily influenced by the big 65 chrysler so much so some people said they where a direct copy, The differences being the Soviet cars had coil front suspensions and aluminium engine blocks
I know it's not nice to be negative but to anyone who thinks this car is something you really have to look into the Ghia built Limousines... the quality and attention to detail will blow you away.
Actually I almost forgot Barreiros started as Hispano Suiza ,the builder of high end Automobiles . So Barreiros building Imperial limousines is not shocking
It was Pegaso that picked up the assets of the old Hispano-Suiza. But being a nationalised company it never went to manufacture regular cars, only a couple sports cars with a very limited production run. Pegaso stuck to trucks and buses while the newly formed and also state-owned SEAT was responsible for "motorising" Spain. Barreiros started as a workshop that converted old pre-war petrol engines to diesel in the scarce times of the Spanish post-war. Then it grew to the point of being a competitor to both Pegaso and SEAT. Chrysler took over Barreiros and merged it into Chrysler Europe with French SIMCA and British Rootes.
Kind of funny they use exterior door handles for the jump seats! Also, the rear center "bar" was cheap looking, not burl or anything befitting of a car like this!! Fabulous car for sure! Elegance personified!!
Barreiros is a major truck manufacturer in Spain at one time, the company included a sports car & truck manufacturer Pegaso, during the 60s this company may have been nationalized but had ties to Chrysler until Chrysler pull out of Europe by 1977? The company is now part of stillantise (formerly Fiat and PSA)
beautiful car - I thought the tail lights should be all red with the reverse lights in the bumper - also the A/C compressor tag says “single unit” - the car has dual air conditioning correct? can you explain? Thanks
I like the clean unmarred look of the bumper myself, I don't think moving the reverse light inboard more would have improved the look. Possibly brightwork matching the inset of the light bar could have overlaid the white lens?
The interior door handles! So unique. It's too bad the engine compartment wasn't done in the restoration and the front seat as well. Why didn't they use that pretty blue interior? Maybe originally, the rear interior was black? Just a stunning car. Who ever had this took very good care of it.
It was pretty normal for the front compartment in limousines to be black and the upholstery to be not as fancy as the rear compartment. Also, it was not uncommon for the front seat to not be adjustable due to the constraints of the divider window (although I do not know if this is the case for this particular car). Since these were custom made, one would think they could have accommodated for that when they built them, but there we are. Regardless, I love these old "proper" limousines, which were more elegant and dignified than today's stretch monstrosities. (The Lincoln limousines of the 60s were also very elegant and classy, and while they are literally stretch limos, they were built with a proper sense of proportion and dignity).
@@br.martindallyosb1147 From the passenger side, it almost looks like the bottom of the front bench could slide, but the seat back looks like it is part of the partition.
The upholstery fabric in the rear looks off to me (like a newer velour)…not the heavy silks or wool broadcloth I would expect. Also the ungainly oak looking piece between the jump seats does not go with the fine smooth wood elsewhere. Pretty car with style and such a sleek design.
Interesting that the car also has 1965 style dashboard, trunk lid, rear bumper and backup lights. Also, the jump seat handles are GM exterior door handles!
If this car is indeed a Barreiros, then it has to be a 1966 as the 1965s were all Ghia. That said, the last Ghia or possibly the last two were longer than the rest with rear-facing occasional seats and a different deign of partition just as this has so when the tooling was sold to Barreiros of Spain, the resulting cars were also longer and had these changes. The size of the rear quarter window confirms that it's longer as it's far larger than that of my former 1964 Ghia that I bought when it was only a few years old and owned for many decades. This car, however, is a mishmash of years making its provenance a little unclear. As pointed out, it has a 1966 grille but it has 1964 fender emblems and 1965 wheelcovers. I can't quite see the inserts that are inboard from each taillight but they appear to be the 1964/1966 type (1965's were different) but the rear deck lid is the 1964-1965 style as is the rear bumper. The trim at the tops of the fenders and doors is also the 1964-1965 type. The dash is 1965 and 1965 did indeed have column shift but it still used the cable system of the previous push buttons while 1966 had solid linkage shifting. Which does this have: cable or solid linkage? If cable, then I would say that this is a 1965 that was poorly restored with many incorrect bits and pieces but if solid linkage, then 1966. Additional notes: The top, if original, is leather rather than vinyl and there should be a cover in the trunk over the A/C and radio area.
Gorgeous Imperial. Deserves to have the exhaust tips properly cut and turned down in the original fashion. Who is still having muffler shops put straight exhaust tips out the back, with chrome sleeves? It's not a '52 Chevy lowrider for heaven's sake.
If I would happen to be rich enough to have purchased it new I would want the passenger cabin to be about 10 inches longer. I won't tell my lackies to get their feet out of my space more than once :-)
Some one went to a lot of expense to have this re build limo, would have been a lot simpler to just buy a General Motors made Cadillac limo. Fascinating, great classic.
This Imperial should be in a museum, exquisite.
YES!
I guess these were "barges", but they were GREAT also!
The 64 through 66 Imperials are my favorites of all Imperial model years. This one is beautiful, the color is a unique shade of blue. The rear bumper and taillight assemblies are from a 64 or 65. The 66s have all red taillight lenses and the back up lights are mounted in the lower part of the bumper. Up until the 65 model year, the Imperials came with the 413 c.i.d engines. Then in 66, Chrysler moved the Imperials to the 440 cid. In any event, these Imperials have the most beautiful and elegant lines than any other Imperials. All the body lines flow together as they should on all cars, but don't. I owned a 66 4 door hardtop Crown for several years, I wish I still had it. Just gorgeous!
Mine too! My problem with the ‘67-‘75 Imperials were that instead of making the car distinctive, Chrysler shared body frames with their other divisions. The late 60’s Imperials looked way too much like a lot of the Plymouths that shared the same body frame, mostly the Plymouth Fury.
I love the 1960.
A beautiful Imperial! Thanks for featuring it. The 1964 through 66 Imperials are one of my top all-time favorite cars. They are magnificent in many ways. If you're a Mopar fan, you know the grill, headlights, and push button drive of the 64 differ from the 65 and 66 model years. The 66 was fitted with Chrysler's legendary 440 cubic inch engine. Prior to that, it was the 413 cubic inch engine. The 65s and 66s had the non split grill and "headlights" under glass." A Chrysler exclusive that was shared with the 65 Chrysler New Yorkers. I was 10 years old in 1965 and already an American car Gearhead. The 1965 styling refresh of all Chrysler full-size cars was completely different from earlier model years. They were bigger and sharper, and they resembled the early 60s Lincoln Continentals. Elwood Engle designed both the Continental while at Ford Motor Company, and he then moved to the Chrysler Corporation, which explains the same look, although he managed to capture the Chrysler look that was very distinct at the time. When you look at a Chrysler, they had a way of looking back at you. I think it was the angel of the headlights. It gave the cars a nice pet like personality. I liked that. The rear styling of the Imperial was very classy and very elegant at the same time. The squared off spare tire hump and the shape of the taillights fit the Imperial perfectly. I owned a silver metallic, with gray cloth seats trimmed with black leather 66 Crown 4 door hardtop. Again, very elegant. I did miss the Chrysler push button drive, a Chrysler Corporation standard. The rotating barrel speedometer helped to keep the Imperial unque. For a car of its size and its powerful 440 engine, torque bar front and leaf spring rear suspension gave it good handling and a very comfortable ride. The Imperials were luxurious and in a league of their own when compared with Cadillac and Lincoln. I don't know why they were never quite as popular. They had it all.
I owned a '66 "plain-Jane" (no a.c., no power seat, etc.) I LOVED the POWER, RIDE, AND QUALITY, though!
Mr. Drysdale could drive the whole bank staff in that one.
All along with ellie Mae's animals
He never drove anyone anywhere. He always had a chauffer, or Miss Jane would drive him in her car. How could you think that the distinguished Milburn Drysdale would be so gauche as to drive his own car? Really?!
@@paulk9985 Actually in the Granny Learns to Drive episode he’s driving and lets Miss Jane out on the passenger side. But yes, I’m sure if they all went out it would be a chauffeured affair.
@@curtcollett2893 Wow, I will have to look for that episode. I thought for sure Granny would have driven the truck. But since Pearl owned it, I guess she wanted to upgrade. Granny for Possum Queen!
@@paulk9985 It just happened to be in that episode that Mr. Drysdale pulled up in front of the mansion with Miss Jane. Granny wasn’t driving the Imperial haha.
The same color as JFK s Lincoln Limousine. In fact, this Impérial LeBaron would have been good for JFk. Thanks for this lovely presentation. Johnny Montreal Canada
Interestingly, these Imperials (1964-66) were designed by the same man who designed the Lincoln Continentals so associated with the Kennedy administration. So they would indeed have fit in just as well. They have that classiness so often associated with the Kennedys.
Jackie Kennedy used a 1960 Imperial Ghia limousine as First Lady. It can be see very clearly in footage of her husbands funeral in 1963.
Beautiful color. Reminds me of the original blue on the SS-100-X presidential Lincoln used by President Kennedy.
Indeed!
President Kennedy certainly had good taste...I love the color too! : )
Sadly, we LOST John Kennedy as he rode in a Lincoln! THIS WAS HORRID!
I lived through the Kennedy assassination and aftermath as a young boy.
LEBARON (especially 61 through 66) were the ultimate Luxury LAND YACHTS! This beauty takes it to the next level of OTT excessive American Luxury vehicles! 🏆👑 😎
Literally pieces of rolling artwork!! Great vid
Of all the high end luxury cars, the early to mid sixties Imperial/Le Barons are my fav! I literally would take this beauty over a Rolls!
More QUALITY!
That is one beautiful amazing looking car wow perfect thanks friend have a very nice weekend
So glad to see also that they have installed the proper DUAL exhausts.
Now that is what a formal limousine should look like. Old school. Not too many people use limos anymore outside of weddings. Even the very wealthy generally drive themselves. But back in the day if you were a movie star or a captain of industry you were kind of expected to live that lifestyle.
By definition a formal limousine would not have the rear quarter windows and for Imperials like this, that meant that the band over the roof and the leather padding came forward to the back of the rear doors. There are a few of those around too as it was an option.
Unlike "stretch limos" today; THESE WERE CLASS!
Traditionally limousines had black leather for the chauffeur's compartment and very fine woolen broadcloth for the passengers. Very rarely did they have leather in the rear.
Very true! Even my 54 cadillac limo has that same set up!!
The designer of the '61 Continental (Elwood Engel) jumped to Chrysler and designed another beautiful car the Imperial). The '65 Chrysler was another beautiful Engel design.
Engel did an excellent job with it, especially considering he was forced to work with the bones of the late 50s Imperial. The wraparound windshield is the giveaway, carried forward because Chrysler couldn’t justify the cost of a full retooling for the small sales volume.
Love the "door handle" for the pull down jump seats!
Strangely, the exterior door handles could be from a current automobile. The ones on the jump seats look more like the those of the 60s and older cars.
I owned a 64 back in the day - Loved it!
What a tank. Solid cars. The Imperial were the best of the best. My favorites are the ‘64-‘66. Although I like the ‘68s also. One of these days!
Back in 1971 in San Sebastian, Spain I looked over a four door Dodge Bareinos based on US Dodge Dart but with an upgraded finish and superb dashboard to almost make these cars small Benz and BMW competitors for the spanish market.
If the big limo was a Bareiros, il cerainly was aimed at important people under the Franco regime.
Worth more than anybody could afford. NICE!
Great tour. Thanks. Very unique car
I had a 64, last with push button transmission. Built like a tank!!!
QUALITY!
In all fairness, though, the '64-'66 Imperials make for a wonderful conversion....great lines!
What a beauty!!!
Barreiros assembled Dodge Darts and Dodge trucks in the 60's and early 70's. Unlike in the US market, most had a luxurious level of trim and appointments, and were marketed to and driven by CEOs, Bishops, bankers, Generals, that is, Spain's upper crust, and often not by the owner but by a chauffeur.
I love that car. Wow, need a huge garage to keep it in. Somebody loved this car and took great care of it.
Beautiful. Thank you for posting this. I didn't know about this series of limos.
What a BEAUTY!!!
When I see this car, I think of Milburn Drysdale from the Beverly Hillbillies.
Wow 😮, what amazing great 👍 Limousine American huge car 🥰
DO NOT LIKE "emojis"!
Queen of the road she is gourgeus 😎 cool car 🤟 😊
Just beautiful and
awesome 👌
Back bumper bar is unique.
64 65 style.
Bob Hope would have been proud!!!!
Just shows you that you could make as big an entrance with this car as you could with any Rolls-Royce or Mercedes, and maybe bigger. And your local garage mechanic could repair every system on it.
And a 428 Hemi would bolt in, just for laughs.
These were REAL AMERICAN QUALITY!
66 grill, but 64-65 trunk, taillights. Imperial took over Packard's spot, and even put the AC vents in the same place.
Absolutely beautiful, such care and detail. Heard in one video I watched about a Chrysler imperial Labaron think it was a 1961, assembly line work was slower for some of these models, can see why, think a regular size garage might not be big enough, may have to practically put it in a personal "warehouse", or something like that
This is probably the first one I've seen from the Barreiros team....all others were from the Ghia arrangement....crazy expensive (at least comparable to a fully loaded Lehmann-Peterson Lincoln). I had often wondered how the Imperial conversions fared under Spanish workmanship compared to the efforts in Ghia....
Old School Car. Very nice.
A real gem . Loved looking at it. Thank you for sharing!
Spectacular!!
The 1965 Ghia limo cost $18,500 new & ten were built, Ghia Coachworks of Italy sold the tooling to Barreiros of Spain who produced ten more for the 1966 model year. This would still be considered a 1966 model. Richard J. Conjalka’s book Classic America Limousines is my source.
Yes, considered a 66 model however the actual cars themselves and the VINs are 1965
The rear styling in particular on these Imperials was magnificently imposing. Incidentally, these Imperials can be difficult and expensive to repair. The fenders are not removeable and must be cut off in order to be replaced, just like a Karmann Ghia.
Imperials had unibody construction beginning in 1967.
@@MrZdvy I think you'll find that the front fenders on the earlier models are welded to the front fascia and form a single undetachable unit that cannot be unbolted. The sheet metal surrounding the engine bay is essentially one contiguous piece. I have had this demonstrated by a collision expert.
I owned a '58 Cadillac! These had the SAME "shell construction"! The '66 Imperial was a MUCH BETTER car, though!
@kirbywaite1586 I think you are confusing techniques of finishing. These cars are full frame and in fact bolted together however, all the front panels are lead filled at the seams thereby creating the famous one-piece front unit. The early 60's Lincoln was assembled by welding this way, NOT Imperial
@ayryz1 Thank you. I stand corrected. Had I known, I would have said that the fenders would be difficult to replace given that they have to be cut off rather than unbolted and removed as is the case with most car bodies. My understand is that when sheet metal is joined in that manner damage to one portion often affects adjacent pieces. I recall old VW beetle ads that highlighted the fact thst a damaged fender could be easily replace because of their being essentially independent. Is the Imperial sheet metal bolted to the frame in addition to being welded together?
incredible
Stunning limousine from an era when these cars were done properly. I agree with someone else on this feed though, the velvet interior is simply not of that period? Sadly many of the stunning cloth, brocade, broadcloth style limousine and formal car interiors didn't survive well.
The other oddity is the '70's Cadillac Elk grain vinyl top? You get the feeling it's had some work done and let's face it, it's saved the car.
The big soviet zil limousines where heavily influenced by the big 65 chrysler so much so some people said they where a direct copy, The differences being the Soviet cars had coil front suspensions and aluminium engine blocks
ZIL were handmade like rolls royce also they were on truck frame, they were more like the current cadillac president has.
@Vaughn Matthew Tech actually the build quality of the big zils was excellent they where literally hand built
@@martinburke362 Yes every panel was beaten with a hammer and hand fitted it was small production just like old rolls royce.
Pure American Luxury at it's finest 🧐
Gorgeous car! I always thought the Chrysler / Imperial limos were a step up from the Caddys and Lincolns.
I owned 5 Caddys and 1 Lincoln! These were "average" compared to the Chrysler Imperial and EVEN ('77 New Yorker Brougham") These were SUPERIOR!
Awesome, that is a beast!
A REAL CLASS RIDE!
Nice looking car. Looks like the Green Hornet car
This is a great car wow
I owned a '66 Imperial Crown 4 door...nothing special, I guess....However the BEST real DRIVING CAR I EVER OWNED!
I know it's not nice to be negative but to anyone who thinks this car is something you really have to look into the Ghia built Limousines... the quality and attention to detail will blow you away.
Wow!
CLASS!
Actually I almost forgot Barreiros started as Hispano Suiza ,the builder of high end Automobiles . So Barreiros building Imperial limousines is not shocking
It was Pegaso that picked up the assets of the old Hispano-Suiza. But being a nationalised company it never went to manufacture regular cars, only a couple sports cars with a very limited production run. Pegaso stuck to trucks and buses while the newly formed and also state-owned SEAT was responsible for "motorising" Spain. Barreiros started as a workshop that converted old pre-war petrol engines to diesel in the scarce times of the Spanish post-war. Then it grew to the point of being a competitor to both Pegaso and SEAT. Chrysler took over Barreiros and merged it into Chrysler Europe with French SIMCA and British Rootes.
@@UHF43 I had a 1963 Bertone bodied Simca sport coupe in the USA, Chrysler brought in a lot of Simcas in those days.
Magnificent
I’m surprised by the aircraft style door frames up top. No drip rail! Ford bragged about this style in the 80s, 20 years later!
Cadillac built limos had that type of door frame too, in that era.
Kind of funny they use exterior door handles for the jump seats! Also, the rear center "bar" was cheap looking, not burl or anything befitting of a car like this!! Fabulous car for sure! Elegance personified!!
MUCH better than Fords (Lincoln) and Chevys (Cadillac) of "the era"!
Great car
Una belleza de automóviles
Big mistake for Chrysler to kill off the Imperial.
They tried to bring it back a few times but always screwed it up.
@@MDavidG1 1981-83 as a personal coupe car and again from 1990-93 but slotted under the Chrysler brand again.
Well, they "sorta" brought "Imperials" back a FEW times!
O'how I miss real cars.
I’d drive that 100%
I am surprised that there are no drapes or curtains in the back.
Barreiros is a major truck manufacturer in Spain at one time, the company included a sports car & truck manufacturer Pegaso, during the 60s this company may have been nationalized but had ties to Chrysler until Chrysler pull out of Europe by 1977? The company is now part of stillantise (formerly Fiat and PSA)
beautiful car - I thought the tail lights should be all red with the reverse lights in the bumper - also the A/C compressor tag says “single unit” - the car has dual air conditioning correct? can you explain? Thanks
I like the clean unmarred look of the bumper myself, I don't think moving the reverse light inboard more would have improved the look. Possibly brightwork matching the inset of the light bar could have overlaid the white lens?
The interior door handles! So unique. It's too bad the engine compartment wasn't done in the restoration and the front seat as well. Why didn't they use that pretty blue interior? Maybe originally, the rear interior was black? Just a stunning car. Who ever had this took very good care of it.
It was pretty normal for the front compartment in limousines to be black and the upholstery to be not as fancy as the rear compartment. Also, it was not uncommon for the front seat to not be adjustable due to the constraints of the divider window (although I do not know if this is the case for this particular car). Since these were custom made, one would think they could have accommodated for that when they built them, but there we are. Regardless, I love these old "proper" limousines, which were more elegant and dignified than today's stretch monstrosities. (The Lincoln limousines of the 60s were also very elegant and classy, and while they are literally stretch limos, they were built with a proper sense of proportion and dignity).
the 1965 New Yorker had the same interior door handles - lesser models did not
@@br.martindallyosb1147 From the passenger side, it almost looks like the bottom of the front bench could slide, but the seat back looks like it is part of the partition.
@@br.martindallyosb1147 And with Ford's testing and approval
Green Hornet's alter ego 😊
I presume it does not have the floor mounted (above dimmer switch) radio station scan button (like my moms 66 Crown Imperial)? ;-)
Barreiros: a portuguese name. Very nice Limo !
Galego,Barreiros era galego, non portugués
The upholstery fabric in the rear looks off to me (like a newer velour)…not the heavy silks or wool broadcloth I would expect. Also the ungainly oak looking piece between the jump seats does not go with the fine smooth wood elsewhere. Pretty car with style and such a sleek design.
That fabric has a van conversion look to it
Lots of things are off on this car which I know because I owned one for many decades! I know Dorothy too.
Interesting that the car also has 1965 style dashboard, trunk lid, rear bumper and backup lights. Also, the jump seat handles are GM exterior door handles!
Actually, from FOMOCO
@@wagonmaster1974 hahaha, well, I knew they were not Chrysler Corporation!
Nuts! We're any of the 10 limos, landulets?
Somebody, please explain the 1966 Imperial grill on this 1965 Imperial.
If this car is indeed a Barreiros, then it has to be a 1966 as the 1965s were all Ghia. That said, the last Ghia or possibly the last two were longer than the rest with rear-facing occasional seats and a different deign of partition just as this has so when the tooling was sold to Barreiros of Spain, the resulting cars were also longer and had these changes. The size of the rear quarter window confirms that it's longer as it's far larger than that of my former 1964 Ghia that I bought when it was only a few years old and owned for many decades.
This car, however, is a mishmash of years making its provenance a little unclear. As pointed out, it has a 1966 grille but it has 1964 fender emblems and 1965 wheelcovers. I can't quite see the inserts that are inboard from each taillight but they appear to be the 1964/1966 type (1965's were different) but the rear deck lid is the 1964-1965 style as is the rear bumper. The trim at the tops of the fenders and doors is also the 1964-1965 type. The dash is 1965 and 1965 did indeed have column shift but it still used the cable system of the previous push buttons while 1966 had solid linkage shifting. Which does this have: cable or solid linkage? If cable, then I would say that this is a 1965 that was poorly restored with many incorrect bits and pieces but if solid linkage, then 1966.
Additional notes: The top, if original, is leather rather than vinyl and there should be a cover in the trunk over the A/C and radio area.
No headrests and that glass directly behind the driver doesn't look like a good combination, but awesome car!!
My 1966 Crown's radio was hidden behind a wooden door.
You mean your 67 ?
@@RS-yu4lb and '68
Might want to fix that shift indicator.
Where is that car museum?
The perfect car to isolate a bunch of noisy kids in back 🤪
What size is the motor??
A stunning car and I'm being picky, but at 9:44 you can clearly see that the doors have some issues
Do we REALLY care?!
What are the levers on the doors?
If you mean the one at 3:13, that's the door handle to open the door.
Beauty! Did it ever sell?
It is still available for sale! Feel free to email direct sales@uniqueclassiccars.com
@@uniqueclassiccars Thanks. I have Champagne Taste, soda pop budget. ha ha. Beautiful car though!
The presenter is handsome.
But through the whole video he's breathing heavily like he's about to have a heart attack.
Gorgeous Imperial.
Deserves to have the exhaust tips properly cut and turned down in the original fashion.
Who is still having muffler shops put straight exhaust tips out the back, with chrome sleeves? It's not a '52 Chevy lowrider for heaven's sake.
Pennsylvania car. I can tell by the inspection stickers.
What did the odometer read
The odometer reads 33571 for miles. You can see more pictures at www.uniqueclassiccars.com
that salesman is hot! woof!
413?
How much is the car?
Hi Bert,
We are asking $129900 for the limo! We are open to offers as well! 5073861726
Let the divider window down and tell Jeeves to drive you the Social Security Office so you can start getting your check.
If I would happen to be rich enough to have purchased it new I would want the passenger cabin to be about 10 inches longer. I won't tell my lackies to get their feet out of my space more than once :-)
That's when cars were real
Beautiful car, but I'm guessing its gas mileage is like that for Rainier Wolfcastle's SUV - 1 highway, 0 ctiy. LOL
"HOW MUCH"
His website says $129,000.00
As seen many times in the old 'mission impossible ' TV show!
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Look like a 66 grill assembly.
That's a real limousine, not like the so- called stretch on wheels junk of today.
Some one went to a lot of expense to have this re build limo, would have been a lot simpler to just buy a General Motors made Cadillac limo. Fascinating, great classic.