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Yeah, that is in the garage this week. A whaleboat of a car too. 67 Chrysler Imperial I think it is. Surprisingly, its not in terrible shape, but needs fuel, brakes, ignition work, exhaust and suspension repairs. Someone wants this to drive around in during the summer. Personally, you could make 3 or 4 cars out of the sheet metal on this thing! lol

What i want to know was the flag put in the middles as part of the 1976 days...or post 2001 days

Is that nose all one piece? Thats gotta be a monster to work with

Post 76 days. This car has sat for over 20 years or more in a barn.

Yeah, I think front end nose is one section, but I will have to look closer to know for sure.

Omg that would be bad ass to use as a summer cruiser! I love it!

Barn finds FTW! Very cool! I've seen many barn finds in the past, and honestly, that looks better than all of em', even if it isn't anything special. Original paint in those photos? Or have you guys already done body and paint? Looks very original to me and that right there, is VERY impressive! Chrome, and trim appear to be all intact, body looks straight as an arrow, and I see ZERO rust! Thats a major plus! Get it refinished, (the chrome) or do it yourself if possible, and it could be a very nice restored car. What are your plans? Factory restore? Driver? Resto-mod? Museum piece even? Good starter for that in my opinion...

Just reread before posting... Cool driver, I'd drive it. What kind of shape is the interior in, and is it all there? Low mileage car? Sorry for all the ?'s, but I just love to see olde stuff like this in original condition! LOL Hows the body rust wise, after seeing it in person?

Sorry, but that's one Fugly land cruiser... And I don't even want to THINK about the piss poor fuel mileage it must get.........

I wouldnt care about fuel consumption so much. Its a classic and driven for fun...unless its gonna be a daily driver?
Im not particularly digging the chrysler design back in those days, but nonetheless its a cool car and sat for 20 years, I like that.

2.2H8TA wrote:Barn finds FTW! Very cool! I've seen many barn finds in the past, and honestly, that looks better than all of em', even if it isn't anything special. Original paint in those photos? Or have you guys already done body and paint? Looks very original to me and that right there, is VERY impressive! Chrome, and trim appear to be all intact, body looks straight as an arrow, and I see ZERO rust! Thats a major plus! Get it refinished, (the chrome) or do it yourself if possible, and it could be a very nice restored car. What are your plans? Factory restore? Driver? Resto-mod? Museum piece even? Good starter for that in my opinion...

Just reread before posting... Cool driver, I'd drive it. What kind of shape is the interior in, and is it all there? Low mileage car? Sorry for all the ?'s, but I just love to see olde stuff like this in original condition! LOL Hows the body rust wise, after seeing it in person?

This car is completely original. All of the OEM parts are still on the car, both inside and out. Original paint too. Even all the hubcaps are there. All we are doing is fixing some problems that involve suspension, exhaust, fuel, brakes, etc. Owner will have it cleaned, and it will be driven around as a fun car.

SuzukiGhostRider wrote:Sorry, but that's one Fugly land cruiser... And I don't even want to THINK about the piss poor fuel mileage it must get.........

I agree. Not exactly a classic I would want personally. MPG is about 8.

GTZfan wrote:I wouldnt care about fuel consumption so much. Its a classic and driven for fun...unless its gonna be a daily driver?
Im not particularly digging the chrysler design back in those days, but nonetheless its a cool car and sat for 20 years, I like that.

Yeah, and its one big boat! I can't get over the size of this thing. Its bigger than the 1968 Ford Galaxy I had back in 90.

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Still fugly. He replaced springs, redone all brake components (shoes, pads, cylinders, lines). Still needs a gas tank, exhaust and a lot of TLC though. But it runs and it moves on its own again!

Holy crap that steering wheel!

Are the two fenders a one piece unit? That's what it looks like. It looks like the front clip is all one piece..

Freakin awesome!

No GTU, they aren't Back in those days, seams were soldered together. Dad used to repair vehicles from that genre, and still has the tools to do that kind of work.

Its actually surprising how many seams the body has to make it all look like that. Many cars from the 50s and 60s did that.

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Did anyone notice the push button transmission? Forget Toyota. They had buttons for the transmissions a long time ago.. LOL And it has the lever to the left of the buttons to put it in park. Scary stuff.

I love everything about that car. I'd drive it as is =P.

DTMAce wrote:No GTU, they aren't Back in those days, seams were soldered together. Dad used to repair vehicles from that genre, and still has the tools to do that kind of work.

Its actually surprising how many seams the body has to make it all look like that. Many cars from the 50s and 60s did that.

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Did anyone notice the push button transmission? Forget Toyota. They had buttons for the transmissions a long time ago.. LOL And it has the lever to the left of the buttons to put it in park. Scary stuff.

Must've been just certain cars, because my dad has a '67 Plymouth Belvedere sitting in the garage next to my LeMans and it isn't like that Imperial. The way the imperial is that looks like it would be a ass to replace a fender on. I bet those fins on the dash would be fun to hit your head off of in a wreck.

I noticed the push buttons, but I already knew they had that stuff way back then. BTW the Imperial is a '63 I believe. Not a '67.