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1955 Chrysler Imperial on 2040-cars

US $7,500.00
Year:1955 Mileage:98719 Color: White /
 White
Location:

El Monte, California, United States

El Monte, California, United States

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Rare 1955 Imperial Newport 2 door. One of only 3418 ever built, this vehicle is from my
father’s car collection. My father purchased the car in 1995 from a man in Oakland Ca. During his ownership here
in California he kept the car garaged and drove it occasionally on club functions. The battery is new and the 331
Hemi engine starts right up. The car runs, drives and stops well. The master cylinder and power brake booster were
replaced a few years ago. The car comes with real wire wheels. The glass all looks good. The car has some pitting
of the chrome, some surface rust in a few spots, some surface cracking of the leather interior, one tear in the
seats (measuring about an inch long). Original color is cream and it is now painted white with the gold top.
Hagerty valuation tools lists the value of this car at $79,700 if it were restored to “#1 Concours” condition
and at a value of $16,800 if in “#4 Fair” condition. This car meets or slightly exceeds the #4 condition
description but is not a “#3 Good” example, in my opinion.
Brief History of the 1955 Imperial: With understated elegance and a well-deserved reputation for excellent
engineering, the Imperial marked the pinnacle of the Chrysler product line. Notably, 1955 marked the registration
of Imperial as a separate marquee within the Chrysler Corporation, and the completely new-for-1955 models benefited
from the full stylistic influence of the renowned Virgil Exner.
For 1955, Imperials were available in two forms: the C-69 short wheelbase version known as the Newport Coupe or
Sedan, along with the C-70 long wheelbase sedan version named the Crown Imperial. Featuring excellent build
quality, the upscale Imperial was priced from $4,483, providing a very attractive alternative to the contemporary
offerings from Cadillac and Lincoln.

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Thu, 06 Jun 2013

Despite its refusal to recall 2.7 million Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty models this week over a gas tank fire risk, Chrysler will be recalling 630,000 Jeep Compass (pictured), Patriot and Wrangler vehicles around the globe for a pair of entirely different reasons.
The affected Compass and Patriot models are all from the 2010 to 2012 model years - 254,000 in the United States, 45,400 in Canada and 109,000 elsewhere in the world. In these models, a software error may result in the late deployment of the side airbags and seatbelt tensioners. In the event of a crash, failure of these systems could result in more serious injuries for the vehicle's occupants.
Jeep's go-anywhere Wrangler also faces a separate recall due to power steering fluid lines that can possibly wear a hole in the transmission oil cooler line. According to Chrysler, the vehicles could then leak fluid, possibly damaging the transmissions. Roughly 221,100 Wrangler models are being recalled because of this issue, all of which are fitted with Jeep's 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine. In the US, 181,000 vehicles are affected, with an additional 18,400 in Canada and 21,700 additional units worldwide. A Chrysler spokesperson said that no crashes or injuries have been reported with either case, according to the Associated Press.

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Executives may call the shots day-to-day at the world's leading automakers - much as they do at any other corporation - but the ultimate decision-making body remains the board of directors. And Chrysler has just named six new members to its board.
The appointments include Hermann Waldemer, the former CFO of Philip Morris International - the tobacco giant whose Marlboro brand has funneled untold billions into Ferrari as the Scuderia's title sponsor for decades, and on whose board Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne sits. Waldemer replaces Doug Steenland, who came to the Chrysler board after Northwest Airlines (at which he served as CEO) merged with Delta, and whose term on the board expired just days ago.
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Today, the Humvee might be as associated with the dead automotive brand from General Motors as it is with the hard-working truck that has long served as one of the backbone vehicles of America's military. But Autoline host John McElroy is showing off a practically unknown part of the model's story by digging out some old photos from his personal archive.
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle project, better known today as the Humvee, can be traced back to a US Department of Defense request for bids to build a new military truck. According to McElroy, he was invited to the Chrysler proving grounds in 1981 to check out the bid from the brand's defense division. The company's concept was that it might be able to build an inexpensive, capable vehicle by using off-the-shelf parts.
The angular body panels gave the truck a look almost like a modern, stealth vehicle. However, the flat look was actually just to make the tooling as cheap as possible to produce. Still, this Chrysler looked surprisingly futuristic for the early '80s. It's actually not too far away from the famous Lamborghini LM002, itself intended as a possible military-spec machine.