Chrysler Imperials Path of Destruction
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- čas přidán 4. 11. 2014
- With all the talk about the controversial Imperials being raced lately i thought i was focus a video on one particular model which managed an impressive 6 meetings causing some massive crashes and leaving behind some devastating wrecks.
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So that's what 4 tons of American made does at a banger race, those old imperials are King of demo derby in USA.
They are so good that under USA rules the Imperials are ILLEGAL!
I had an old plymoth savoy, it had 3ft between the front bumper and the radiator. It was a land tank
As opposed to a sea tank 😂
imperials vs. anything they come out on top mostly banned in north America
great hits, tough, tough car. great video, thanks for loading it.
Epic! it even took on Wild Bill's stretch.
I saw the one at the 2014 world at ipswich.what a beast they are.The way it keeps coming back for more really reminds me of the horror film "christiene".Its always a shame the old classics getting wrecked especialy at these Amble meets were over 100 are destroyed in one night.But dont blame the drivers.Its upto the people selling these cars to choose who has it and who dosnt.Bangers are as good as they have ever been unlike the dropping turnouts from other formulas.Which is a shame.I raced ministox then 2 litre stocksaloons and would love to race for spedeworth again.And i guess it would have to be national bangers as there now the only formula that you can still follow people in..
Great video thanks for sharing
What camera do you use?
Matt small had one a few years ago did a lot of meetings too, firecracker, civil war and a few more, what material american yank tank at its best :-)
Some of those head ons were solid 😮😮😮
That was one of the most beautful examples of racing Ive ever seen. Im from the midwest USA where demo derbies are common, but this race was extraordinary!
Should’ve played the theme song from the movie Jaws throughout the video.
Good action in that one makes me wanna go again 😊
Did anyone go to Imperials vs the world that demolition derby that was just yesterday. It was in Whitney Point New York
Chrysler Imperial. Unstoppable instrument of death praying for war!
Check out the videos Pine City Imperials put up by Dwight Eisenhower. All "yank tank" derby heats and they are surely hard to kill.
The real "secret" to the cars were you didn't have to baby the front end. If you know the cars well enough, you'd notice that the front fenders were welded to a steel header panel that attached them together across the front above the grill, and another in the vent intake between the back of the hood and th bottom of the windshield. Once you bolted the flat hood down tight into the "hole" it sat in, as opposed to on like most cars, it was a one piece front clip. No matter how hard you hit it, it would only wrinkle a little at a time.
After these were banned, because if you had five or six running against each other, it might have been whoever had the most fuel would win. With the largest legal gas tank, that could be the next morning (LOL). Many switched to the the full sized GM wagons. Lower the tailgate about an inch or two, then weld it everywhere you could, then it was close to being as strong as a Imperial.
DDS029 the sedan caprice is stronger i think. If its not so rusty and they weld the trunk up so its a one piece rear and front end it might be even stronger than a wagon because the roof will always make it bend down.
damn at 250 that dude probably got whip lash..lol
Sounds alot like a aussie hemi 265 6cylinder in that ruthless beast,I cant think of any other old 6 cylinder that will scream like that its definitely not a v8.
- its a 'cologne' v6 id imagine as is the banger boys engine of choice, that and the 'essex' v6
Because the v8s are to big and heavy n take up to much space, besides they can get over 200hp out of a lil 2.9 ya know
Another tic-bit yay-hoo wrecking an American masterpiece.
A lot of people over there probably couda really used parts off that car.
Still...great video!!!!!
Really? How many restored Imperials have you seen? You don't even see them in Hersey, PA, or at Barrett-Jackson, or Meacum. Pick up an AutoTrader or a Hemming's Motor News and see how many are available. Most guys, if they want to go in that direction, go with DeSoto's to really be different.
BTW, a car club I belonged to took an Imperial of that era. Gave it a custom paint job, custom hand lettered, used polished stainless steel for firewalls, restored the vinyl top, polished all the bright work, quick re-chrome of the bumpers, new chrome reversed rims, new 6-ply whitewall tires, showed it at a few cars shows, including Autorama in Detroit.
Then, popped the bright work off as per the rules, and ran it against other local clubs in a grudge-match demo derby. Why do all that to a kind of cool car, just to wreck it? That's just the way we rolled, in the mid 80's. 😈🙈😝
lol @ 231gnx rolling wrecking balls.
Why doesn't it have a V8 in it?
The engine was probably worth far more? Maybe bought as a rolling chassis and received a Ford 6-pot. Leaves a lot of room at the front to soak up damage. Acceleration doesn't matter when there's that much metal moving. The 6-pot engine maybe has better acceleration and the stick-shift manual trans is far stronger.
Has that thing got a Ford 'Essex' V6. Sure didn't sound like a V8.
Maybe the engine & drive-train was sold on long ago.
- essex or cologne v6 id imagine - cologne being the better of the two
My guess would be for fuel economy. You could only get it so fast in such a small track, so you only needed to be close on power-to-weight ratio. Because you would need enough gas to run it long enough if at the end you were facing another Imperial, and had to have enough gas to out run it.
If follow-ins are banned in every other banger formula why not in national bangers as well?
I see no sense whatsoever in piling into the back of a car that is already stopped.
If you are driving modern cars then they just can't take the sort of rear end collision the older iron can, the buggers fold up like an envelope.
So,why not keep that sort of thing a D.D.
NJPurling it is pureley if there are no dents in the back, drivers dont like that. They want everything destroyed even if the car doesnt run anymore
At least it's only yank tanks they're destroying and not proper classics like Escorts, Sierras and so on... You can always rely on Jonesy to put on a good show as well.
Fuckin' thing's a beast :-)
Don't worry...it'll buff out, it's an Imperial !! 😂😂
What a waste!! They shouldn't allow Chrysler Imperials in derby's. Chose a regular plymouth, dodge, chevy or Ford for all the Derby's.
These ain't derbys. It's Banger racing, which has higher and faster impacts than derbies. They race round ovals allowing them to get up to speeds of 60mph, and some even go this speed when they go for the crash. Highly entertaining. Imperials are now banned from banger racing as they were deemed far to strong against the other cars we race.
lewis parry But still what a waste. I don't understand why people have to destroy the good cars. It is entertaining and I myself enjoy watching them but it breaks my heart to see classic cars like the Imperial being destroyed. There should be more cars banned like other Chrysler's, Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Thunderbird's, and more. That's why I say to use the regular everyday beat around cars like Dodge, chevy and ford. There are many more of them to use up anyways.
+AMCNorthstar 93 the issue we have over here is that people are quick to complain when a classic sort after car is getting raced but nobody wants to pay the money to save them. The racers who buy these cars pay the money the seller wants therefore they have every right todo what they want with them, and half the time the parts go towards keeping other cars on the road. These imperials however were imported from America. A few guys from one team imported 4 of them over, God only knows what they paid.
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Watch this to see how the others faired
lewis parry What country is this in?? I thought it was in America? Maybe not...Europe??
I know what your saying that when someone buys a car, they can do whatever they want to it. But classic cars like the Imperial should not be destroyed in Derby's or Banger Racing. That is just wrong. These cars are worth restoring and driving with the other classic cars of that era.
Yes this certainly is a crime. Watching this saddens me to think what wonderful well made cars the Imperials were. Very sad to end up like this. I am glad I will only see this once.
Definitely NO 'Like' for this one.
It wouldn't be so bad but the car was actually in a restorable state. Bought direct from the US just to be smashed up here. To me they have no respect for classics. They say they can buy and they can do what they want with it, but if they like banger racing, find a car that wouldn't be as valuable or rare. And these people wonder why the classic community dislike them?
v8cool 2 I agree,but granadas gone,just jags n the odd rolls now as as bigger rwd cars go,theres a shortage.
@@v8cool231 Thats just metal, you can build them again anyway 😂
they should be banned they could hurt somebody one day and its not exactly fair on the other drivers who are using cars that are not built like a tanks unlike these imperials. sorry but I can see somebody getting seriously as a result of an imperial.
CZcamsr 85 Most of the other cars are so rusty, they just bend up and absorb a lot of the energy.
Not mention the ones in good shape are like $20,000 no one’s going to destroy a mint condition classic
Imperial were a proper banger shame orci banned them
VERY GOOD AMERICAN CARS
Oh yea! American car tearing it up in a British event! Front ends of those things will not bend!
Some proper shit blurry footage there
Gotta laugh at the thought of Americans looking up "Chrysler Imperial" then coming across this video and thinking "what is this absolutely insane shit!?". They probably can't fathom racing where cars actually try to hit/crash/spin each other.
what gets them is the speed, their demo derbys are slow mud plugging events
@@messylaura Battle of the most durable radiators
64 to 66 are even stronger the older ones no were as strong
ken hall 62-63 were similarly tough if you prebend the metal the right way and put better bumpers on it
The frames are pretty much the same from the late 50s (57? I think?) thru the 66 imperials, I've even seen some other late 50s Chrysler/dodges that had that massive 8" wide frame under it like the imperial... but for the older ones it's a lot to do with prepping the car and pre-bending it. On the winged imperials you fold the wings down to the trunk lid and run althread to the frame, or weld it to the trunk lid if allowed.. on the front end, where the fenders over hung above the head lights you beat that down and weld or bolt it to the core support or even top of the bumper depending on what bumper and where it's mounted and how much the sheet metal over hangs... I've personally only ran boxcar (64-66) imperials but I've seen some tough early 60s ones and also done a good bit of research on making the older ones tough because I was going to run a 61 imperial one time until they banned imperials at the tracks I ran mainly because everyone got tired of being beat by my 64, I'd annihilate fresh cars with it, the ole girl still had some runs left in her, it broke my heart to put it in the crusher...
they are imperial, not chrysler! and they are too damn rare to demo them! a lot of good parts on them if they are not worth saving to restore! demoing them is bullshit!
You're bullshit.
They are Chrysler, you dipshit!
Well, technically they aren't Chryslers, in the same way that Lincolns aren't technically Fords but are owned by the same company.
Stupide game with a Chrysler impérial!
Die genauso böse Schwester von Christine! Sieht gemein und furchteinflößend aus. Mich schauderts. Und der Fahrer ist super!
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