The Finest Motorcar: 1954 Chrysler Imperial Limo Revive And Drive
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2023
- I don't think it gets much cooler than the 1954 Chrysler Imperial. If you were riding around in the back seat of this thing in the 50s, you were a big deal. By today's standards, it's humongous, slow, not well equipped, and not all that comfortable a ride - but it's still amazing in my book. And...Hemi! Enough said. @rocketresto
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That's a beautiful example of a very rare car. It's one of only 85 built in 1954. The Motor Wheel Corp. wire wheels are a great add on and that original interior is priceless.
One of 85?! Wow! Unfortunately since it came from an estate I wasn’t able to talk to the previous owner and get more back story or detail on the car. I wish I had. It really is gorgeous. We horsed around a bit in the video, but I hope the love we have for the car is obvious.
@@DeadDodgeGarage It certainly is. 👍
This is like the 1953 Chrysler Imperial sedan that Humphrey Bogart was chauffeur driven to NYC in the film classic “Sabrina” with Audrey Hepburn & William Holden
I love the 331 Hemi. Never owned one, but a motohead friend did and he built it stout. So fun to run around in. Denver, 1977.
I love these old car videos. Awesome to see them still alive.
The back seat is roomy and beautiful car, very unique. Enjoyed seeing the Chrysler Imperial 😁
Such a beautiful old Chrysler more please.
My 1955 Dodge Ram had a Hemi with 6volt battery and started in 6’ below zero weather no problem!
I've owned one of these for 30 yrs. When I bought it, we did a minor engine tune up and installed new spark plugs. It has run like new ever since. There aren't even any body rattles. Collectively considered, it's a pure quality machine.
I have a 54 New Yorker station wagon. Rides WAY better than today's cars.
That thing is absolutely beautiful!
What a awesome car
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Regal is the first word that comes to mind
Makes ya want to make a business trip to Cleveland 🤣 ! Thanks !
What a beautiful car.
Loving these 40’s and 50’s reviews!
Sweet! We share in age. Yup .Like the old stuff videos, Jamie.. Thank you..
The Walter Brennan dessign( elderly man look, with teeth ).😅😅😅😅😅 I love the car.
I think it was the next year (1955) when Chrysler made Imperial its own brand. It took a big 6 volt battery to start that 331 Hemi. In 1956 Chrysler went to 12 volt electrical systems across the board.
Very nice!
What a car... 😍
OK, not an official burnout, but I'll be damned if I did not detect some tire slip in the gravel.
these cars were definitely not tire burners but it had character and they are so finely detailed.
Wow that thing is cool you can fill a lot of record albums in that car have a great day
H E M I. Got to have nice THANSK BILL 🎉❤
Just realized how similar 54 Imperial tail lights are to 55 DeSoto. Guess DeSoto got hand me downs😮. Learned to drive on a55 Black DeSoto Firedome. Loved it and all DeSotos through final 61s. Dead Duck would be a great place for a Dead DeSoto post! 😉
I recently picked a 53 Chrysler New Yorker. Pretty similar but not as nice as the imperial.
I used to live in Olympia! I now call home in Palm Springs, Ca. Inherited a 1960 (British built) Rover P4 100 ("Poor Man's Rolls") The Brits still use my classic as a daily-driver. If I drive my Rover P4 up there to visit my folks, and needed oil change or other minor work, on a vehicle like that???
That is… not in our wheelhouse. I’ve never even seen a Rover 😅
Jenkins, your driving is most displeasing... An instant classic Jamie.
That line has been a staple of every limousine / luxury car test drive I’ve been involved in. This just happens to be the first one that made it to video. Haha.
Such a beautiful car!
That ol' girl is classy.
That sure is a pretty car, it looks big and heavy !
so substantial...stodgy, slightly intimidating, but well built with quality materials. I've ridden in them. So different from the following year when Mopar traded quality and conservativism for flashy style and performance...not necessarily a bad trade as both have their place.
driving Miss Daisy 2, very nice chrysler
Chrysler Limperial at the moment ! lol
Buh-duh ching!
imagine manuevering both zip codes of that car through traffic
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Saw a 55 Packard driving down the road last week in Va. Bch. verry similar, with a I LIKE IKE bumper sticker,
That’s amazing! There was a ‘55 or ‘56 Packard at my shop for a while. Such neat cars.
Get that car fixed up & booked to use in Movies 🎞 🎥
Oh that Jenkins. What a scamp.
😢 Jamie does that make you miss Daisy and the guy driving you mortgage and Freeman but white LOL smile
Something like that
They did make a Town Limousine that was just like this car ; however it had a powered glass partition so it would have been chauffeur driven most likely. This isn’t that.
Thank you.
A good example - appears to be complete?
Yeaaaaaaa buddy
Can you say ... HEMI
Serene.
I believe that the was a 53 or 54 one off Imperial based CORONATION (in white over Royal Purple) with special trim and interior built for QUEEN ELIZABETH II s visit to the US? Don't where it may be now. Probably a museum.
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While a beautiful Imperial, I don't believe it is really a Limo. At that time Chrysler Limos had extended length and wheelbase and 8 passenger capacity. Still, it is an Incomparable Imperial! 👍
It’s not a limo. I have since become enlightened. It’s just a large sedan. Haha. Agreed!
In this year as well as 1953, the Imperial also could be purchased as a Town Limo. It was the regular "small" four-door sedan on the 131.5 inch wheelbase but had the glass divider window and leather front seat as installed in the real long wheelbased Crown Imperial limousines. Only 85 Town Limos were sold according to figures I can find, and a few years back there was an ad for the sale of one. When I saw this video listed on CZcams, I thought that this was one of the 85 real Town Limos. It is not. It is a regular production sedan. Beautiful car that doesn't get the glory it deserves.
That’s a standard Imperial sedan. No extended anything
Yeah, I know.
I used to drive a 1954 Chrysler.🇦🇺🦘🥲
I still do.
Be sure to check engine oil at all times, the fluid drive shares the same oil.
I know some did, but there were so many different versions of fluid drive that I don’t know what’s what. Luckily, this car went to a collector who knows that era very well.
Only a handful of 54s had Fluid Drive. The 54 normally had Powerflite.
That’s not a limo it’s a 4 door Chrysler 😊
No, not really a limo. Just a long wheelbase car with a spacious back seat. They did make extended bodied limousines out of these, incidentally.
This is the Town Sedan, not the limousine
I became enlightened quite some time ago.
Well, oddly interesting drive… Chrysler , a definite Quality, Classic, & thanks.. I might prefer more looking at fluids, Shocks, Maintenance, upkeep: a classic. (* my first Car was a *1954 *, also big , poor Handling, mediocre brakes: *FORD V8 2 DR/HT, WITH 1957 ENGINE,289/4 BBL, DUAL EX., & good Custom stuff!)..
Why does this 54 have a 53 2 barrel setup? The 54 came with a 4 barrel carb.
I have no idea. I knew ‘55 was four barrel but I don’t know the earlier years as well.
More old iron lol dam good shape too. It had a easy life. Oh the 331 has small port heads and didn't make much power but would make that boat do 80. The next engine was the 354 and owned a few of them. Had dreams of having a small block hemi car. Small block bell bolts up but that pesky long crank is a issue that tabled my fun at age 18. Oh if I only had money back then. I bought my running 354 for a 100 bucks lol I think I got 150 out of it. Guy wanted it for a street rod. Wonder if it ever happened.
I was recently telling Trev at Rocket what the 3rd gen Hemi has in common with the original… the bellhousing pattern! The crank thing is a problem but we have the technology these days. I would very much like to put a 50s Hemi in something it doesn’t belong in. That just sounds like good fun.
@Dead Dodge Garage they made a adaptor that was about 3/4 inches thick back in my day. Also made a adaptor to use a power glide Trans behind it. Guys used the 354 for racing in the late fifties in rail dragster. I couldn't afford the adaptor it was 300 bucks. The old guys called the 354 the small block hemi and the 392 the big block hemi.
The 54 had big port heads. It was the 53 that had small port heads.
GREAT BEGINNING! A REAL QUALITY BODY, (separate) CHASSIS, AND POWERTRAIN! This WILL BE AWESOME!
Big Guy I am big car big handgun yup
Everything’s bigger in Texas
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Wow, it's like you're sitting in the back of a bus. Are you getting agoraphobia ?
Amazing machine! What a pity the current owners don't get. Too bad somebody with more "taste" doesn't own it. I'm sure they'll put a chrome air cleaner, cherry bomb exhaust and hideous non stock wheels on. Well we can enjoy it unmolested for the length of this video at least. Here comes the dice! ugggg!
Wait really? Haha. It was bought by a collector and will absolutely not be ruined. I am so confused right now.
Beautiful car but at the time considered stodgy and only appealing to the 60+ buyer.
Limousine? This is a sedan.
Yeah, I know. This was settled in the comments long ago.
Opulent. But if you want to see a real 50s powerhouse engine look up a Ford 430 marauder engine.
That’s the word I was missing! Opulent! The Marauder engine is sweet - and the 400 HP number of the Super Marauder is damn impressive for the time. So modern looking with that air cleaner / cover setup too. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of that one.
What a puff
Needs 440
Naaaaahh. Needs a tune up and a carburetor that works. Hemi should be plenty for a car like that.
These Briggs bodied Chryslers of the late 1940s to 1954 were nowhere near as beautiful or stylish as the Exner Forward Look cars of 1955-1962. He made these early 1950s Chryslers look very old fashioned, which they were.
He sure did. I love the ‘55 Chrysler most of all cars from that time.
The 53 and 54 were not the same as the 49 - 52 cars, except for the long wheelbase 8 passenger sedans and limousines. They were well received in 53, but GM restyled for 54 with wrap-around windshields, and that made the 54 ChryCo cars look old fashioned.
Now thats a nice cream puff