1282 ATL 1975 LeBaron Imperial

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Streetside Classics

11 жыл бұрын

www.streetsideclassics.com

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@paulwieben4948 3 жыл бұрын

I still have a 74 imperial . They were $10+g new . I chose the 74 because it doesnt have Lean Burn or catalytic converter and has has 323 rear gears insted of 272 in the 75 model . You can actually burn rubber on take off with this 5125lb car , the 75 is slow because of gearing and Lean Burn (which killed engine performance ) and converter . I had three 74s and one 75 . I have Motor Trend report on the three big luxury boats and they rate imperial at the top , especially its "magnificent brakes" which stopped this monster in 132' from 60mph beating Caddy Eldo and Lincoln Cont. by 26ft (158ft ea). My car is totally original with 59000mi. I've had many cadillacs and Imperials since the early 50's . The 74 is the ultimate . I also have a flawless 1954 Chrysler Imperial 2dr Newport -- with first year offering of original ac still pumping ice cold . My stories could go on but I'll stop at this point . Truly great cars !!

@GoodOlRoll Жыл бұрын

They had lean burn in '75? I thought Chrysler didn't put that in their cars until '77

@AntonSander 11 жыл бұрын

God, such a beautiful car.

@jamesslick4790 11 ай бұрын

This was my mother's car. (Hers was maroon though) I took my driver's test in it in 1978. I passed. Yeah, parallel parking and all! The Interior of the Imperial made Lincolns and Cadillacs seem like Fords and Chevys!

@oracleofottawa 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that six body trunk.....

@StreetsideClassics 3 жыл бұрын

Bodies sold seperately!

@67bigredsled 9 жыл бұрын

The 440 V8 runs as smooth as glass!

@calebproductions5970 3 жыл бұрын

Simply awesome

@imperiallebaron2134 8 жыл бұрын

Imperial LeBaron!

@aarongranda7825 4 жыл бұрын

Are the headlamp doors functional?

@jamesslick4790 11 ай бұрын

IKR?

@rogerbaker2068 7 жыл бұрын

Damn, that thing is noisy! Something is wrong because Imps were whisper - quiet just like Lincs and Caddies.

@UncleZhou49 4 жыл бұрын

My mind tells me it's just a gussied up Newport, but my heart still loves it.

@jamesslick4790 11 ай бұрын

Of course it is a gussied up Newport/New Yorker! But, at the same time, a Cadillac DeVille/Fleetwood was a gussied-up Buick Electra/Oldsmobile 98. And the Lincoln Continental/Town Car was a gussied-up Mercury Marquis. Somehow Chrysler gets a demerit for "platform sharing". The "Big Three" was doing this since the 1920s!

@AntonSander 11 жыл бұрын

Pretty good deal.

@MrTrack412 5 жыл бұрын

Your music seems to rock but it never rolls!

@davidallen5776 3 жыл бұрын

The last true Imperial, until........!

@jamesslick4790 11 ай бұрын

It's not apparent in the video, but this car has "hidden headlights". I'm guessing the "lids" weren't working on this car. Sadly, 3 years later a LeBaron would not be the same kind of car, Equal to OR besting Cadillac and Lincoln, but just a high spec "mid sizer", equivalent to a Buick Regal. The '78 Lebaron (AND Regal) were nice "NEAR Luxury" cars but they were not "Cadillacs" or "Imperials".

@PackardJerry 9 жыл бұрын

What are all those after-market wires for, that go across the top of the radiator?? That's not stock. It is a nice car . . in a GREAT color, though. Too bad it doesn't have the optional vent windows.

@andrewarmstrong7310 6 жыл бұрын

Imperial Lebaron. 1975 was it for Imperial. Chrysler decided to kill the brand like they did with Desoto instead of dragging it along for the ride. I grew up watching the world go by in the backseat of an Imperial. Would not have traded it for anything.

@RJ1999x 5 жыл бұрын

You were very lucky, I watched the same world in a Plymouth valiant!

@anonlarson2875 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what differences there were between the 1975 Imperial Lebaron and the next year's Chrysler New Yorker Brougham which replaced it, but looks like the exact same car?

@jamesslick4790 11 ай бұрын

@@anonlarson2875 It WAS the same car! (And would be until 1978) The ONLY thing Chrysler "saved" by killing the "Imperial" brand was in ads and marketing. Oddly they would try and bring "Imperial" back in the '80s and '90s. They would have done just as well (or perhaps even better) by keeping "Imperial" as a brand for their top end cars.

@jamesslick4790 11 ай бұрын

@@RJ1999x Whoa, Now a Valiant might not be as luxurious as an Imperial, but it and it's Dart brother are bad ass in their own right! I call them the Volvo 240s of American cars. And I mean that in the BEST way! We need CARS like them NOW!

@RJ1999x 11 ай бұрын

@@jamesslick4790 A Valiant with a 318 plant, a wicked little motor

@eldo59 10 жыл бұрын

More like 6 or 7 grand!

@67bigredsled 9 жыл бұрын

I also thought that Imperial was discontinued in 1974

@67bigredsled 9 жыл бұрын

Imperial was discontinued in 1974- It must be a late 74

@EbonyBunny1 9 жыл бұрын

David Anderson Imperial was discontinued in 1975. Except for the steering wheel, the 1974 & 1975 models were identical. In 1976 the Chrysler New Yorker became the 1975 Imperial, and the 1976 Chrysler Newport became the 1975 Chrysler New Yorker. I do not know why they discontinued the Imperial after 1975 and made the 1976 New Yorker the same as a 1975 Imperial, why not just leave everything as it was.

@EbonyBunny1 9 жыл бұрын

David Anderson Imperial was discontinued in 1975 not 1974.

@GoodOlRoll 11 ай бұрын

The last Imperial rolled off the production line on June 12th, 1975.

@stardustdreamfactory1947 7 жыл бұрын

Pretty decent original condition except for the dual exhausts. Now, if the previous owner had correctly modded the motor with parts from the police package then.....

@67bigredsled 9 жыл бұрын

Does the headlight covers not work?

@derrickjackson6737 8 жыл бұрын

true luxury car

@davidluther8581 3 жыл бұрын

The background music (noise!!) ruins this video.

@34Packardphaeton 7 жыл бұрын

The "musak" on this video.. is as ugly as the paint on this car's air cleaner!!!

@gene978 11 жыл бұрын

$9000.00??????!!! SERIOUS?

@PackardJerry 9 жыл бұрын

GREAT man's car. Too bad the music (?) on this video SUCKS. It should have something classy, like Bach's 5th 'Brandenburg' Concerto, or Mozart, Beethoven . . . .