He was the best President we ever had!

@@jamesmyers9285, yeah Washington and Lincoln were worse than trump.

I owned all! Imperial was BEST!

I agree 100%!

What a shame to destroy something like that. I guess they didn't know how plasticy later cars would be.

@@stiffneck2090 Bill Clinton's 1993 Cadillac was the last Presidential Limousine to be in a museum/Presidential Library. After that, the Secret Service decided that the construction of those vehicles would remain top secret. Thus, all retired Presidential Limousines will be used for training purposes before being destroyed.

@@SpockvsMcCoy So Trump and Biden's limousine will be destroyed?

@@lacuevadegolum9448 Yes, eventually...Clinton's presidential limo is the last to be saved in a museum.

Sad ending to GREAT cars! TYPICAL American waste, though!

My dad's office had a word processor delivered around that time. I went to see it as a kid, he took me in on a weekend. It was built into a large desk and would have taken 4 people to move! You bet most of the small stuff still got done on typewriters - that was probably true for most of the 80s :-)

By 1972 Chrysler management didn't know how to market the car anymore and some other goof-ups sent Imperial buyers to Cadillac and Lincoln in droves. It was branded as Imperial by Chrysler until the last Imperial Lebaron was produced in 1975 was basically a rebadged Chrysler New Yorker. In 1970 Imperial lost their engine and transmission and went with corporate engines and transmissions. As a kid who grew up in the back of an Imperial, I wished they would have just axed it after 1972 and let it die like the old Desoto.

@@andrewarmstrong7310, Chrysler never really knew how to market the Imperial, they gave it the same grilles as the Chrysler 300 in 1955-'56, and sold it through Plymouth and Chrysler/Plymouth dealers giving the potential buyers a chance to change their minds after seeing the lesser priced Chrysler New Yorker, especially in the later (1969 to 1973) years when they were both based on the same styling design! By 1974-'75, they made them the same smaller size as the New Yorker becoming the New Yorker in 1976! Being a big older Chrysler fan, the Imperial was a beautiful car and yet, the cosmetics went from controversial to conventional conservative details, from 1960, especially '61 to '63 to the '64 on up! The '62 is still one of my favorites! My fourth car was a 1971 Imperial LeBaron four door back in 1981 to '86, then I needed a Dodge Caravan for more practical purposes! To me, the Cadillac was always the pretty car, Lincoln was always the handsome, more formal car and Imperial was always somewhere in the middle, and Cadillac always had the most features and options, Lincoln always had the better ride and Imperial was always somewhere in the middle! Even the 1981-'83 Imperial wasn't marketed right, as a separate entity, being sold through Chrysler/Plymouth dealers and trying to draw in the older generation of buyers, who were starting to die off rather than the midlife buyers like the Eldorado and the Mark 6! I am glad that the Imperial lasted until '75, they were beautiful but, more formal than the the '76 New Yorker! And they always used the biggest corporate engines and trannies from the beginning to the end but the 360 horsepower version of the 440 was only available in 1968 with the dual snorkel air cleaner and dual exhaust but, I have never seen them!

Everybody kept calling these cars Chryslers, that's why the car was ultimately a failure. It just didn't have the charisma or the road presence of a Caddy or a Lincoln. I'm surprised to not see a Caddy or a Lincoln being used here. Very lucky the car didn't break down as these were nothing but lemons. That would have been embarrassing to say the least.

Reagan and LOTS of sh&t! LOVED the car!

You still waiting on Reagans Trinkle Down Effect

Great car! Reagan was proof how high CRAP could be assembled, though.

kerryincolumbus.. .couldn't have said it better myself, well said!

Prune face is the reason the country is where it is at. Fuck reagan

Great car!

It wasn't a successful marketing ploy because yearly sales averaged much less.

Still it was produced by Chrysler.....

I've only seen this one, heard Pres Nixon ordered more for diplomatic service????

and only two months after this in march, some deranged homeless lunatic tried to kill the new president with a hand gun.

I wish I would have been "close enough" to KICK Reagan in his STUPID ASS!

They did indeed. They also kept a 1970 Lincoln limo in the fleet at that time. Both cars, the Imperial and the Lincoln, were (and still are, imo) magnificent cars!

It says in the description, both cars were destroyed as part of a program. Really sucks, they were beautiful cars. Stupid shit, but our tax dollars mean nothing to illegitimate governments.

If memory is correct, much of the secret service White House fleet when not in use were stored in New York beneath the Trade Center. There was a bomb that detonated years before the 911 tragedy that destroyed that garage and the fleet inside. Presumably this 73 Imperial (did you note how wide it looked compared to even the full sized Fords near it!) Hess and Eisenhart limousine was destroyed. There were 2 constructed.

I guess it was destroyed! Reagan destroyed America, also.

A shame "Uncle Ronnie" didn't have that fate!

YUGE!

I'd guess 236 inches, or 20 foot.

Converted by Hess & Eisenhardt.

@ron Brock I noticed the same thing about the style of the limo

@Ron Brock Hess and Eisenhardt Probably use sedan and Coupe parts to build the limo

GREAT CAR, anyway.

Underneath the video, underneath my name, click on show more and all will be explained.

Notice the taillights, they are 1972. An updated 73 grille was added later.

@MagnusOmegusYesBorisNo AVGCP AUTTP AAFC AAFU FF that's what I thought. I read it was blown up but never knew for sure.

Cattle crap. From now on

George H. W Bush had the last Lincoln limo.

@Rick 0e The secret service destroy the limo in the 1980's for Security reasons

Scott Bregman nice. just how good was the Imperial vs the Continental and Cadillac. like how quiet smooth riding and handling was it. also how was the quality of the overall feel such as interior materials and workmanship?

Scott Bregman competition was fierce then. But I agree the Imperial was the superior vehicle by our standards today. At the time, however, lots of luxury car drivers thought the oscillating rides and imprecise steering of the Cadillacs and Lincolns were the polar opposite of sporty and thus more luxurious. Pity.

Gary Noone nice so the imperial LeBaron did better than 1973 Lincoln Continental?? please tell me in what areas it excelled at! 😀😇

The 73 Imperial was better in every catagory reliability comfort looks inside and out. options they were built better from the mechanics right down to simple things like door handles fabric the drive train 440 has 210 HP vs 460 365 HP and the Chrysler out performed it in every way from a dead stop to taking off at 50 miles an hour much better passing gear trans was smoother shifting better then most cars today.Chryslers are great cars I have owned Newports Furys and the Imperial. I have never had any major issues at all. I recently owned a 69 Newport and used as daily driver 3 years never had do anything to it just oil changes drove it long distances.I think the newr Fords are much better I own 2001 Lincoln Continental it is beautiful comfortable 4,6 is great engine it has performance reliability and the gas milage is great for a V8 these cars are worth every penny and could be bought at a great price much better then the Northstar

Scott Bergman: I read a story a while back. This Chrysler/Imperial rep or salesman, not sure pulled into a gas station with a brand spanking new 1957 Imp. The gas jockey was praising it, how beautiful it looked, of course not knowing who he was. He then asked how much it cost. The gas jockey exclaimed, what, are you kidding me? Man, for that much money you could have bought yourself a Cadillac. With that kind of brand loyalty/ or love for Cadillac, Imperials didn't stand a chance in sales.

The secret service blew it up. Most presidential limos are used for training new agents and destroyed.

8 years isn't old for a limousine. When Pope John Paul II came in 1979, they gave him the limo that Kennedy had been assassinated in.

Ever drove a 1980 year model American car? Thats why.

@@andrewarmstrong7310 I laughed aloud at that comment.

Back then things were different, The government commonly used cars much longer than they do now. The Kennedy limo was used for 17 years into the Carter era, just not by the president, used for other government officials in motorcades.

YAAASSS! 👍🏻

Because he cut a deal with Iran, he should have went straight to jail he was guilty and history has proved it, remember the whole Iran contra affair that Oliver North took the heat for

Bill Jenkins... WELL SAID!!!

Chrysler limousine build by Hess and eisenhardt were destroy by the secret service in 1980's

It’s still sitting on the beltway waiting for a tow.

One of our WORST Presidents and a GREAT CAR!

Secret Service blew it up at their training compound.

and what GLORIOUS BOATS THEY ARE, TOO!

It's a 1972 Imperial, manufactured by the Chrysler Corporation. At the time, was one of the most well-built and most luxurious cars on the road.

It's actually a 1972 titled car that had a 1973 front end put on before it was delivered.

@@egrand1508 why was the front updated to the 1973 grille and bumpers?

To make it look as new as possible. Planning and construction of those cars took over a year. So they had to start with a '72 model, which wouldn't be delivered until early '73. To make it appear like a new car when it was delivered they added the '73 trim, which for an Imperial wasn't difficult because there weren't any major changes between those years. It was common for cars used by the White House to be updated to appear newer than they really were. The famous Lincoln convertible that Kennedy used was updated every year with a new front and sometimes rear end to match the current year's models. The Lincoln limo Reagan was getting into when he was shot was a '73; and when it went in for repairs after the attempt on his life, it was given a '78-'79 front end...and that was in 1981!

@@egrand1508 Thank you for your detailed reply. You are extremely knowledgeable and a true asset to all of us that love Presidential limos.

I am aware that Imperial was a separate make at the time this car was made. However, in youtube land in order to maximize hits is helps to have as many relevant words as possible in the title. Since these cars were products of the Chrysler Corporation and since they were and still are commonly called "Chrysler Imperials," I felt the video would have interest to people looking for Chrysler products. You will, however, notice I did not call it a "Chrysler Imperial" in the description. Obviously this car started life as a LeBaron coupe.; The C pillar and rear quarter window cut out give it away. However, as a special product this car did not carry any model designation. You say that these cars did not have the name "Chrysler" on them. Actually, starting in 1971, Imperial trunk badges said "Imperial by Chrysler." In 1972 Imperial and Chrysler models were combined in the sales brochure and Imperial was listed with the other Chrysler models without distinction as a separate make. Also, the dealer data books referred to them as "Imperial by Chrysler" and also listed them along with the other models. By 1972 Imperial was no longer a separate division.

egrand1508 Copy and paste much! Toyota=Lexus Nissan=Infinity Honda =Acrua

Interestingly, this "!Inperial by Chrysler" designation only lasted a year or two. By 1974, the "Chrysler" name was again removed from the car , and it remained off for the 1974-75 models and it never appeared on the car at all during the 1981-83 models.

williamg2552 actually the tag reads Imperial by Chrysler on the trunk lid. I know what you mean. It infuriats me everytime some one says Chrysler Imperial, but when you have Imperials, Chryslers and Plymouths under one dealer roof, it is hard to justify anything else.

I think that the spoiled ones are those people that stand on a soapbox, stamping their feet over and over again, like angry brats that just had their cookie taken away, shouting again and again :"It's a Chrysler!! It's a Chrysler!!" The Corporation made a decision back in 1955. They had a good , sound reason for making that decision. The "Spoiled Kids" are the ones who just refused to accept it.

Read the description below the video.

It’s a 72 with a 73 front grille added.

What a frigging moron