1958 Imperial

[janknuckey]

Someone told me that this car was the widest ever American production line car! Is that true? It certainly looks like a giant !!!

[DougCameraMan]

A Nice looking Imperial you have here. I have some classic Imperials listed on my channel as well if you care to check them out just enter Imperial in my channel search.

[peetee1000]

Pound per pound, dollar for dollar, the finest mass produced car made in the world at that time. It had it all, excellent handling, fantastic ride (quieter than a Rolls-Royce), comfortable and roomy interior and the kick-ass of the 392 Hemi. Hands down, it was ten if not a hundred times the better car than the mush boxes that GM and Ford were producing.

[V12videos]

this song makes me sad

[megaswenson]

Chryslers were so mysterious! My parents say that as kids they so wanted Imperials. But in our set, one was not allowed to drive a Chrysler, because they looked "Dorky and Catholic", or a Cadillac, because then people would know we were Jewish. So, it was either an antisemitic Lincoln, an Olds 98 ('The WASP Cadillac'), or a proper English Rolls Royce (this was before the extermination of the German People through immigration had been finalized, and so Mercedes was still Verboten).

[34Packardphaeton]

'58: last year of the superior Hemi engine . . in Imperials.

[327caprice]

Thank Gawd! you made my day. Target....Home Depot.....J.C. Penny......even The Hefty Hideaway for plus size gals, but not Walmart!  Thanks Caprice :)

[327caprice]

Spectacular Motorcar!  Exquisite musical score! .........but what's with the Walmart shopping Center parking lot . I din't gitzit?

[bentleyspotter]

@327caprice its not at a walmart, im not sure what store, but not a walmart

[4shacks1house]

Chrome and fins babyyyyyy!!!!

[takoma5]

Now...thats a beautiful car...so classy..thx

[massivebig1]

my grandfather has the same car rebuilt moter at 100000 and cream color. my great great grandma is the original owner

[nashtwin8]

Great shots of a spectacular car. Just for the record, this car is called an Imperial, and it is not a Chrysler. Imperial was a brand of its own in this era.

[bentleyspotter]

@nashtwin8 thanks, changed it

[blinkfan305]

@nashtwin8 And Chrysler ought to bring back Imperial as a separate line, NOT as a Chrysler. I've been saying this non-stop for months.

[TheReformed1]

@nashtwin8 Absolutely correct. It is Imperial not Chrysler, just like it's Cadillac not a Buick! I think unfortunately, since Chrysler was never able to get people to call it by it's own "brand name" as opposed to invoking the corporate name with it, people list them as Chrysler Imperial, to make it easier to find? Even on e-bay, it is listed as a selection of Chrysler, where as Cadillac and Lincoln, are listed independently of their stable mates.

[auaiao9]

I'd like to know the fancy name Chrysler gave that particular shade of green.

[bentleyspotter]

@auaiao9 fancy Chrysler green

[auaiao9]

@bentleyspotter of course!

[auaiao9]

@bentleyspotter haha! Actually it is kind of funny. :)

[DougCameraMan]

@auaiao9 Was the Imperial brand owned by the Chyrsler Corporation even though it didn't have a Chrysler nameplate?. sort of like Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac are owned by General Motors?

[auaiao9]

@DougCameraMan As far as I know it's always been a Chrysler Imperial, not a separate division like DeSoto, Plymouth and Dodge. It was their top of the line competing with Cadillac and Lincoln.

[DougCameraMan]

@auaiao9 Early Imperials carried the Chrysler name but somewhere along the line Chrysler decided it was going to be a separate brand and dropped the chrysler nameplate. I think chrysler still owned the company, but you never know with these big corporations. They split them up to reduce their liability for one thing. Someone once told me that Onasis had a fleet of ships and every one of them was in a different named corporation. Like if Chevy got sued, Buick would still have safe assets.

[auaiao9]

@DougCameraMan btw I don't know if you meant to see your question to me but it's ok either way.

[DougCameraMan]

@auaiao9 Actually, I meant that question to you was meant for Nashtwin8" but I accidently sent it to you by mistake, but that's no biggie. thanks for the reply.

[townhall05446]

@auaiao9 It was called "Spring Green".

[bentleyspotter]

@auaiao9 i found the color name and its called Aztec Turquoise

[auaiao9]

@bentleyspotter Cool! That car is nearly as old as me. Sometimes I feel a little green, too.