1981 Chrysler Imperial

Limousine Limousine

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

2A3BY62JXBR131518

Clear

Gasoline

1981 Chrysler Imperial LimousineThis was in a Burt Reynolds' Movie! offered with a reserve This car was one of 2 or 3 built for Chrysler Corp by Andrew Hotten Associates of Belleville MI, using a coupe as a base. It remained under corporate ownership until 1985. It was furnised to Golden Harvest Films and used in the Movie CannonBall Run 2 Starring Burt Reynolds and Dom Deloise. It was then used in Stick again starring Burt Reynolds as an Ex Con and Chauffeur for George Segals character. After that Film it was sold to Valley Dodge of Phoenix, the Owner of which retained the car until 2006, when the current seller, a Museum, purchased the car. The car has been kept in a Museum setting for the last several years and was recently mechanically recommissioned and runs and drives without fault. The car has many interesting options and features including integrated TV, a killer Stereo, Divider Window, and more. This would be a great car for continued Museum Display or a real novelty in the Livery biz We have many more photographs of this car, please click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! During 1955 and 1956, a Crown Imperial limousine model was also offered. With an extra 19.5 in (500 mm) and 16.5 in (420 mm) of wheelbase in 1955 and 1956 respectively, and seating eight (three in the front including the driver, three in the rear, and two on rearward-facing fold-down jump seats), these replaced the long-wheelbase offerings in all Chrysler marques. Only 172 were built in 1955 and 226 in 1956. They were the last Chrysler-branded limousines built entirely in Detroit. From 1957 until 1965, long-wheelbase Crown Imperial cars would be finished by Ghia in Italy. The earlier models used two-door hardtop bodies mounted on the more rigid convertible chassis; these would be shipped across the Atlantic, cut apart, lengthened by 20.5 inches (521 mm) and reworked. Later models were built from four-door models to the same specification. Each took a month to build and carried a high price for the time. They sold poorly against similar Cadillacs that were cheaper, had an established reputation among limousine buyers, and were built by Cadillac itself as well as a by competing coachbuilders on a Cadillac commercial chassis. A total of 132 Crown Imperials were manufactured for Chrysler by Ghia over 1957-65. An interesting oddity is that all 10 Ghia built Crown Imperials sold during the 1965 model year were 1964's with 1965 exterior styling, and consequently had pushbutton gearshifts. At about 6,200–6,300 lb (2,800–2,900 kg) curb weight the 1957-65 Ghia built Crown Imperials are the heaviest standard production cars sold by an American firm since the 1930s. In President John F. Kennedy's funeral procession in November 1963, at the front of the motorcade, carrying Jackie Kennedy and her children, was a Ghia built 1960 Crown Imperial. While the "Crown Imperial" limousines ended in 1965, Imperial limousines continued to be made by other coach builders. After the last ten Ghia built Crown Imperials were completed, Ghia sold its tooling to Barreiros Coachbuilders of Spain. Barreiros built ten limousines, much like those built by Ghia and, similar to the last ten built by Ghia, built 1965's with 1966 exterior styling. Between 1967 and 1971 a total of 27 Imperial limousines were produced by Stageway Coachbuilders (ASC) of Fort Smith, Arkansas on an 163.0 in (4,140 mm) wheelbase, and were justifiably advertised as the largest luxury automobiles in the world. Two 1972 models with 1973 grills were built by the Hess and Eisenhardt Company of Fairfield, Indiana for the United States Secret Service and were used by Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan on his swearing-in day. One 1974 model Imperial was produced into a limo also by ASC. The final Imperial limo's were of 1981-83 bodied cars, two of which were stretched 24-inch (610 mm) and five were lengthened 36-inch (910 mm). Our Ebay Policies. Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country. Since 2003 we have worked hard to "change the way collector cars find new homes" by providing unparralleled web presentation of the cars we are representing. Most of our cars have over 30 photographs, and these can be viewed by visiting our website (our eBay handle dot com), or by clicking on any of the photographs in the black background area of our EBay listings. We welcome your call with any questions about any of our listings at anytime at 800-837-9902 and certainly encourage your personal inspection of any of the cars we are selling-just call us and we will be happy to set up an appointment for your to see and test drive the car. We realize that EBay is a difficult venue to properly evaluate an item as complex as an automobile. 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