Yes. This car is an EXCELLENT candidate for a restoration! It's "all there"! I haven't seen an unrestored one this nice since I use my aunt's '60 Imperial for my driver's test.....In 1978!
I remember seeing this type once in a while when I was in elementary school in NYC during the Mad Men era as a student! We really had big trunks back then! 😊
I know I'm getting old, I took my driver's test in my aunt's '60 Imperial (In 1978! - She spent BIG, But not OFTEN!) Surprisingly I passed. Parallel parking one is a HUGE win! LOL.
My dear late grandfather had one like this in the same color with a light grey cloth interior. Even though I was a young child then I remember it well. Thanks for showing this one. The Imperial LeBarons are very, very rare. When these were produced they were the prestige equal of Cadillac and Lincoln.
Due to relative rarity, I always saw Imperials as being somewhat ABOVE Cadillac and Lincoln. For the same reason I saw Plymouth as being a bit "above" a Chevrolet.
The 1960 Imperial LeBaron Southampton (hardtop sedan) had a production of 999 units. The LeBaron of that model year was also offered in a pillared sedan. Around 1989, my intention was to purchase this exact model from an old man in my neighborhood. It was the original Light Mint (a rare pastel light green paint) but the upholstery was not original and all four wheel covers were missing. It ran rather roughly but the car overall was straight. However, I just couldn't scrape together all the money he wanted for it. But I did purchase and still have one of the original LeBaron wheel covers at a local hubcap store. Btw, those black centered wheel covers are very rare and expensive now...a couple of hundred dollars and higher per wheel cover. The bubbling around the C-pillar is typical for 1960-1963 LeBarons because the lead filler used rots over time.
Absolutely *BEAUTIFUL* car...and sounding car! Whoever had it all these years kept it in really excellent condition, especially with this and other mopars of the later '50s to early '60s, being prone to rust!
Excellent condition? The right side is, well, crappy. The headliner needs to be replaced, that yellow plastic should be removed. In other words it needs to be restored.
1960 and up LEBARONs featuring that Formal roof treatment gave a limo look to a driver who did not want a full limo! 🏆. 61 LEBARON in black is one of my ultimate favorites. Exners finned fantasies at its best 👌. I once had the chance to buy a black 61 LEBARON in early 80s for $3,500. Unfortunately that was out of my league 😞. Now that car is even further out of my reach. Still can dream 😴.
My dad had one and my mom had a 1958 with the 392 hemi when I was a little kid in the early 60's. I remember hearing my mom and my aunt talking about how expensive gas was. And my mom said OMG it cost me 7 dollars to fill that car lol
OMG!!! Plastic seat protectors still on! I hope you made a fortune on that car.... original air cleaner on that 413, air conditioning pump still looks new, minimal rust in the trunk, all the stainless is in great shape, even the door sill plate and roof panels, steering wheel looks intact and It appeared relatively rust free, even at the fender wells!!! RARE!! 57-60 were considered rust bucket! It's an Exner master piece, before Exner went insane when he couldn't put fins on his designs. 61-64 designs were supposed to be Exner's middle finger to Chrysler's brass and accounting departments.... It worked. Those designs were the reason Chrysler came into the 1970's cash poor with few engineering innovations other than the 340 engine. Three years of poor sales caught up to Chrysler's cash flow.
Are there enough superlatives to describe a car like this? They were rare even in their heyday, and beyond rare now. I was lucky enough to catch a ride in one, courtesy of the owner of Leftwich's Funeral Home in Harrisburg PA. He had the record player option, too...
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy owned a 1960 Chrysler Crown Imperial Ghia stretch limousine. She eschewed the use of the White House limousine fleet saying she only wanted her Imperial. But as we all know Mrs. Kennedy did occasionally ride in her husband's '61 Continental
Over years, I owned four Caddys (cheap used buys), a Lincon Town Car (even cheaper used buy!) and a '66 Imperial (VERY CHEAP USED BUY!) THE IMPERIAL WAS FAR SUPERIOR TO KNOCK-OFF "CHEVY CLONES" and a BLOATED FORD L.T.D.! MUCH BETTER CONSTRUCTION, MUCH BETTER QUALITY!
This car black on black no whitewall tires in 100 % concourse condition would be incredible… Oh and the earth is unequivocally an immovable Plane less earthquakes in a closed system… fact not a conspiracy theory… see YT channels DITRH and Eric Dubay Peace…
Wow, magnificent. Someone will probably do a cheeseball restoration on this complete with fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror. So sad that this will soon be destroyed
I am the fellow in Florida who purchased this vehicle. The only restoration work I have done is purely mechanical. Cosmetically I have not touched it. Mechanically it is in tiptop shape now and everything works on it even the radio with power antenna! I also have a 58 crown four-door hardtop that I have turned my attention to now, Last year of the hemi.
Are you familiar with the automotive events of 1955 ? Apparently there are several Mopar car enthusiasts who are not. Please click on this link. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_(automobile)?wprov=sfti1
