1961 Imperial Crown Convertible. 

Someone did a bang up job of putting this car back to its full beauty. Imperial was so fine in that day.

I would proudly own AND drive this Car over ANY Car built today!💕

Absolutely stunning you Americans knew how to build cars back then.

The 1957 Imperial was the first production car to have curved side glass. There are only two light bulbs in the '61 Imperial dash - The turn signals at the top of the two pods. The rest is fluorescent green electroluminescent panels - scrape off the black paint, and the whole thing glows.. They use 180-volt electrics, and so do the bright red gauge needles, which also light up like little neon tubes.

Very beautiful perfect looking car just love the colours wow thanks friend have a very nice weekend

The cars from this time period were works of art. Love the color

I notice that this car has the triple-trumpet horn option. That would have been a really good item to zoom in on. The L-shaped "Bass" horn is about two feet long, and it is identical in sound to an eighteen-wheeler's horn. When you honk it, it is saying "Get off the freeway, peasant... His Imperial Highness is coming!"

Buddy of mine bought one identical to this in '64. it was super low miles & got it for $1,000. What an impressive car. Great highway cruiser.

Absolutely beautiful car……all the way around. And what a gorgeous shade of blue. Spectacular!

Thank you Scott and Mike for showing this stunning Imperial Crown 🏆

That monster is Beautiful in its own way. Talk excess, it says see me coming and going !!

This car is amazing and looks like there are plenty of stunners in it's company there. Wow, just wow.

What an amazing beautiful car and color combination.

Amazing vehicle amazingly well restored. Many thanks to the owner for investing in and preserving this rare example of American automotive history!

Fantastic ! When I was 10 I built a '60 DeSoto 2 Dr ht from a AMT kit . Painted it candy turquois with full Painted w/w's . Got 2nd place in the hobby shop monthly competition ! Man , I was proud ❤👍

The grill was designed to resemble the grill on the Cord 810. In the '61 Imperial's case, there was a mid-year recall to install rubber pieces behind the grill, because it sang like a harmonica at freeway speeds! I like to tell folks that same guy who designed my '61 Imperials also designed the Karmann Ghia... Virgil Exner. It's a fact! He designed the Chrysler Special, and VW told Ghia that they wanted that same design, but smaller.

The cars back in the 30s, 40s, 50s and ESPECIALLY the 60s were nothing short of works of art. Every one was unique & seemed to have a personality! Now, every SUV has almost the very same profile. There isn't a nickels worth of difference, inside or out. These large fins, on whichever car or brand were absolutely incredible!!

Great looking and as someone said the cars from that time period are works of arts. Only thing is I would hate to have to detail it, probably would take a week to do.

The detail to this car is something to behold. And it's a great color!

This car is impeccable, I love it and yet no A/C kinda stumps me that someone wouldn't have added that option along with all the other treasures from the Imperial Hope Chest. Still I wouldn't kick the lady out of the house, it's so beautiful. You mentioned the competition between Cadillac and Lincoln but I think the Chrysler had the others beat. One of the hallmarks of these Land Yachts was how it didn't "dip" down in front when braking, nearly as severe as it's rivals at Ford and GM. When you mentioned "these cars being a favorite at demolition derbies," I cringed and my spine chilled and my heart skipped a couple beats! Hope that don't happen ever again! 😢

Actually they were banned from demolition derbys because they were so well built no other vehicle could stand up to them.

Gorgeous! Big hunk of love there.

There was a member of our club that had 3 of these. They were blue, yellow and tan. I remember him talking about the tan one. It was sitting on the back lot of a Ford dealer for quite a while and he ended up buying it for $450. The tan one needed a bit of work. The other 2 had a lot of work done and were very nice.

What a beautiful car. Thanks for showing it .

This is my favorite year and model. Just Fantastic!

When working on my old 300g years ago I haunted the wrecking yards in the Los Angeles area. They had mopar product sections and I would see vintage Imperials and New Yorkers awaiting the crusher. Occasionally something from the late fifties and more often early 60s would pop up. They were very impressive even 40 years back, and it upset me somewhat to see them scrapped. The build quality and details were fantastic. Later models just weren't as impressive.

The color chart lists the color as "Tahitian Turquoise" Thank you for the share, Mike.

The Design of the Rear End is Beautiful

I CAN SEE MYSELF DRIVING AROUND IN IT ❣️

I've got a '62 LeBaron I'm restoring. This one is stunning !

I had a '59 Caddy convertible. This car is almost as outrageous! I love those floating headlights. Sad to hear they were used in demolition derby's!😪😪

What a beautiful example of the 61 Imperial Crown Convertible! Stunning! Thanks for sharing .

Beautiful car! The color is dreamy! Thank you for showing this car

That Ride was worth the 15 years of the full restoration that it deserves and to have it back the same way it is supposed to be even better when it was built, made and manufactured. You can’t get no better than that. My Hats 🎩🧢 Off and Two Thumbs Up 👍🏾 👍🏾 to the Restoration Restorers of that Magnificent, Marvelous, Splendrous and Wondrous Beauty that that Ride is. Scott and Mike definitely 👍🏾 keep up with the barn finds and videos that you keep on making. I am not your average everyday typical African American Male. I know and recognize beauty, class and definitely distinction when I see it. Sincerely Yours Truly T. O. G. Ivan I J 🧔🏾‍♂️🧔🏾‍♂️😎😎👍🏾👍🏾💪🏾💪🏾🤵🏾‍♂️👔👕👖👔👖👕👞👞👟👟🥾🥾🧢🧢💼💼🎒🎒👓👓🕶️🕶️

Now that is super impressive, thank you to you both for this video, I'm currently restoring a 1960 Imperial LeBaron so I love to see these beautiful cars complete.

How elegant and beautiful it is, a REAL road Car, I think my Apartment is smaller!!

Beautiful automobile. Thanks for look

A quick google found it was a Firestone tire manufacturing process that dipped all the internal components of the tire in rubber gum before molding and curing the tire. The idea was to make the tires "blowout-proof".

The 1960's had many automobile models that were both works of art and also motor vehicles.

Scott & MIke My Aunt Had A Impreial Crown 63 & Was Like A Living Room Floating Down The Road. Loved It.

Finally. FINALLY. Someone who DOESN’T call it a “ Chrysler !!” (IMPERIAL was It’s OWN BRAND/MAKE and DIVISION.)

Perfect !

The wheel covers are from a 1961 Imperial LeBaron. The standard wheel covers for the Crown looked the same except they did not have the center floating ring.

What a beautiful car super awesome

Simply stunning!

That's an amazing car! I want one!!

Radical is an understatement

Gorgeous dream car! Designed by Virgil M. Exner Sr. Exner excellence! One of my Top Ten Dream Cars! Love the color! Exner designed the floating chrome headlamps and tail lights inspired by the classic cars of the early 1930s.

Thank you for a trip down Memory Lane. The convertible is absolutely beautiful. My grandmother's was a baby blue four door hard top. On one of our grandparents/family visits to the Bay Area when I was 12 or 14 (we went every other year) I set about polishing it. That is a lot of sheet metal! I recall my grandmother missing her '57 though.

BEAUTIFUL CAR GEM!💯

When I was a little kid when these were new I was eye to eye with the headlights and I reached around them the way you did

Thank you Mike

Virgil Exner's sculpted Imperials to me are just rolling pieces of artwork.

Beautiful Vehicle and Color Scheme 😊

Imperials were cool because you didn't see that many around , and they were loaded with everything.

I can’t imagine how much lead was used in the body finish operation to get all those compound curves to blend. You can’t stamp that in without getting the part stuck in the tool so all the seams were filled with molten lead. The guys that did the finishing were considered artists. They had to be fast and accurate so nobody could tell where the seams were.

nice to see close up view of this rare car.....don't recall seeing a '61 convertible in person .....would have remembered.....don't even recall seeing '61 Imperial in movies.....except believe there is a black 4 door with red interior in opening scenes of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'..(1961).... when Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is returning from an all nighter and Imperial is parked across from her apartment with her 'older' boyfriend snoozing and waiting ......for her to show up. There is a beautiful powder blue '62 Imperial convertible in 'It's a Mad Mad Mad World' (1963).....driven by Milton Berle....so glad this car has been so well preserved and pampered......thnx a mil....there is one more '68 Imperial (yellow) convertible in 'Point Blank'....but is disturbing to watch the car being trashed....although they claim it was repaired back to original....always irks me to see cars trashed and wrecked in Hollywood movies....

outstanding car. immeculate.

Really amazing car 👍

I’m 71 this year and never knew the rear taillights were floating like the front lights … I was 9 when this car was new 🌟

Very gutsy design, I love it!!!

beautiful , even regal love the colors

What a magnificent car. The 61 thru 63's are my favorite Imperials. This one is just outstanding.

sweetness.

Era perfection.

A piece of art!

Love this car!

Expected a Marvin A. Martian badge. Imagine who initially purchased it. Cool car.

I actually owned a 1961 Imperial ( 4 door hard top ) . I so regret letting that car go. It was so much fun just loading every one in and going for a drive. It put ever one back in time, the tube am radio that took a minute or two to warm up and find a station :) and every body had an ash tray and a lighter .The drive was better than the destination . Looking for an other one That example would be forever dream car :)

We’re it mine, a white convertible top would be my choice. Beautiful cruiser for sure!

thanks for showing this car

It’s Very Tastefully Done. 🌹

My nana had a white 61 Imperial Crown , when she came visiting my childhood house she paid me one dollar to wash it. The floating tail and head lights were a pain to wash. Before she gave me my one dollar dollar pay for washing her car, she checked if I washed behind the floating lights. My nana had multiple Imperials through my childhood.

The Imperial was surely top of the line, but perched above Cadillac was the Brougham in the background.

This is an amazing time capsule.

one of the nices cars in the world

The 1961 Imperial convertible was the lowest production number for its year from 1957 to 1968. Less than 500 were made, and the one displayed is possibly the finest example left.

What a *BEAUTY!* 😍Talk about *CHROME & FIN* Heaven! Thanks for showing us this classic, Mike and Scott...you have a new subscriber with me! Cheers from British Columbia, Canada 👋😎

As good as top-down American motoring ever got…

Really a beautiful car, all they have to do now is get those doors properly aligned

Love your channel Michael

I love that car❤

I hope this car is in Heaven……❤️❤️

Wish it was sitting in my garage !!!

I'd never seen one of these. It is SCABULESS!!

It's in much better shape than me, and I'm the same age.

Es el último modelo Art Decco de la década de los 60s. Chysler hizo un auto, que ya no volverá a haber y hacer. En mi opinión, es el gran icono de la década. ¡¡ precioso!!

how nice, I've never seen a convertible in this body style.

What is really interesting is... it was 1961 that Lincoln came out with the down-sized "square" body style. Total complete opposites in styling!!!

Woo Woo manifique

This car was built during a time when it seemed like there was pride and craftsmanship put into each vehicle, maybe some of the engineers and designers had actual artistic abilities. Just having the patience and working with detail. Amazing, it seems like all vehicles made now are just pieces of plastic slapped together cheaply, but cost around $40,000+, one little fender bump, the whole front end falls right off. Too much hurry now for Profits. It seems

MY DAD HAD A 1957 CHRYSLER CROWN IMPERIAL IN LIGHT SEA FOAM GREEN I REMEMBER THE PUSH BUTTON TRANSMISSION . MOM HAD THE 1958 CADILLAC COUPE' DEVILLE SLIVER/BLACK THAT'S WHEN THEY MADE CARS OF STEEL & CHROME 5,000 LBS

Someone spared no expense and did a fine restoration. The only thing that caught my eye are the secondary radio knobs appear to be incorrect.

This piece of art on four wheels makes the short list of the best vehicle i've ever seen. . . :>/

Dude is touching that car like a teenage girl does with a rotary phone..."what does this do?" lol

😍😍😍

Just like my grandfather's car.

This is the most beautiful car I ever seen I will like to know how much a car like this cost if you don’t matter

Lovely automobile

When I look at the 61 Imperial it's not been a favorite of mine. Those extreme fins were by 61 looking out dated, Cadillac had already taken fins to the ultimate extreme two years earlier in 59. So in 61 Imperial was showing almost cartoon like fins. Hanging rear lamps and headlights on stalks, I can only think of incongruent. Imperial's philosphy of design from 1955 was the famous Forward Look. The incongruence of the 61, they tried to continue with futuristic styling at the same time the retro look. Just didn't mesh. So. . . . . Here's a chance for anyone to take down my favorite Imperial. A 1960 Imperial LeBaron 4 door h/top. But either way, as long as these wonderful auto's are kept alive and well, this is the aim of any car lover. Nice video keep up the good work.