What's the scoop on these? Anyone have one? If you do, what do you think of them? I have someone wanting me to buy one. It's a 4 door hardtop. Fully loaded. In good condition. Runs off of a gas can right now. I ***ume I'd need to flush the tank and/or replace the float. Body and interior look good. What are these generally worth? I can't find too many examples for sale. I looked up the NADA guide and those prices seem out of line. The low retail is still a lot. Just looking for real world feedback.
We had one a little newer, where you came and picked up the old ranchero. We advertised it for $600 and the next day they came down from Yakima and picked it up without even trying to start it, they loaded it paid and left and never even bothered collecting the ***le for the car. I think they just wanted the 440 out of it and planned to s**** the rest. Just a idea of market value of something that recently sold. And how quickly.
owned 1956's to 1974's(four wheel disks ) .....had a 1965 covert....very low production....ran on a bottle - should be a 413 motor - 1966 was the first year of the 440.....hard sell on the convert - back in the day $1500 was all that it would bring - and it wasn't that rusty of a one-owner car....you could do a green hornet one....
Outstanding car in its day. 1957 - 1966 built on its own ch***is and body, completely different from any other Chrysler.Power, speed, handling, luxury, all tops for the times. Better road car than Cadillac or Lincoln. Cadillac had a creamier boulevard ride but with a Chrysler you never have to back off. I don't know what they are worth or how they are for finding parts. Engines, transmissions and small parts shared with other Chrysler products but body and ch***is weren't. I wouldn't feel a bit underprivileged driving one today.
Some parts cost are brutal; I had a friend who loved these, and front end parts were triple the price compared to any other mopar (when you could find them). Other than engine/trans, not a lot of interchange with other Chrysler products.
I have a buddy who had a string of 'em in the late 60s early 70s. Always said the 65 Imperial Crowns were the best west Nebraska road cars available. Most destinations are 100 miles apart on 2 lane roads out there and if you took over an hour to go 100 miles, you were loafing in an Imperial with a 413....always ran with the A/C and the radio on high. Chicks in the back seat and one hand on the wheel...always Jack Daniels involved.
So unstoppable that most demo derbys banned them. I've kind of lusted after a 1965 convertible for over thirty years, sitting in the weeds and it hasn't moved in all that time. I've thought about it every time I drive by that farm. Quite a way to anywhere in western Nebraska. When I was a kid we would visit relatives out there that farmed a dryland farm and they would be going on about how good their corn crop looked but I was unimpressed comparing it to our Iowa corn it looked sick and stunted to me. In later years a cousin put in irrigation, looks better now. Dad hit a deer out there in 1967 with our 1966 Mercury in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately the Mercury would still drive so we weren't stranded. Relatives in high school out there would ride for hours on a school bus to play a football game with a team from another town, if my memory is correct it was sometimes a six hour bus ride. Old iron sitting around out there looks less rusty than the stuff around here.
Know a guy here that has a very nice '65 4dr HT, aqua color, black leather, 413, power everything, restored some time ago. Still shows well, and drives like a dream. Won't come off of $6K, no bites, no interest, he's gonna have it a long time. Very nice car, with a very limited market.
I have had at least 12 imperials from 59 thru 73. I like them , but they aren't worth much. Really hard to get parts for .I bought Johnny Rutherford 1966 crown sedan .
My very first car was a '62 two door. Paid $100 one day, sold two days later for $400. Never even got it home. I was 14 and my parents never knew I bought it!
It's a really nice looking car, too bad they destroyed one too many for that dumb movie. Sent from my Z958 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Have no idea on price, but I always dug 60's Chrysler's more than Caddy's or Lincolns (though I dig all 60's cars ), I would LOVE to have one! What a cruiser!
I have a 413 out of a 65 crown imperial in my henry j. It was a parts car for a 2 door. Never seen one sell for much, no demand.
When my uncle was living. He would have paid 600 or 700 for that. But I am sure he would have parted it out. In Chrysler circles a 413 has never been the hot lick. And that one doesn't have much for heads, intake, carb or cam. Although I ran mid 11's with one in a 3400 pound car with a few after market parts.. That being said, if I needed a big block for something and it was good I'd us it. The trans is another story. It's one year only. It has a column shifter. But it's cable shift like the push ****on ones. But it has a slip yoke. It's the same trans I have in my '40. I have seen those cores go for 300-400 in the past. And most of the Imperials had sure grip (posi) rears. All and all, it's an ok parts car for the right money. Gene.
All Imperials are somewhat rare,a four door may not be worth as much as a two door but still cool,and a hardtop too.It runs,if the frame and floors are solid,don't part it out.If not,the '65's have some proprietary parts as mentioned above. It looks to be a potential driver to me.I had a '73 coupe with a 440,very low production. RT
yup, for a hot rod guy, that's a parts car. (I know, I know this place is an "old car" forum, not a "hot rod" forum, get over it George) Maybe we could go join the Hemmings forum, with so many of the guys that should be over there here, its probably pretty empty, maybe we can convert it to a hot rod forum? Man, we parted out those things out by the dozen, you guys would puke if you knew how many motors/trans I hauled out of those to shove in Dusters, Darts and Valiants...
I agree with alphabet soup, the TF out of that thing is a real score. The max wedge guys will get wood for that trans.
My Grandpa had one and couldn't give it away. I think my uncle still has it out back under the big oak tree.
I'll be the odd man out and admit I would like to have one. Seating for eight and sleeps two + one in the trunk. Real barges, with a ride comparable to an ocean liner. I guess the downside would have to be the 6-7 GPM they deliver going downhill with a good tailwind, but the style and comfort along with the intimidation factor would almost make up for it.
You're not the only odd man. I obviously am interested. I have a tendency to like the odd cars. Maybe it's because I'm not run of the mill either or because I've never been one to join the herd. Don't get me wrong. I like a lot of the regular type of cars that everyone else likes. I've just not usually been able to afford them and so I naturally gravitated to the others.
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