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== Optional Equipment ==
Automatic headlight dimmer, air conditioning (included tinted glass), dual air conditioning, adjustable steering wheel, auto pilot speed control, power door locks, AM touch tuner radio, FM-AM radio, reveberator for rear speaker, right outside mirror, remote control trunk release, vinyl roof, sure grip differential.





Revision as of 11:59, 13 May 2007

Flagship of The Chrysler Corporation
1964 Imperial
Introduced October 1, 1963
Assembly Plant - Chrysler Jefferson-Detroit
Production 14,181 Crown 4 dr.($5,560); 5,233 Crown 2 dr.($5,718); 922 Convertible ($6,003); 2,949 LeBaron 4 dr.($6,434); 10 Crown Limousine 8-passenger ($18,500).
Class Luxury
Body Style 2 dr and 4 dr hardtops, convertible
Length 227.8"
Width 80.0"
Height 56.8"
Wheelbase 129"
Weight 4 dr. 4,970 lbs, Coupe 4,950 lbs, Convertible 5,185 lbs, LeBaron 5,005 lbs.
Transmission 3-speed automatic (TorqueFlite)

dash-mounted pushbutton controls

Engine "RB" 413 cubic inch

Horsepower: 340 @ 4600 rpm Torque: 470 lbs. ft. @ 2800 rpm


Similar Cadillac, Lincoln
Designer The 1964 Imperial was the first of Elwood Engle's designs to reach production after the Virgil Exner era.


1964 Chrysler Imperial

Among the best designed, engineered and built cars of all times.


Crown Four-Door

Standard equipment on all Imperials included: power steering, power brakes, power windows and automatic transmission, remote controlled outside mirror, automatic parking brake release, variable speed electric windshield wipers, windshield washers, back up lights, map light, illuminated front seat ashtray lighter unit, dual rear seat ashtray lighter units, glove box light, trunk light, vanity mirror on passenger side windshield visor, center arm rests in both front and rear seats, hidden storage compartments in the front doors, trunk carpeting.

More leg room than any other domestic car.

Crown Coupe

Styling, quietness and quality.

Aircraft type seats, individual front seat power adjustment, reclining front passenger's seat, head rests, prime-grade top-grain leather upholstery.


Crown Convertible

Converibles had large cast iron ballast weights (200 lbs worth) added to the trunk floor outboard of the frame behind the rear wheels and to the upper portion of the front wheel wells, to reduce fender wobble and shake on rough roads.

LeBaron

Tom McCahill "I've been on some pretty fancy trains, including private cars, and to this writting have never found anything quite as comfortable or more capable of getting me to my destination as the '64 Imperial LeBaron. It's a great automobile."

Power controlled vent windows, 6-way power seat control, dual adjustable reading lamps in rear pillars, spare tire cover, twin portfolio pockets on the back of the front seat.


Optional Equipment

Automatic headlight dimmer, air conditioning (included tinted glass), dual air conditioning, adjustable steering wheel, auto pilot speed control, power door locks, AM touch tuner radio, FM-AM radio, reveberator for rear speaker, right outside mirror, remote control trunk release, vinyl roof, sure grip differential.


Memories


In memory of ITCH, See you on the road!