Chrysler Imperial Crown Sedan

V8 / 6.768 cc / 350 PS / 470 ft/lb (637 Nm) @ 2.800

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Chrysler Crown Imperial (1955)

V8 / 5.422 cc / 238 PS / 330 ft/lb (448 Nm) @ 2.600

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1966 Chrysler Imperial, just like the one "The Old Man" on Pawn Stars has made a well known sight

I've never noticed big plastic covertible top covers... they must be impossible to replace.

May 2010 Automobile magazine just did a story, Page 81, on "The Old Man" Richard Harrison's 66 Imperial. The leather interior convertible is a one of 514 made, and they all would need a bit of care to get back on the road, this one needed suspension work of course, the weight alone would take the spring out of the suspension, if not the years.

You won't see many '64-'66 Imperials in So cal for sale, the upcoming movie "the Green Hornet" needed 29 built

Seth Rogen (who is the lead in the movie The Green Hornet) unveiled one at the 2009 Comic-con http://www.accesshollywood.com/seth-rogen/comic-con-2009-seth-rogen-unveils-green-hornets-black-beauty_video_1138356 for the video, but a full gallery of photos are here: http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/comic-con-2009-the-green-hornets-black-beauty#6

The original was built by icon Dean Jefferies.

Dennis McCarthy is the picture car coordinator (just 6 years of doing this so far) in Hollywood that made the cars used during filming the last two The Fast and the Furious movies, which he had over a $7 million dollar budget on just Tokyo Drift http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/general/hdrp_0607_movie_car_builds/index.html

and now he's building the Green Hornet "Black Beauty" Imperials.
29 of them.

great interview with Dennis here: http://www.latinoreview.com/news/fast-furious-week-continues-interview-with-car-coordinator-dennis-mccarthy-new-poster-6189 which is the same as the one here, http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10961/tcid/1http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10961/tcid/1http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10961/tcid/1 but with a different writer claiming credit for the writing... odd.