Those who have followed this vintage owners series for the last few weeks must have been wondering when Mopar products would be highlighted. Well, the time has finally come; for here we have a bunch of Chrysler and Imperial owners, ready to dazzle everyone with their snazzy rides.
I hope Pentastar fans can forgive me for showcasing Chrysler and Imperial together. But there just aren’t that many Imperial images online, and I would hate for them not to appear. So, let’s take a look at these vintage owners and their cars. The upper echelons of the Chrysler world.
Ed and Evelyn are going to need a jump start if they leave that door open.
The last picture brings back sooo many memories.
My best friend’s Mom drove a Chrysler Newport sedan same color as the one in the picture (suspect this is a 1969 model yr).
Big as a tank, but she could maneuver that car thru the streets of NOLA with no issue at all.
Right – it is a 1969
This is a 1970 model. (The 1969 model featured horizontal bars across the grill.)
The eight photo down.
Is that other lady hold a Schlitz beer bottle in her hands??
A true party grandma!!
Good eye! She sure is holding a Schlitz can. The one next to her looks like she’s maybe a bit tipsy though. Wonder who’s driving?
Looks like Maine to me. Which would be pretty much where I’d expect to find a couple of hard partying fishermen’s wives grandmas pounding back a few early in the day.
Looks like Schlitz to me. Judging from the mess on the rear fender, it also looks like Bob down at the corner filling station got a little sloppy when they came in for a tank of gas.
Same picture, it looks like the automatic shutoff didn’t work on the gas pump last time they filled up. Party hardy Grannies!
A lot of states did not have motor vehicle open container laws until years later and it was perfectly legal to drive down the road drinking a can of beer. I hear that you can still drink and drive in Mississippi.
“FREEWAY BAGS” =8-) .
remember plastic sleeves that said “PEPSI” but were sized to fit a ‘tall boy’ can of beer .
-Nate
Then-and-now of the ’67 Newport picture – the location is St. Ann, Missouri. Two SUVs have replaced the sedans in the driveway:
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Great catch, I grew up a few miles West of St. Ann. Had a number of friends who lived there. The pictures look familiar.
My dad was fortunate in his youth. Grandpa knew the owner of a Chrysler dealership here and arranged for my Dad to get a very scarce `46 Town & Country cvt.! New cars weren’t easy to find, but dad ended up buying the owner’s own demonstrator. Flash forward one year, and somehow Dad was offered more than he paid for his `46 so he sold it and got another one! A cream `47 New Yorker T & C cvt.!
That ’59 Imperial (5th photo down) looks like the ends of the grille are missing…I found a pic of another one, and as you can see, there was apparently a problem with the ends staying on or in position…?
It’s a ‘58 – but yes, the grill ends are missing.
Memories of the days when an adult could sit on a car fender without denting it.
Probably more of a function of today’s Americans being complete fat asses.
I share your general sympathies, but I will point out that if you could ever find a 1947 Town and Country where you could rap your knuckles on that fender, you’d find that there’s enough steel there to hold up a small building.
Besides, she doesn’t look all that heavy.
Wow, a great bunch of photos, thanx for sharing these .
-Nate
The 1958 Chrysler with the Iowa plates…lovely photo with the dog and the fruit trees in the background.
Seeing the dash-mounted mirror flopping over to one side reminds me of a similar problem with the 1961 Plymouth my family had. That mirror was always falling over and out of place, much to my dad’s frustration. I’d forgotten about that until now!
Iowa county 17 is Cerro Gordo county in extreme north central Iowa, a year or so later Buddy Holly would fall out of the sky there
Wow, 2 different early Town & Countrys! And not versions owned by famous people, either.
I can’t decide whether my fave is the silver 59 or the white 62. That the 62 is a New Yorker 4 door hardtop may edge it ahead.
The caption for the last photo could read “Stan showing off his new Chrysler Newport. He vows to keep the valve covers tightened down on the 383 in this one to avoid more of those nasty oil stains on the driveway.” I was going to joke that he must have traded in a Studebaker, but those oil spots are not big enough. 🙂