My Great Aunt and Uncle lived in San Mateo, CA, and the had a '67 Imperial Le Baron (I think) sedan. Same car as the one just shown, but 4-doors.

I was in L O V E with that car. Big, quiet, powerful. Green exterior with a green cloth interior.

Signal-seeking AM radio with a station changer button on the floorboard next to the high-beam switch. Cruise Control (which I think they called 'Auto-Pilot')

HUGE back seat - even bigger trunk.

Chrysler did the smart think with the spare location - on the right hand side instead of in the back of the trunk. My '66 Cadillac is a bigger car than the Imperial, and the spare is mounted typical GM-style at the rear of the trunk. You have to crawl IN to the trunk to unbolt and remove the spare...

In 1989 (I think), I went out to San Fransisco for a business trip. By this time my uncle had passed away, and my aunt was in a nursing home. I went to see one of my cousins and she took me to see my aunt. On the way back from the visit, I asked her about the old Chrysler. She said that after my uncle died, they had in-home care for my aunt, and the Chrysler (which had been garage kept all of its life) was relegated to the street.

Someone busted the back window out of the vehicle about 3 months before my visit and they sold the car for a song. She told me "If I had known you wanted it, we would have arranged to ship it to you - you could have had the car for free" - GRRRR.

They were (and still are) one of my favorite style of Chrysler. I'm still on the lookout for one...