The Chrysler

The Chrysler & Imperial Collection of R. M. Soule

Click here to return to the Main Website Menu Page Welcome! Here you will find Chryslers & Imperials and a few other brands owned, operated, and maintained by Robert M. Soule. I have been an avid collector of Chryslers and Imperials for over 42 years. In this time span, I have owned several hundred automobiles. All photographs on this website are copyright ©Robert M. Soule. All rights reserved. Written permission required for commercial use. At present my collection stands at 30 restored, original, or in-progress cars and 12 parts cars plus or minus. The collection consists of the following:

	Chrysler & Imperial - The Pre WWII Years
	Chrysler Series 62 4 - door sedan 6 cylinder
	1937 Chrysler Imperial Custom Long Wheelbase Formal Sedan 4 - door sedan 8 cylinder
	1939 Chrysler Royal 4 - door sedan 6 cylinder
	Chrysler & Imperial - The Post WWII Years
	1955 DeSoto Firedome 4 - door sedan 8 cylinder Hemi
	1955 Crown Imperial Long Wheelbase Formal Sedan 4 - door sedan 8 cylinder Hemi
	1958 Dodge Royal 2 - door hardtop 325 V-8
	1960 DeSoto FireFlite 4 - door sedan 361 V-8
	1961 Imperial LeBaron 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 HP 350 bhp
	1962 Chrysler 300 convertible 413 V-8 HP 385 bhp


	1962 Imperial Crown Convertible 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 350 bhp
	1962 Imperial Crown 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 350 bhp
	1963 Imperial LeBaron 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 350 bhp
Imperial, America's Most Carefully Built Luxury Car........Presenting The Incomparable Imperial........The Elwood Engel Years........The Elegant Years........

	1964 Imperial Crown 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 350 bhp
	1964 Imperial Crown convertible 413 V-8 350 bhp
	1964 Imperial LeBaron Landau Ghia Limo. 4 - door sedan - 413 V-8 365 bhp One of only 10 produced in 1964 and one of only 2 with the unusual Landau option.
The above pictures are of my 1964 Imperial LeBaron Ghia Landau Limousine. This car has the rare small oval rear window and the rear side glass was deleted. This is the formal landau option. Only 2 of these cars are know to exist with this unusual option. This car originally belonged to Henry J. Kaiser the well known industrialist. I purchased this car in Knoxville, Tennessee around 1990. I have made a reasonable amount of progress with the restoration. However, I was not happy with the paint and body work and expect to redo the paint. The body has been properly repaired and the body is now in beautiful condition with a fresh new coat of correct black paint. When I purchased the car in 1990 I drove it to Chattanooga and it drove very well, the air worked, as did the windows, cruse control, and even the radio worked. Mechanically, the car is sound requiring little repair. Someday soon I hope it will once again look like the picture below.

	1965 Chrysler New Yorker 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 350 bhp
I have owned this 1965 Chrysler New Yorker pictured above for 25 years. It is a fine driving car and an excellent road car. This car survived a wreck in 1982 at the hands of a friend who had borrowed the car for his Senior Prom. The car sat for 18 years in my grandmother's basement until I finally had all the parts and the desire to fix it. It is only here today thanks to my grandmother's fondness for the car and her willingness to store it for me.
1965 Imperial LeBaron Ghia Limousine
	1965 Imperial LeBaron Ghia Limousine This was the last Imperial Ghia Limousine owned by Anna Dodge, wife of Horace Dodge of The Dodge Brothers automobile company. 1965 was the last year for the Ghia produced Imperial Limousines, this example being one of only ten produced that year.
	1966 Imperial Crown Convertible 440 V-8 350 bhp
	1966 Chrysler 300 convertible 383 V-8 325 bhp

	1966 Chrysler 300 4 - door hardtop 440 V-8 365 bhp
	1966 Chrysler New Yorker 4 - door Limousine Built by Stageway of Fort Smith, AR 440 V-8 365 bhp
	1968 Imperial LeBaron Limousine 4 - door sedan Built by Stageway of Fort Smith, AR 440 V-8 365 bhp
	1968 Imperial LeBaron 4 - door hardtop 440 V-8 350 bhp
	1968 Imperial Crown convertible 440 V-8 350 bhp
	1976 Chrysler New Yorker 4 - door hardtop 440 V-8
	1976 Chrysler New Yorker 2 - door coupe 440 V-8
	1981 Imperial 2 - door 318 V-8

	1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine 4 - door V-8

I am always in the market for cars and parts. Some of the vehicles listed above will come on the market for sale at some point. I am always open to offers.

I hope you enjoy your visit. Please check this site often, as I will be adding pictures from my own collection, as well as Chrysler and Imperial events I attend around the country.