'52 Imperial Parade Phaetons

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2018/8/1 7:53:07

Apologies, not Packard. But postwar custom coachwork cars are rare and thought some of you would find this interesting. In yesterday's New York Times, first page of the New York Section, was this interesting article about New York's Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton, still in service with the city. Three were built and Chrysler stationed them in New York, Los Angeles and Detroit for parade duty, they were facelifted by Chrysler in 1955. Some years later they were sold to the respective cities. Apparently the Detroit car ended up in the Peterson Museum. If interested you can read the balance of the article in the Times on-line.

New York seems to treat their historic cars well. You may recall that FDR's '32 Twin Six phaeton was recently recommissioned and used by the governor to open a couple of bridge project.

Enlarging the image (left click) somewhat improves the quality of the photo.

Anyone know who did the coachwork for Chrysler?

More info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Imperial_Parade_Phaeton

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