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 27 years. In this time span, I have owned well over 100 cars. 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 19 restored or in-progress cars and 26 parts cars plus or minus. The collection consists of the following:

	1928 Chrysler Series 65 4 - door sedan 6 cylinder

	1939 Chrysler Royal 4 - door sedan 6 cylinder

	1951 Packard 300 4 - door sedan 327 in-line 8
	1960 Chevrolet Corvair 4 - door sedan 6 cylinder
This 1960 Chevrolet Covair was my Grandmothers car. She purchased the car new in 1960 and drove it for the rest of her life. It is the only car I have any memory of her owning.
	1962 Chrysler 300 convertible 413 V-8 HP 385 bhp

Imperial, America's Most Carefully Built Luxury Car........Presenting The Incomparable Imperial........The Elwood Engel Years........The Elegant Years........

	1962 Imperial LeBaron 4 - door hardtop 413 V-8 350 bhp

	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 NOT FOR SALE 413 V-8 365 bhp
The above pictures are of my 1964 Imperial LeBaron Ghia 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. 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 Chrysler 300 convertible 413 V-8 365 bhp This car is sold however I own another one in the same colors but it is yet to be restored.
	1966 Dodge Polara 4 d door sedan 383 V-8 325 bhp
	1966 Chrysler 300 convertible 383 V-8 325 bhp

	1966 Chrysler 300 4 - door hardtop 440 V-8 365 bhp
	1966 Chrysler T&C Wagon 4 - door wagon 383 V-8 325 bhp
	1966 Chrysler New Yorker 4 - door Limousine Built by Stageway of Fort Smith, AR 440 V-8 365 bhp
	1968 Chrysler Newport 4 - door hardtop 383 V-8 290 bhp
	1968 Imperial LeBaron 4 - door hardtop 440 V-8 350 bhp
	1968 Imperial Crown convertible 440 V-8 350 bhp
	1973 Mercedes Benz 4 - door sedan FOR SALE! 300 SEL 4.5 V-8
Pictured above is my 1973 Benz 300 SEL 4.5 it is presently for sale. This car comes with a parts car also. The chrome and interior are good and the paint is very recent. Over all this car is a #3+ or better car. It runs well and the air is cold. It has new brakes, new tires, and a new exhaust system. I am asking $6,500 for this car. This is well under the book value on this car.
	1988 Lincoln Limousine 4 - door sedan FOR SALE! 305 V-8

I am always in the market for cars and parts. Many 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.