Chrysler’s Chrysler

This 7-passenger limousine was custom built by LeBaron for Walter P. Chrysler as a gift for his wife Della.



The car was inherited  by their daughter Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, whose initials are on the rear doors.

It is believed to be the first automobile with spring loaded, power-assisted rear windows and door locks. The car is 19 feet long and over six feet wide. It is powered by a straight-8-cylinder engine displacing 324 cubic inches.  The 130-hp is transferred through a 3-speed manual transmission with overdrive. Despite its aluminum coachwork, it weighs a massive 6,300 pounds with only 25,500 miles on the odometer. The car was donated in 1959 to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum.

It was acquired by the Kroplicks from the museum in January 2012 and restored in 2014. Chrysler’s Chrysler made its debut at the 2014 Pebble Beach d’Elegance capturing First in Class for American Classic Closed. The automobile was featured in the cover article of the September 2015 issue of Hemmings Classic Car.

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