Where's Mrs. WPC's '37 Imperial?

Greetings,

Back in about 1986 I lived in NYC, and in the summer we'd tour Long Island and elsewhere to escape the city's heat. One of our treks was to Centerville, L.I., to William. K. Vanderbilt's "Eagle's Nest", at the time (and still) a House Museum. Imagine my surprize to find this 1937 Chrysler Imperial Town Car, languishing outdoors in the courtyard of the Estate. Even then, it was looking fairly tattered, and the metal cover over for the chauffeur's compartment looked odd, as if a later addition. Still, a very impressive, and important automobile.

I'd read it was custom-built by LeBaron for Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, and recall seeing or reading about it a few years ago. By then, thankfully, it had been restored, and the metal cover replaced with a canvas or naugahyde collapsible cover. Was that metal roof original to the car, removable for the change of seasons?

So, where is the Imperial now? No doubt in a better place than sitting outdoors, suffering the indignities of the Long Island elements.

Curious in Carolina,

TG