For Sale: 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Town Sedan - Project - $4,700 - Novato, CA - Not Mine

[58L-Y8]

For Sale: 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedan - Project - $4,700 - Novato, CA

1941 Chrysler for sale by owner - Novato, CA - craigslist
Seller's Description:

Extremely rare pre-war 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial Limo Special Town Sedan. Straight eight. 6-volt. Been stored indoors and hasn't run for years. Complete and original. very few examples of this car left. Minimal rust. Ready for you, a restoration project. Needs DMV verify.  Car is located in Novato. Cash or CC or Zelle. Serious inquires only please. Only $4,700. Offer.
Contact: Call, text or email Ross. (415) 8-two-8-1-5-three-zero
Copy and paste in your email: 47d3dc5fc3723ceab1a39550e78f25e8@sale.craigslist.org

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedan - Project.
The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942, edited by B. R. Kimes and H. A. Clark states 894 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedans built.

Note:  Chrysler had applied the Custom Imperial to their top-line, most expensive lwb 8-passenger sedans and limousines through the 1939 model.  For 1940 their two lwb models were rechristened Crown Imperial (C-27).  For 1941 the two lwb models (C-33) were joined by the 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedan (C-30).  The C-30 designated the concurrent Eights in Saratoga, New Yorker and New Yorker Highlander trim. 

 

The 1941 Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedans were a further upscale edition of the C-30 titled as Crown Imperials.  While the most expensive New Yorker Highlander Town Sedan was priced $1,419; the Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedan were $1,760.  For the $341 price difference, standard features included Fluid Drive, Laidlaw interior fabrics, hydroelectric power windows, safety rim wheels, Double Eagles tires, Crown Imperial overall trim details.   Its most direct competition was a well-optioned Cadillac Series 62 Deluxe 4dr touring sedan with Hydra-Matic or a Packard Super Eight 160 4dr touring sedan, Model 1903.  For 1942, the Chrysler Crown Imperial 4dr Special Town Sedan disappeared from the offering.

[58L-Y8]

Here it was three years ago:

 

[marty14]

Pathetic 2 picture ad. I guess the seller has no time for more pictures. 

[Reynard]

...sad shape.  The price should be going the other direction - much faster than the $100. per year its has gone up. Seller must not be paying for storage.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 2 by Reynard (see edit history)

[58L-Y8]

8 hours ago, Reynard said:

...sad shape.  The price should be going the other direction - much faster than the $100. per year its has gone up. Seller must not be paying for storage.

 

 

 

 

 

 Sad too is a restoration of this rarity will be unlikely, though counting the number still extant might be possible on one hand.

[B Jake Moran]

Yes, closed car (check) pre war (check check)  Never restored - (check check check) 

 

In this case, the seller is ethically to blame, period.  Technically in America a private citizen has the right to sell or not sell their property. In that case, we should just leave this one alone.  But most of us have a desire to see old cars restored and that at least requires this car to be moved to another party.  There aren't many wealthy Chrysler geeks interested in this car, maybe none.  

 

Seeing that it isn't a true LWB car does not motivate me personally.  I love golden era LWB cars, whether technically Limousines or not.