Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton

The Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton was made ​​in triplicate prototype of the U.S. car manufacturer Chrysler.

He was an open four-door car with a long wheelbase, as the vehicle name suggests. A special feature was the interpretation as Double Phaeton (English: Dual Cowl Phaeton ), which means that before the front and rear seats own windshield was installed at a time.

Three copies were built and remained at the locations New York, Los Angeles and Detroit owned by the Chrysler Corporation from where they were asked for public occasions. Around the year 1955, the vehicles were equipped at the factory with more powerful engines and tail fins. Two of the three cars still exist today and are in private hands.

The historical value of this model lies in the fact that it was the first work of 1949 occurred at Chrysler designer Virgil Exner and conceptually anticipated the lines of the Chrysler and Imperial models of the vintage 1955.