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How much did it weigh? 1972 Imperial by Chrysler!
Feb 4, 2025
The Imperial was by far Chrysler’s most luxurious vehicle from the 1930s up to 1974. But how much did it weigh, in two and four doors, and with each of its very few options? #imperial #chrysler #weight #classiccars
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the Imperial is traditionally the
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biggest Chrysler passenger car that you
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can get other than wagons and vans in
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1972 Imperial learon came with just a
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single engine the 440 cubic in V8 indeed
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most Imperials over time came with a
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single engine and it was usually
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Chrysler's top of the line as far as
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luxury goes I don't believe any
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Imperials were sold with a 426 Street
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Emy because that was not a luxury engine
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that was a racing engine and the 1972
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Imperial again there was just the
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Imperial learon it was only a hard top
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they had a two-o and a four-door so your
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choice of doors and it had very very few
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options so that you wouldn't have to
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fill it up very often it came with a
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very big fuel tank bigger than the
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Chrysler came with a big radiator its
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curb weight was 150 lb over the shipping
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weight and the main difference between
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the shipping weight and the curb weight
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is the fluids they fill up the tank
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instead of putting in three gallons and
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so forth the twoo hardtop version of the
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Imperial in 1972 weighed
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4,940 lb in shipping weight the 4door
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hardtop was
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5,070 lb so you know when they talk
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about the Next Generation charger
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weighing over 4,000 lb well this
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Imperial weighed 5,070 and was almost
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certainly smaller inside but but they
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were true luxury cars they were made in
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very small numbers and they had all the
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sound insulation Chrysler could shove in
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in
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1972 this is the full list of options
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first dual air conditioning with
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automatic temperature control and that
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added 45 lbs a power bench front seat
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that's a single front seat that moves
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all forward and back together 25 lb a
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power 50/50 SP spit front seat so driver
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and passenger could have different
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positions was 48 lb cruise control added
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5 lb that seems like a lot power locks
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added 7 lb that's all those Motors and
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if you got the four-door it was 11 lb a
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rear window defroster ated 4 lb kind of
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odd that it wasn't standard and if you
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want to look at skid control this was
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the first four-wheel antiock brake setup
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in an American car it had been launched
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as an option on the 1971 Imperial it was
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quite expensive but it was unique there
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were very very few cars in the world
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that had antiock brakes at that point
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and that weighed 71 lb well that's all
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