Chrysler’s Chrysler
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Apr 21 2012
Newsday Video: “Car collector adds a classic”
Videojournalist Brittany Wait has placed a two-minute video on "Chrysler's Chrysler" on Newsday's Youtube Channel. (8 comments)
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Apr 12 2012
Then & Now: “Chrysler’s Chrysler”- 1937 and 2012
Coachbuilder Baron documented their unique 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 Town Car prior to its delivery to the Chrysler family. Compare these "Then" images with "Now" photos taken 75 years later. (7 comments)
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Apr 11 2012
Hemmings Blog: Walter P. Chrysler’s one-off Imperial town car finds new home
Jim Donnelly, Hemmings Senior Editor, has written a blog post today on "Chrysler's Chrysler": (1 comments)
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Apr 08 2012
Video: Chrysler’s Chrysler Gets a New Home
After 53 years of storage in garages at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and the Long Island Automotive Museum, the 1937 Chysler Imperial C-15 Town Car (custom built by LeBaron for Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler) was moved to its new Roslyn home on April 4, 2012. (20 comments)
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Mar 22 2012
A History of Coachbuilder LeBaron
Mark Theobald on Coachbuilt.com has posted this history of LeBaron, a prominent automobile coachbuilder. Among the cars built by LeBaron was the 1937 Chrysler C-15 Town Car created for Walter P. Chrysler for his wife and recently sold by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. (2 comments)
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Mar 13 2012
Mineola Patch: Local Historian Buys One-of-a-Kind 75 Year Old Chrysler Imperial
Reporter Christopher Collora interviewed Stephanie Gress, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, two classic car experts and me for this Patch article and video: (2 comments)
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Mar 06 2012
Wall Street Journal: The Vanderbilt Legacy
The Wall Street Journal published an article on the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum on March 1, 2012 reviewing its current financial status. The article notes the sale of the 1937 Chrysler with this accompanying photo of Vanderbilt Museum Executive Director Lance Rheinheimer with the car. (2 comments)
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Mar 02 2012
Vanderbilt’s Chrysler: An Update
An article reporting on the recent sale of a 1937 Chrysler Imperial by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum was published In the February 16, 2012 issue of The Long Islander newspaper. Highlights from the article follow, including photos of the Chrysler as it looks today. (10 comments)
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Feb 08 2012
Press Release: Vanderbilt Museum Sells One-of-a Kind 1937 Chrysler
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum has issued this press release on the sale of a unique 1937 Chrysler built for the Chrysler family. (14 comments)
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Feb 06 2012
Newsday: Museum’s 1937 Chrysler sold for $275,000
Newsday reporter Paul Iarrocco reports on the selling of a "one-of-a-kind 1937 Imperial Town Car": (0 comments)
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