1964 Chrysler Imperial

1964 was the first year the Imperial Crown was designed by Elwood Engel who was the designer of the 1961 Lincoln Continental.  Only 922 convertibles were built in 1964. The 1964 Imperials were the first models designed by someone other than Virgil Exner since Imperial had become a separate make in 1955. The “someone” was Elwood Engel, who had come over from Ford to replace Exner in 1961, and who had begun to influence surface styling of Chrysler products as early as 1963. 

Engel drastically revised the 1964 Imperial line. The old silhouette was now eliminated below