British Motorcycle Gear

My old man drove an Imperial for a couple of years.  In the early days, Dad always bought his cars used, and our dark green 4-door ’56 Imperial was no exception.  The car was monstrously huge and it rode as if it were floating on air.  I remember one time we were all in the car when it lost its steering.  Something mechanical came undone and we ended up in a cornfield, of which there were many in rural central New Jersey in the late 1950s.  I can’t remember if that’s why Dad sold the Imperial or if it was something else, but I remember the car.   And that’s why when I came across this YouTube video I knew I had to share it with you.

The sales approach back in those days was a little different than what we might see in an advertisement today.   These are two more Imperial videos that I think are cool.

This next one, which obviously had as its target market rich old white guys who never went anywhere without a police motorcycle escort, is especially cool (and it fits with our theme of occasionally providing interesting motorcycle content).

So there you have it:  1950s Chrysler Imperial advertising and more.  And hey, if you were intrigued by those police Harleys in the video above, pick up your own copy of The Complete Book of Police and Military Motorcycles.



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Joe Berk

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