{"id":24364,"date":"2023-12-03T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=24364"},"modified":"2023-12-03T06:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:03:57","slug":"the-imperial-experience-and-police-harleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/the-imperial-experience-and-police-harleys\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Police Harleys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My old man drove an Imperial for a couple of years.\u00a0 In the early days, Dad always bought his cars used, and our dark green 4-door &#8217;56 Imperial was no exception.\u00a0 The car was monstrously huge and it rode as if it were floating on air.\u00a0 I remember one time we were all in the car when it lost its steering.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t remember if that&#8217;s why Dad sold the Imperial or if it was something else, but I remember the car.\u00a0 \u00a0And that&#8217;s why when I came across this YouTube video I knew I had to share it with you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"1956 Chrysler Imperial 354ci Hemi Powered Test Drive | REVIEW SERIES\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-r4fWn08kr4\" width=\"889\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sales approach back in those days was a little different than what we might see in an advertisement today.\u00a0 \u00a0These are two more Imperial videos that I think are cool.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;You're on the Test Track&quot; with the 1957 Chrysler and Imperial Automobiles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lz0YL503HN4\" width=\"1473\" height=\"547\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"1960 Imperial Chrysler Corporation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W97C-dEA3Pw\" width=\"1473\" height=\"547\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So there you have it:\u00a0 1950s Chrysler Imperial advertising and more.\u00a0 And hey, if you were intrigued by those police Harleys in the video above, pick up your own copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1727673344?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860\">The Complete Book of Police and Military Motorcycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1727673344?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PoliceMotorcycles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PoliceMotorcycles.jpg 400w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PoliceMotorcycles-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<style>\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-select,\r\n        .wpedon-container .wpedon-input {\r\n            width: 171px;\r\n            min-width: 171px;\r\n            max-width: 171px;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style><div class='wpedon-container wpedon-align-center'><form target='_blank' action='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr' method='post' class='wpedon-form'><input type='hidden' name='cmd' value='_donations' \/><input type='hidden' name='business' value='ExNotes@ExhaustNotes.us' \/><input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value='USD' \/><input type='hidden' name='notify_url' value='https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-post.php?action=add_wpedon_button_ipn'><input type='hidden' name='lc' value='en_US'><input type='hidden' name='bn' value='WPPlugin_SP'><input type='hidden' name='return' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='cancel_return' value='' \/><input class='wpedon_paypalbuttonimage' type='image' src='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif' border='0' name='submit' alt='Make your payments with PayPal. It is free, secure, effective.' style='border: none;'><img alt='' border='0' style='border:none;display:none;' src='https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif' width='1' height='1'><input type='hidden' name='amount' id='amount_9257d3727d5def11aa6f17cfb8e66d57' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='price' id='price_9257d3727d5def11aa6f17cfb8e66d57' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='item_number' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='item_name' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='name' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='custom' value='23447'><input type='hidden' name='no_shipping' value='1'><input type='hidden' name='no_note' value='0'><input type='hidden' name='currency_code' value='USD'><\/form><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don&#8217;t forget:\u00a0 Visit our advertisers!<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmotorcyclegear.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BritishMotorcycleGear400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BritishMotorcycleGear400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BritishMotorcycleGear400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BritishMotorcycleGear400-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bajabound.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23943\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-20191017_4474BajaBound.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-20191017_4474BajaBound.jpg 400w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-20191017_4474BajaBound-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0-20191017_4474BajaBound-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My old man drove an Imperial for a couple of years.\u00a0 In the early days, Dad always bought his cars used, and our dark green 4-door &#8217;56 Imperial was no exception.\u00a0 The car was monstrously huge and it rode as if it were floating on air.\u00a0 I remember one time we were all in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/the-imperial-experience-and-police-harleys\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Imperial Police Harleys&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[392,452,103,450],"tags":[3863,3862,3865,3864],"class_list":["post-24364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-back-in-the-day","category-harley","category-harley-davidson","category-police-motorcycles","tag-chrysler","tag-imperial","tag-police-motorcycle-escort","tag-rich-old-white-guys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Imperial-Harleys.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24364"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24414,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24364\/revisions\/24414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}