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HISTORIC NOTES:
Chrysler sales were up this year, but Imperial deliveries dripped around 19.7 percent. On a calendar year basis, production was counted at 16, 829 units built or just .25 percent of the total American car market. This year, as in 1959, the cars were built by the Chrysler-Imperial Division of Chrysler Corporation, headed by C. E. Briggs.
Plans were made to begin transfer of Imperial production to the Warren Road factory, Dearborn, to the Jefferson-Detroit facility which had formerly housed Imperial assembly lines from August, 1958. Most 1960 Imperials, 84.6 percent had tinted glass, 44.7 percent had air-conditioning and 92.9 percent had power windows.
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
ENGINE -
V-8 413 Cast iron block
Displacement : 413.2 cubic inches
Bore & Stroke : 4.18 x3.75 inches.
Compression Ratio : 10.10:1
Brake Horsepower : 350 at 4600 rpm
Overhead valves
Carburetor - Carter four-barrel Model AFB-2927S
CHASSIS -
Wheelbase :
(Custom, Crown and LeBaron)- 129"
(Crown Imperial) : 149.5 inches
Tires :
(Custom, Crown & LeBaron): 8.20x15
(Crown Imperial) : 8.90 x 15
TRANSMISSION -
Torqueflite automatic transmission with pushbutton shift controls was standard.
CONVENIENCE OPTIONS:
Air Conditioning ($590.20)
Auto-Pilot ($96.80)
Automatic beam changer ($46.00)
Custom Rear License Plate Frame ($6.05)
Defogger - Rear window ($21.45)
Door Guards:
for two-doors ($4.40)
for four-doors ($6.50
Electric Door Locks:
for two-door hardtop and convertibles with power windows ($47.40)
for four-door models with power windows ($72.10)
Flitesweep deck lid ($55.45)
Extra-heavy-duty 40 amp generator ($42.60)
Heater ($136.30)
Mirrormatic- except of convertibles ($18.20)
Mirror- outside left remote-control ($11.90)
Mirror- outside right-hand manual ($6.85)
Sill Moldings ($27.60)
Standard Two-Tone Paint ($20.45)
Six Way Power Seat: in Custom ($124.80)
Automatic Power Swivel Seat ($121.00)
Power Vent Windows ($76.60)
Power Windows: in Custom ($125.00)
Electric Touch-Tuner Radio with Power Antenna: in convertibles ($153.50)
Solex Glass ($53.75)
Stainless Steel Roof: for Custom and Crown four-door models only ($62.40)
Sure-Grip Differential ($57.45)
Whitewall Rayon Tires ($55.10)
Whitewall Nylon Tires ($76.55)
Whitewall Nylon Tires on LeBaron ($27.50)
Leather Trim, on Crown four-door sedan and hardtop ($104.30)
Chrysler Corporation introduces the Valiant as their new compact car in Spring, 1960.
Information on this page was obtained from The Standard Catalog of Chrysler 1924-1990 by John Lee and Chrysler Chronicles by James Flammang.
