1932 Chrysler Series CL Imperial Sedan

This is a rare example of a 1932 Custom CL Imperial Partitioned Close Coupled Sedan. A mere 374 of these cars were produced in 1932 and 1933 on the 146-inch wheelbase Custom CL chassis.

This car left the Kercheval Avenue plant in Detroit, Michigan on August 18, 1932, wearing a semi-custom Close Coupled Sedan body, bound for a Long Island, New York distributor. At some point shortly thereafter, the partition was installed, as per an internal confidential Chrysler memo. There are currently only two examples of the Partitioned Closed Coupled Sedan Imperials known to exist, in addition to Walter P. Chrysler's personal car which was custom-built by LeBaron.

This car surfaced in Flushing, New York in the possession of Joe Maculoso, a Past President of the Classic Car Club of America New York region in the early 1950s. He later sold the car to a fellow CCCA member in Pennsylvania. It would change hands several more times and was at one point used as a parts car in support of three separate CL restorations. In the late 1980s, it would again change hands and the current owner would spend nearly 18 years gathering parts for the extensive restoration. This would include the owners' reproduction of over 800 part numbers. The extensive attention to detail would include both stamping and hand engraving 'DB' head bolts and conserving the original printed wood grain blended with newly applied ink on the dash.