Seriously Long 1975-Vintage Chrysler/Imperial Coupes

Aside from eight-passenger sedans and limousines, the 1974-generation Imperials and Chrysler New Yorkers were the longest found on those marques.  Wheelbases and lengths were considerably reduced for the next redesign.

Imperial wheelbases were a not-excessive 124 inches (3150 mm) for 1974 and 1975.  Lengths for respective years were 231.1 inches (5870 mm) and 232.7 inches (5911 mm).  The latter being the same for the 1974-1978 generation New Yorkers, which also had 124-inch wheelbases.  The length relative to wheelbase was due to large overhang, 108.7 inches (2791 mm) -- 47 percent of that overall length.

The Imperial brand was dropped for model year 1976 and reinstated 1981-83.  In part because Imperials and New Yorkers shared the same basic bodies, 1976-78 New Yorkers received important styling details from the 1974-75 Imperials.  I suppose that was intended to enhance New Yorkers' prestige, making them replacement Imperials.

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1974 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham coupe - car-for-sale photo
This is the fancy coupe version with the fashionable vinyl top covering.  Some consider this a hardtop coupe due to its apparently thin, chromed B-pillar.  However, the after side windows are fixed in place, whereas true hardtop convertible side windows all can be rolled down.  Moreover, the chrome strip is slightly narrower than the actual B-pillar, making the latter seem narrower than actuality.

1975 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham St Regis Coupe - car-for-sale photo
The St. Regis trim package on New Yorker and Imperial coupes featured what seems to be padded vinyl covering that reduced the after side windows to opera-window status.  Compare this front end to that of the '75 Imperial in the next image.  New Yorkers for 1976 got that Imperial front end styling. 

1975 Imperial LaBaron Coupe - BaT Auctions photo
Besides different front ends, Imperials lacked the New Yorker's metal cladding along the lower edge of the body.

1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham St Regis Coupe - car-for-sale photos
As mentioned, starting with the 1976 model year, Chrysler News Yorkers looked like Imperials would have, had the Imperial brand not been dropped from Chrysler's lineup.

The Old Switcheroo with respect to vinyl tops was that the after part of the passenger compartment greenhouse lacked vinyl.  General Motors and Ford cars with partial vinyl cladding had the cladding abaft of the B-pillar.

Disregarding the vinyl, the design is attractive.  Body length helps the effect -- when viewed on small Internet images.  Facing an actual car, its large size would likely have been more noticeable than its visual grace.

1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham Coupe - BaT Auctions
A vinyl-free New Yorker coupe.  The C-pillar area is large, creating visual bulk that the side striping does little to cure.  Note the two-tone paint zone along the lower part of the body.  This replaced the cladding seen on the 1974 and 1975 New Yorkers in the first two images.