Chrysler’s CG Imperial of 1931 was renowned for its excellent, well-engineered chassis and drivetrain, which combined with a fine straight-eight engine to produce a remarkably modern driving experience for the era.

Like many of its competitors, the model was offered in a range of body styles, all of them exceedingly well-proportioned and attractive.

Few were more so than the close-coupled sedan, Chrysler’s name for what other automakers termed a sport sedan or club sedan.

With the doors moved close together and no rear quarter windows, it was a comfortable, elegant four-passenger closed car, that looked as terrific then and it does now.

Collectors favor such coachwork among the CG Imperial styles for CCCA CARavans and other touring events.

The close-coupled sedan offered here was formerly owned by the noted Imperial historian, Joe Morgan, who acquired it in the early 1990s from the large collection of Paul Beechy and his family in Winesburg, Ohio.

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Morgan subsequently underto...