The classic car has served as a ride for then VP Lyndon B. Johnson, and the Apollo 11 crew
Kemberly Richardson reports on the 1952 Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton .When the WNBA champion New York Liberty squad parade down the Canyon of Heroes on Thursday, they will do it in style, riding on the one and only 1952 Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaeton .The magnificent car is the same classic that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson rode back in 1962. Seven years later, the crew of the Apollo 11 did the same.
"I call her my pride, she's just great. I call her a 'she,'" said Rafael Rivera of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.Rivera has the distinct honor of taking care of the extremely rare vehicle. Chrysler only made three. New York City owns one, and there's one in Los Angeles and Detroit.It's only used in parades, like in 2021. Nurse Sandra Lindsay, the first to get the COVID vaccine, sat in the car during the Hero's Parade.
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