RE: IML: Imperial as economy car and performance

["Matt Hopkins" <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My grandfather owned a 57 which of course he traded when I was very small in
64 for a Dodge Polara of that year.

To my point, I remember 3 things he used to talk about in regard to the
Imperial--- You could get 18 on the road going 70, You could make the tires
squeal at 60 if you floored it, and the kids really enjoyed the foot control
for the radio.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kenyon Wills
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:06 PM
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Subject: Re: IML: Imperial as economy car


http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1957/FwdLkAd/Hog.jpg

What more can I say, but that this ad is "proof", if
you beleive what you read.

-Kenyon

--- John Harvey <50scars@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Message
>
>      Let's see.  Assuming these economy car drivers
> were going to drive their 35 MPG cars any way, and
> each took one passenger, that would mean that there
> would be 5 economy cars taking the 5 passengers, so
> they really got 7 MPG to haul those 5 people.
> Sounds to me like an Imperial getting 8 MPG taking 5
> passengers actually gets better gas milage, if you
> look at it right.
>      I heard a minister explain the logic of taking
> a 15 passenger van that got 10 MPG, no matter what
> you did, it got 10, because that was cheaper than
> the 5 economy cars if they got 30 MPG that would be
> required to haul 14 kids to a retreat in Texas, plus
> a truck to bring the stuff they brought in an 18
> foot trailer.  Now you know she was some kind of
> lunitic--if not when she started, she was after
> spending 1500 miles in a tin box with 14 other
> people's teens.
>


=====
Kenyon Wills
























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