We have posted the very nice, complete hardbound dealership sample books as "showroom brochure" where we can: http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Showroom/Cover.htm 1961 is in the pipeline, and there are a few others here and there on the site already. -Kenyon --- Neal Herman <chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Most manufacturers, Mopar included, would carry > popular colors from one year to the next, dropping > those that didn't sell and replacing them with new > hues. They also might use the same color but change > the name, or have different names for the same color > but on different model lines - Dodge calling it one > name; Chrysler & Imperial another. Look on the IML > year-by-year section and compare the various years, > looking also at the paint codes. I think upholstery > was more likely to NOT carry over year to year.. > The '60 material is quite different than the '59. > As I mentioned, I have the '59 upholstery book. > Perhaps someone out there on the IML has the '58 > and/or '60 book. > > Neal Herman > 1959 Imperial Crown > 1988 Imperial Crown > et al. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: henry ford > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: 4/19/2005 7:21:48 PM > Subject: RE: IML: leather seat reconditioning? > > > my 59 imperial is a crown 4 dr ht, with the 15'' > wheels . so I believe it would have been built > towards the end of the 59 year production, and may > have used 60 model color options , but this is only > a guess, because on the iml site in the 60 model > paint chips I see a few colors that closely match my > car. > > I'm not sure what the color is on my car as most of > it is faded and has surface rust , but in the door > jambs and under the trunk lid the paint looks > original, it could be aqua mist , Normandy blue or > maybe turquoise gray metallic. the paint that is > under the truck lid and door jambs have a metallic > paint , but I cant tell what color it is, > > the body tag is in very poor shape and I cant make > anything out on it, any numbers or letters look the > same , I can only make out the top left and a few on > the second row just below the top , it reads as > follows, if anyone can get any info from them, let > me know. > > A 9416 WE17105518 > 614 B 515 > > the rest I cant make out . > > my dash is covered in black and the front and rear > seats as well are black carpet, my door panels have > the light blueish or aqua vinyl and below that is > black . I will ask my wife if she remembers where " > I put my camera" it may have a more pictures of my > imperial , I then will be able to post them and you > can look see if you can tell what the color is. > > last month my Compaq kicked the bucket and I lost > all the pictures and info that I was building up > from the iml web site, as with more pictures of my > 59 and a few other imperials that I have found . now > I have a dell, and I'm just getting into it, my old > system was running windows 98, this dell is running > win xp. and its totally different, but if I can I > will take some new picks of my 59 and post them > soon, > > thanks for all the leather information that everyone > has giving, and thanks for bringing to my attention > that the seats may not be original. > > did the 58, 59, and 60 imperials use the same > interiors and colors? > or are they year specific as for as style and > colors? > > Neal Herman <chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hate to tell you this, but if your '59 Imperial has > black upholstery at all, it's not original. I don't > remember whether you have a Crown or a Custom. > Leather was available in the Crown series, but only > in a light-to-medium blue, tan, red and white. Is > your car Aqua Mist, like mine? If so, the only > all-leather interior color with that paint was > white. Even the LeBarons only came in > broadcloth/leather in blue, green, tan/brown, light > grey leather/dark grey broadcloth, and rose > leather/red broadcloth; in addition to those colors > in all-broadcloth. I have the complete dealer paint > chip & upholstery sample binder, and there's no > black. > > The dash is vinyl, not leather. The door panels are > also vinyl. A clue to your original upholstery > would be what is on the middle part of the door > panel, below the armrest but above the strip of > carpet at the bottom. What is there should be what > was once on the seat inserts. > > On another note, I returned a week ago from the > Anniston show in Miss Dorothy, my '66 Imperial. She > did quite well, except for a fan clutch that froze > up on I-85 in South Carolina. That was an easily > obtained part once I got to Atlanta (thanks, Chris > H. for the diagnosis!) and cruised the rest of the > trip with no problems. She did like her high-test > Ethyl, though. I averaged a shade under 12mpg on > the highway. But that was at my average cruising > speed of 75-80mph. With a car as large and solid as > she is, the speed just creeps up on you without you > being aware of it. Ratchet it back down to 65, and > you might as well be in reverse! > > Neal Herman > 1959 Imperial Crown 4-door Southampton (Aqua Mist, > Silvercrest Landau roof, "Balmoral" cloth & leather > interior) "Aquitania" > 1966 Imperial Crown 4-door hardtop (Haze Green, > Ivory vinyl roof, pearlescent white leather > interior) "Miss Dorothy" > et al. > > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > Plan great trips with Yahoo! 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