Re: IML: '56 imperial convertibles

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

It is hard to say if the factory actually built them. 

A similar crop of 1956 300 convertibles also were known to exist. They were ALL specially made by a dealer in Forida when they were new. The way that they were done, a pair of cars, '56 Windsor Convertible, and a 300 Coupe, were ordered. The Coupe was used to create the 300 Convertible, and mercifully, the coupes were actually turned into Windsors and sold as such. Maybe the Chrysler 300 Club would know if any of these exist. I knew of one. 

It could be possible that Imperial Convertibles could me made in a similar way, but would be much more difficult if they wanted to capture the longer wheel base (133inches). I heard of a 1956 Four Door Convertible that had been built as an experiment. I think that I read that it had been destroyed.

Paul W.

In an email dated 12/7/2005 6:09:53 pm GMT Daylight time, "57phil " <57phil@xxxxxxx> writes:

>Hi,
>About 56 Imperial convertibles i sent some weeks ago to Eric (IML)
>scans of two articles found in "Old car weekly" (march and june
>issues) : they found a '56 Imperial convertible (in poor
>conditions) in Wisconcsin. There is also some pics of the car
>which is built on a 126" wheelbase (NY)and some testimonies of
>readers in the june issue. The article says that 4 or 5 '56
>Imperial convertibles were built by the factory !!!
>
>Eric told me that he 'll forward the scans to Mark to put them on
>the site
>
>Phil Courant (Pau, France)
>'57 Imperial convertible
>'96 Roadmaster wagon
>
>- American Car Club de France (ACCF) : http://www.accf.com
>
>- Chrysler Imperial France : http://c-i-f.ifrance.com/ ?( 
>
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