I had opted out, having said my piece and having nothing more to add, but here's my last thought and won't comment further on the list about this. "fuselage" does not appear in the ads for 72-73. OK. Nothing much of anything design related appears in the 72-73 ads because Imperial was in the marketing crapper due to gas prices and there wasn't much advertising going on, at least not like the old days. The ads just talk about how they test drive the cars and all. I provided those 72-73 ads, and they were brutal to find. Low circulation and low count. Chrysler didn't care about Imperial marketing-wise, or they wouldn't have put that photo of the clown in the plaid suit in the window on the 73 catalog/brochure. When I think of a FUSELAGE, I think of a tube that's rounded and smooth. The 72 and 73 photos that you see deceive. The chrome on front looks vertical. That makes it look slab-sided. The '70 is absolutely flatter by the front door's leading edge (to my eyes) with flatter sides. The 72-73 is rounder. Looks like a further progression of the theme, and has no character line/fold in the upper part, so looks even smoother and unbroken. MORE fuselage if anything? How many people that have contributed have either of the cars? How many have both? hmmmm. Bumpers-as-part-of-fuselage-design and exclusive to 69-71 logic-argument? Uhhhh, Ok. Not a strong position at my end, but Ok. I think that the 68-71 bumpers flinging upward look like eagle wings from the back and not fuselage sides, personally. What I know will fit in whatever room's left on the head of that pin with the angels, so don't worry too much about it.... -K Kenyon Wills ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm