Re: IML: Lake Bed Limo

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler all offered long-wheelbase models from the
mid-1940's through the mid-1950's.

The LuxuryLiner was the Dodge series name from 1939 through 1941.  It
offered long-wheelbase sedans through 1951, including 1949, under the Custom
name then Coronet.

DeSoto also offered the LWB sedans which were also the basis for their taxi
models seen so often in movies of that era.  The Suburban was a LWB
9-passenger sedan with a movable centre seat and a fold-down rear seat with
no divider between the trunk and passenger area.   DeSoto also offered the
same style on the regular sedan, sans centre seat, from 1949 through 1951,
called the Carry-All,

Chrysler offered LWB sedans through 1954, with the models in the
post-Airflow straight-eight era being either 6-cylinder or Custom/Crown
Imperial.   The first non-Imperial 8-cylinder LWB sedan was the 1951
Saratoga V8.   The model was transferred to the New Yorker for 1953-54.
Chrysler never offered a version of the LWB Suburban, but it did have a
regular sedan called the Traveller.  It was introduced for 1948 and was the
model DeSoto copied for its 1949 Carry-All sedan.

Chrysler also built LWB Crown Imperial models in 1955-56.   And these were
the last of the Chrysler-built LWB models.

By the way, Plymouth also offered LWB models through 1941.   The
Dodge-DeSoto-Chrysler body was all new for 1941 and no longer shared
anything with the Plymouth.  When Chrysler restyled the Plymouth for 1942,
they dropped the LWB Plymouth as sales were not enough to justify the
tooling expense.

Prior to WWII, the LWB sedans came as 7/8-passenger sedans with two jump
seats, or a 5/6-passsenger sedan without the jump seats.   They were also
available as limousines in all makes, although not all years.

The DeSoto and Chrysler LWB sedans were dropped at the end of 1954, when New
York City changed their taxi regulations to accept regular sedans.    DeSoto
was selling upwards of 2,000 LWB taxis a year, and without that market, the
LWB sedan was no longer viable.   And with the poor Crown Imperial sales for
1955-56, Chrysler could not justify tooling such a model on the new 1957
body.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: James Brown
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Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Lake Bed Limo


I believe Dodge also offered an extended wheelbase model for a short time
around 1941 - The Luxury Liner (?)

J. Brown
'60 Crown SH

randalpark@xxxxxxx wrote:

The six cylinder engine means that as a Chrysler, it would have been a
Windsor, not an Imperial. A similar six cylinder extended wheelbase sedan
was also offered in DeSoto, possibly as a Traveler or a Suburban.

Paul W.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Becker <imperialmike67@xxxxxxxxx>
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:20:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: IML: 1948 Chrysler Windsor Limousine


Back in the early 70's, detroit lake(a resovoir in Detriot Or) dryed up , I
like other guys at the time took my road runner down to the lake bed and
played in the mud. (it was like a giant skid pad) (imperial content): at one
end of the lake at the bottom of a cliff(that would normaly be full of
water) we found a late 40's era, (somebody at the time said it was a 46 new
yorker) limousine. it looked a lot like the car in the link. It may have
been an imperial, (i did not even know what an imperial was when i was that
age, and if it had more than 2 doors i had no interest., (my mom and dad
always liked buicks) . Anyway it was an extended length, was black, I
remember we marveled that a car that size only had a flat head six in it,
the really interesting part was the leather in the front seat was still soft
and pliable( still damp) the car was in pretty good shape as i recall, only
thing wrong with it was the roof was all bent up. we all surmized it was
some sort of gangland killing. I have often wondered about that car over the
years. probablly  still at the bottom of the lake today. For those with
knowlege , based on how i decribed it , was it an imperial?

"V. Scott Senter" <vssenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Saw this on the Denver Craigslist site, gotta be RARE!  And it looks to be
in great condition!
http://denver.craigslist.org/car/119046078.html

Almost an Imperial limousine (other than the straight 6 -vs- spitfire 8,
what are the differences?).  It looks to be nearly identical to the 1948
Imperial limo on the '48 IML page.  Hope somebody can give it a warm home!

Scott Senter
Klamath Falls, OR

'63 Mayan gold Crown 4-door w/ flightsweep (GG)
'68 faded Haze green Crown 2-door (ugly)
'70 Poly lime green Town and Country 9-passenger w/ factory 440 and dual
intake/exhaust (family inheritance)
'73 baby blue LeBomba 4-door ($1,500 car lot special, nearly perfect in and
out)
'73 turquoise LeBaroness w/ white leather/top 2-door (Turquoise beauty)
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