I recently saw a stretch Limo 300 2006 on the road. If they make the 2008 Imperial concept, do you think they'll make it into a stretch?? And why not if they made a 300? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hogg" <luxoliner@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: Re: IML: Imperial Limos > Bill. Would that little early 80's "Executive Car" (K platform) be > considered a "limo"? I believe those were made by Chrysler. They might not > fit in to the proper usage of the term limo though. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:41 PM > Subject: Re: IML: Imperial Limos > > > > Yes, the 1956 Crown Imperial limousine was the best seller at 175 units > followed by 1955 at 127. In addition, Imperial sold 51 8-passenger sedans > in 1956 and 45 in 1955. Also, the 1955-56 Crown Imperials had bodies built > by Chrysler. That totals 226 Crown Imperials for 1956 and 172 in 1955. > > Of the Ghia-built Crown Imperials, the 1957 was most popular at 36 units > followed by 1958 with 31 and then 1960 at 16. The least popular years were > 1959 with seven and 1962 with zero. Although Ghia production was zero in > 1966, the Ghia tooling was shipped to Barreiros in Spain where another ten > were built. Barreiros, a truck and engine manufacturer, was purchased by > Chrysler and would become Chrysler Spain in 1970. > > And that was the end of the factory-backed Imperial limousines. Instead, > Stageway was contacted to extend Imperial sedans into long-wheelbase (163") > limous. Twelve were built in 1967-68 with another fifteen between 1969 and > 1971. > > After that, all extended wheelbase Imperial limousines were done by the > purchaser. Two 1972 Imperial limous (with 1973 front ends) were built by > Hess and Eisenhardt (builders of funeral cars) for the American Secrect > Service. The stretched Imperial limousines of the 1980' and 1990's were > all done by coachbuilders not associated by Chrysler and arranged by the > buyers of the Imperials. > > (Hope you're back on your feet soon, Bill) > > Bill > Vancouver, BC > > > > > ----------------- 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 > > ----------------- 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