I can back Matt up on one of his 'theories'. I live in Washington state, and there are quite a few Imperials and Chryslers in general on the road or otherwise available from the era he specified (60's through about '93). There is a guy in north Seattle with three '80s EFI Imperials, I have one, there's another guy with a sea spray green one in an outlying suburb, and I know there are a few other members on this list who also live in WA state. I frequently see Imperials of all vintages "FOR SALE" in the classifieds for the state as a whole, lots of them on the drier eastern half of the state. This probably has a lot to do with our relatively mild winters and the lack of salt use on the roadways here. 1990-93 Imperials are virtually just as commonly seen here as late '80s/early '90s Fleetwood Broughams. There's also a few guys locally cruising around in mint-condition late-70's New Yorker Broughams that I see from time to time (saw a cream-yellow one yesterday!). The apartment complex across the street has a rare 79/80/81 R-body New Yorker parked there frequently. The apartment complex I lived in two years ago (three blocks from where I am now) had a 1973 Imperial LeBaron that belonged to another tenant. I never did find out who the guy (or girl) was, though. >I have a theory about this that I have observed over the years. I believe >that it depends on a few things. first of all , where the most amount of >cars were sold when new, and secondly the weather and salt use on the >roads. When I stared collecting cars about 15 years ago, I discovered that >where the model I wanted sold the most when new, I seemed to find the most >later on , and usually at the lowest price. ( I assume because so many old >ones seem to still be on the road in those places) I was a big Cadillac >fan for many years, more Cadillacs were sold in Texas, actually Dallas >then anywhere else up to the late 80's, consequently there were quite a >few still around there and usually pretty cheep.. It seems Lincolns were >big in Florida, I still see lots of them ( 70's ad 80' models) on ebay >from there. Funny thing, i have nothing to back this up, but it seems that >lots of Chryslers ( 60's up to the mid 80's) are in Canada, Washington >state, and Michigan in that order, at least that's what it appears from >looking at ebay, auto trader and hemmings.. Where I am, in Southern >California, I find Mercedes and Jaguar all over pretty cheep.. my First >Imperial ( a 90) I purchased from Nevada, and my 77 New Yorker Brougham, >Washington state 5 years ago. Again, simply a hypothesis.. I got no >science to back this ...my 2cents worth Matt ------------------- Nat Hall 1982 Imperial Coupe 1987 Chrysler New Yorker ------------------- ----------------- 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