Re: IML: Chrysler autobiography

["Hugh, 58 Imperial" <imperial58@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've always wanted to read that book.  I came across some very interesting 
stuff about WPC over the years.  his falling out with W. Durant at General 
Motors in the early 1920s is legendary.  Where should one look for the book? 
Is it still in print?

Hugh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Schmitt" <bsbrbank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:39 PM
Subject: IML: Chrysler History


> Hi all -
>
> The historical message below made me think to highly recommend (not news 
> though) the biography of Walter P. Chrysler, "Chrysler - The Life and 
> Times of an Automotive Genius" by Vincent Curcio.  I just finished a copy 
> bought at a library sale for $3.  There's some Imperial lore in the book, 
> including the tale of how he gifted his mistress in 1930 with two 
> Isotta-Fraschinis, possibly thinking his own Imperials "were not good 
> enough" for her, but apparently were good enough for wife Della and his 
> four children.  A true working man, a great leader, but not exactly a 
> saint.
>
> Bob
>
> At 08:54 PM 6/25/2007, you wrote:
> > Actually, there are five Grosse Pointe communities, the City, Park, Woods, 
> > Farms and Shores. City and Shores are the most premium, the Shores is 
> > newer. Edsel Ford built his final, huge estate in&nbsp; GP Shores, after 
> > two homes in Detroit's Indian village; the Edsel Ford estate remains today 
> > as a major historic site. Indian Village was also the home of some of the 
> > Dodge brothers offspring, and is about two miles west of the Jefferson 
> > plant, on the same named street. Henry I never left Fairlane, in Dearborn, 
> > about 20 miles inland, Henry II lived in the Pointe's as do many of the 
> > rest of the clan.<br>Not only was the Imperial plant only a few miles 
> > away, so was the Clairpointe pilot production plant (across the street 
> > from "Jefferson"), where all of the early test cars, often including the 
> > photo and press cars, were hand built; the GP locations were convenient 
> > for press photos in nice
>
>
>
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