Not a Crown Imperial

[<chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, it doesn't appear to be an Imperial Crown either.  Why?  There are no 
little gold crowns between the arms of the "V" over the headlight eyebrows, and 
the upholstery doesn't appear to match a pattern that was available on the 
Crown or LeBaron series.  All '59 Imperials, to my knowledge, had the crowns on 
the rings on the fins.  It looks like this is a 1959 Imperial Custom 2-door 
Southampton (1 word) with the Silvercrest (not Silvercrown) roof treatment and 
two-tone paint (white over Radiant Red, it appears).  Whatever series it is, 
it's still a gorgeous car!

Neal Herman
1959 Imperial Crown 4-door Southamton with Silvercrest Landau roof

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:55:55 -0400 Dave Candage <wdngshooter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

Hi everyone,

I was surfing for Crown Imperials one day, looking for Imperial limos and
came across this site that had an article about a 59 Imperial. Below is a
message I sent to the editor about the car. It's listed as a Crown Imperial
and it's not a limo. He replied to my message. If anyone would like to go to
the site and correct anything I might have said that was wrong, feel free.

Dave Candage
'56 4 dr sedan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Classicroad.com" <rolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dave Candage" <wdngshooter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Not a "Crown" Imperial


> Dave,
>
> Thanks for straightening this out. I will correct the description.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rolf Astrom
> ClassicRoad.com
> http://www.classicroad.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Candage" <wdngshooter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:11 AM
> Subject: Not a "Crown" Imperial
>
>
> > Just for your information. The 59 Imperial listed on this page
> > (http://www.classicroad.com/1959crow/1959impe.htm) is not a "Crown
> > Imperial", but an "Imperial Crown". The Crown name first denotes the
> > limousine. The Crown name after Imperial is the trim level. Custom being
> the
> > lowest, LeBaron being the highest. This car isn't a limo. For more info
on
> > Imperials than you probably ever wanted, go to www.imperialclub.com
> >
> >
> > Dave