Hugh, I think you hit on a great idea. I created a survey form on the site (http://www.imperialclub.com/OIC-Specific/oic-survey.htm) to answer this very question. If you have ideas for other surveys let me know and I will add them over time. For my guess I would say that 62 and 67 are going to be the most popular years (this is based on the fact that those 2 years tied for having the most cars registered in the Imperial Registry). Mark Elliott 64 Crown 4 door At 11:26 PM 11/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: >From: "Hugh & Therese" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> >Subject: IML: 57s - all time favorite Imperial >Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:56:12 -0600 >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >OK, now we've finished bashing the 57s, I dare to speculate that thy would >still probably win a popularity contest in terms of being the all time >favorite Imperial. Not only did the brand see peak sales that year, the >cars, for all their faults, are nothing short of breathtaking. Many a >journalist selected the car as their favorite of the year. Most notable was >Tom McCahill who also selected the 58 Imperial as his favorite for 58. > >If folks on this list were able to participate in a vote, where their >favorite year got three points, the second favorite got two points and their >third favorite got one point, not that I think it is really a good idea, or >even a practical one, it is hard to imagine that the 57 would not come out >ahead. Previous and subsequent eras have their good points but I really >think that the 57 stands head and shoulders above other years in terms of >its impact on the market and as a breakthrough from what had gone before. >Every year a new style of Imperial was introduced was a good year for sales. >1969, for example. But none had the impact of the 1957, in my opinion. > >Hugh