All time favorite Imperial/1974-75 LeBaron????

[alacaria@xxxxxxxxx]

I agree with you concerning the 70's. 74 - 75 Imperils and the 76-78 New
Yorker. They were the only good looking big cars in the 70's.

Now as the all time favorite Imperial. I originally wanted a 58 Imperial
as my dad had one when I was young, 30 years ago. He sold it and acquired
my Grandfathers 57 Ford,.blah! I was devastated. I am 43 and acquired my
first 1956 Black Imperial in 1987, I restored it, and it was hell, 
I was unaware there were other Imperial Owners like me. So I had to
restore it with very little help and everything I needed had to be made
or purchased over a few years as the Hemming ads came out. With the
Imperial Club and Ebay etc.. it would be a lot easier now. 

Well 7 years later I sold it,  as I did not use it, the new owner
called me a month later and blessed me as he loved the car.

About three years ago I ran across another Imperial a white cloud over
desert rose 1956 Imperial. My wife and I love this car and would never
part with it unless we had to. 

I never did care for the 90's Imperial, but a few months ago I purchased
a 1990 Imperial, it caught my eye. It is black with gold and chrome trim.
I have people ask me about it, and it is my everyday driver! 

Now as the favorite Imperial? There are so many variables as there are
people. Remember I had a black 56 Imperial I restored. I did not
like it. I purchased an original never restored white cloud over
desert rose 56 Imperial and I love it. I never did car for the 90's
Imperial but I bought a black 1990 Imperial and love it. Confusing
isn't it?

The point is there are a lot of different designs of the Imperial through
the years, size, 2 doors, 4 doors, rose, black, green, blue, white etc..
It is in the eyes of the beholder as to what they like. 

Now car history gives the milestone status recognition to the 55-56
Imperial as Chrysler took the design lead then and turned the luxury car
market on its ear. After 1960 they consider the Imperial an also ran,
ouch! What about my 1990? What about the bug eyed 1961 to 1963? As
someone said they were ugly. Now I have a 56 and 90 Imperial. Oh, I have
got to go, looking over my ads for that 1961 Imperial I have been wanting
for years.

Anthony




At 07:24 AM 11/13/03 -0800, you wrote:
> Hear! Hear! I'm sorry but I have to
> agree. PS I love
> the duzy reference.
> Joe
> 76 NYB
>
> --- hallo allemaal <wombatdo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Hello,
>
> What do you think of the fact that I believe the
> 1974-75 Imperials and 76-78 where the best looking
> cars of the 1970's
>
> The styling combines Cadillac (the sled look) and
> Lincoln (hideway lights and mark IV like grille)
> elements and has a beautiful Duesenberg look at same
> time, a kind of neoclassical style that was about to
> become very popular in 1974....
>
> I like other Imperials as well, like the fuselgae
> look, but I am a seveties man and just like the
> pillowed velour Imperials and New Yorkers.
>
> I think no other car make has such a nice and
> distinctive style as the Imperials, they're just so
> ''different''.
>
>  
>
> Thanks, Dirk/theNetherlands
>
>
>
> >From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx 
> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >Subject: IML: All time favorite Imperial 
> >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 01:41:08 EST 
> > 
> >I would just like to add my .02 cents here. It was
> the 1957 Imperial which 
> >got me hooked on Imperials, unfortunately my love
> affair only lasted up through 
> >the 1961 model year, with a break at the 1960 which I
> found way too overdone 
> >and awkward. The 1962 was back on the right track of
> distinctive elegant 
> >styling, but after that they started looking like
> everything else. This is most 
> >likely the reason the 1958 sales were the best in
> Imperial history. This is only 
> >my opinion, and even though I may have liked certain
> styling more than others, 
> >I was still sad to see the Imperial line
> discontinued, and then later 
> >resurrected as a Seville look alike, and discontinued
> again. 
> > 
> >Bill '59 Crown 
>
>
>
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