As far as my education goes, there is NO such thing as a 'Y' body designation as far as Imperials are concerned. It just happens to be the letter in which the VIN number starts in 1966 and up Imperials. I am not sure about 1965 and under. I have seen printed Chrysler literature that calls Imperials from 64 to 66 'D' bodies, since they share Nothing with the Chrysler bodies of the same era. As most of us know, 1966 and back Imperials had full frames under them while their Chrysler counterparts were already unibody construction. I know from reading old list history that this has been talked to death and always comes up from time to time as new members come aboard. Please, Please, Please - never call an Imperial a "C" body because it is not, I have actually gotten in arguments with car show operators because they classify my Imperials in a "C" body judging class and they share almost nothing with these cars. Carlisle finally caught on a few years ago and gave Imperials their OWN class instead of putting Imperials with C bodies. I am suprised someone at Year One called an Imperial a Y body, when I spoke to them in 2000 they told me that a 66 Imperial was a D body. It really makes very good sense when you go down the list of letter bodies Chrysler used. We have commonly referred to body styles, A body, B body, C body, E body, F body. Why did they just decide to skip over D ? Well, they(being Chrysler) did not skip D, it was designated the luxury car brand for our Imperials. Dave Brown 64 Crown Coupe (2) 66 LeBarons 77 Plymouth Gran Fury Sport Suburban 99 Dodge Ram Sport 1500 _________________________________________________________________ Wonder if the latest virus has gotten to your computer? Find out. Run the FREE McAfee online computer scan! http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
- From: "mENTAL mAN" <collyman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:06:06 +0000
>From: "Howlett, Michael"GREAT QUESTION !!
I am curious if the "hemi" heads will WORK on a "poly" head block ????
I've seen a "hemi" piston with the rounded top, but what does the "poly" piston look like ??
I passed up a NICE '55 Dodge wagon because it had a "poly" engine and I was only familiar with the "super red ram" engine of that era.
Also............... is the Imperial actually a "Y" body or is it a "C" bodied car ???
THANKS to everyone out there, I am learning SO MUCH from this list.........
This is such a GREAT CLUB !!!..............CHEERS !!!
Michael Howlett
Boring, Oregon
Looking for a '55 or '56 Mopar........ Imp or wagon
Currently have '77 NYB and a FUNKY old Barracuda
plus a BUNCH of other UNimportant cars.............
>To: "'collyman1@xxxxxxxxxxx'" >Subject: FW: IML: 56 Imperial is there another engine other than a Hemi head ?? >Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:14:43 -0800 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx [mailto:RandalPark@xxxxxxx] >Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:58 PM >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: IML: 56 Imperial is there another engine other than a Hemi >head ?? > > >Lesser 1956 Chryslers had a Polyspherical Head 331 V8 engine. > >Paul > >In a message dated 12/2/2003 6:23:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mad4cars >writes: > > > I heard of some other head option but not sure about if its > > true anyone have knowledge here?? > > >----------------- 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
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