The 1990-93 Imperials were Y bodies. The Dynasty/New Yorker was the C body, while the longer wheelbase Fifth Avenue and Imperial were Y bodies. Check your VIN - car make (2nd digit) is C while the car body (5th digit) is Y. If the 6th digit is a "5', you have a Fifth Avenue. The Imperial is "6". Bill Vancouver, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hogg" <roadhogg@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: Re: IML: The Alphabet Soup of Designations > Y as in carline I'll buy. I've seen parts (namely the hood) on my 74 > through 78 Chryslers stamped with C or Y depending on what carline that hood > was for. The hood on a 74-78 Chrysler (Newport or New Yorker) is so > slightly different than the hood on a 74-75 Imperial and 76-78 New Yorker > Brougham, that it is nearly impossible to tell the difference other than the > fact that one has a big C stamped on it and one has a big Y stamped on it. > You can see that stamp on the leading edge right where you open the hood. > > I believe the little KImperials (90-93) are referred to carline CY...go > figure! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: IML: The Alphabet Soup of Designations > > > Okay. Let me dive in here and clear/confuse this up. > > As far as I know, Chrysler did not refer to their cars in terms of "A > body," "B body, etc." These terms were the invention of enthusiasts > who came later. (??? - Big Question Mark?) > > What the "Y" refers to in the FSM is the CARLINE. "Carline," not > "body." A subtle distinction, but real. "Carline" is an industry > term, body is not-- unless you mean "body type," as in "2 dr. hardtop." > > I think Chris Hoffman could probably explain the breakdown better than > I as to what precisely "carline" means. > > But-- if you go to a show (at least this is true of all the ones I've > been to)(all two)-- an Imperial is classified as a "C body," like it or > not. > > But again, the "C" in "C body" stands for "Chrysler" -- meaning the > carline. They didn't use "I" for "Imperial" presumably because an "I" > can be confused with a "1." > > There. I'm sure no one has any more questions at this point. :) > > MM > > > >