I thlink Exner came to Chrysler much earlier and his first designs, oficially, were 1955. As the proud owner of a 1955 sedan I believe that. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:29 AM Subject: Re: IML: Exner Years > Thanks for the correction. I was afraid of that spelling and just didn't bother to look it up. > > Paul > > In a message dated 1/20/2004 10:32:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > > > Just for the record, Elwood's last name is spelled Engel... and he's also > > responsible for the fuselage cars (1969-73). > > > > :) Chris in LA > > > > On 1/20/04 5:39 pm, RandalPark@xxxxxxx (RandalPark@xxxxxxx) wrote: > > > > > B&T, > > > > > > Virgil Exner was the man responsible for the styling of the Imperials that > > > Mark refered to in his note which is '57 -'63. Technically "Ex" was gone > > > before the '62 models were finished. I believe that his successor, Elwood > > > Engle touched the '62, highly influenced the '63, and did the "Totally New" > > > Incomparable Imperials. We couldn't really refer to them as the "Engle Years", > > > though because he is also responsible for the '67 &'68 styles. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > >