Dad's Imperial 1982 (Antennae problem)

I have just picked up my Dads Imperial in Southern CA. and drove it to Idaho about 1800 miles. The ride was great, I was impressed. The MPG for the trip was 20.3 at around 70 MPH. The car seamed to go up to 80 with out any trouble, as the cruse control did not work. This car has 22,853 miles and has been in the garage all of it’s life. I have to let it set outside until the snow melts enough to get to my other garage.(bummer) I plan on driving it in the summer months.

I need to find a license plate holder for the rear of the car, It fits in the cavity of the trunk lid. The chrome part fell off and is missing.

Also The motor for the window on the passenger door is not working. The power antenna is nor working but the motor is working? Does any body have an idea why the antenna is not working??? I have disconnected the motor so it does not burn out. And my brother changed a part on the windshield wipers and now they will not go to the home position. And lastly the cruse control isn’t working I checked the fuse and it’s ok now that I am home I can check it with a VOM.

Larry

Lawrence R Noska

lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Hauser, ID 83854

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Subject: Re: IML: Even more 80's Imperial thoughts(kind of long)

I have read a few e-mails on the value of the 80's Imperials. I have an 81 and I am the second owner and the first owner kept it in a garage (my Dad). I believe the issue with the 80's value is that these cars do not look old for a 23 year old car. The body style and the electronics were way ahead of their time and it may take a few years and some help from 80's owners to make people realize were this car fit in to automotive history. Once they do then watch out.

Scott Schmidt

81 Imperial

At 07:24 PM 2/6/2004, RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:

Clay,

Your point about realizing just how far Chrysler had sunk by then, and also what a leap of faith would have been required to put out that much money for their best car was a good one, and one that I made a couple of weeks ago in another thread.

As far as the comparison between the Imperial and the K-car, I can only say that the K-car was a success (in fact it and the soon to come mini-van saved the company) while the Imperial was not.

Paul

In a message dated 2/6/2004 5:29:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, imperialman@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I just finished reading cover to cover the June 1981 Motor Trend magazine.
>     Though no Imperial specific articles, the letters to the editors section did mention Imperial.
>
> The June issue had the MT editors taking a lot of heat about their selection for the Motor Trend car of the year, the Plymouth-Dodge K-car   .
>
> One irate reader wrote in part
>       " You(also) gave the Imperial, obviously more luxurious than any other car tested a rating of 6 in comfort and 5 in ride and drive, while the Reliant turned in the highest rating
> in both categories.
> I fail to see how the Reliant could score better than the Imperial, C#$lass and G%nada in ANY of the luxury categories.
>
>    The short answer from the MT editor was " We don't feel that comfort and ride & drive are necessarily synonymous with
>    "luxury"
>
>   Now what kind of answer is that ?
>
>    I don't think anyone on this list would argue that an 81 Imperial's ride is better than any K- car and I sure don't want to start a K-car discussion so I am offering up this letter because it mentions Imperial and I think it shows how political Motor Trends car of the year (was)is.
>
> Something that also impressed me after reading this 1981 Motor Trend was how far Chrysler really had sunk.
> What a leap of faith it must have taken someone to even
> consider laying out 18K to buy an Imperial
>
>               Clay Smith
>                   67 Crown Coupe
>                  60 Custom
>
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