RE: IML: Front-wheel-drive Imperial? >>Contest<<

My guess is with Joe and Rob.......... the 30's style.

..................And I'm venturing a guess that maybe you have purchased one or are contemplating purchasing one ??????

Michael Howlett

also with a newly purchased 50's driver

>-----Original Message-----

>From: JosephStil@xxxxxxx [mailto:JosephStil@xxxxxxx]

>Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:25 AM

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>Subject: RE: IML: Front-wheel-drive Imperial? >>Contest<<

>I am with Rob. My guess would be mid 30's with the Chrysler & De Soto

>airflows.

>In a message dated 12/3/2004 10:00:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Rob P"

><fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >OK,

> >I'll go out on a limb. My guess is 1934. Front wheel drive seems to go

> >well with the Airflow body style. Could have been influenced by the Cord

> >and the Miller Indy racers.

> >Rob

> >

> >>From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>

> >>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> >>To: IML <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> >>Subject: IML: Front-wheel-drive Imperial? >>Contest<<

> >>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:15:47 -0800 (PST)

> >>

> >>I just came into a magazine article that has preliminary design sketches

>of

> >>a proposed front-wheel drive Imperial that looks like it was pretty

>serious

> >>and could have worked to one degree or another. This was considered as

>the

> >>design was being laid out for the upcoming "major" restyle and looks like

> >>it could have worked - maybe even radically affected the design direction

> >>of the company thereafter.

> >>

> >>It was not adopted.

> >>

> >>It is not the 1990-1993 series of cars that did get the front-wheel drive

> >>layout.

> >>

> >>So, for all the people out there that fancy themselves Imperial savvy,

>does

> >>anyone want to hazard a guess as to which year this was proposed for?

> >>

> >>If you respond in public and get it right before anyone else, I'll mail

>you

> >>a prize relevant to your year car from my literature collection. Triple

> >>extra bonus points if you can identify the source of the inspiration for

> >>this flight of fancy. Answer will be announced Saturday.

> >>

> >>Kenyon Wills

> >>

> >

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