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Re: IML: Imperial "woodies"?



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From: "David Whitney" <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 9:53 PM
Subject: IML: Imperial "woodies"?


> I was at the wonderful Woodies on the Wharf show on the pier in Santa
Cruz,
> Calif., last month.  This got me wondering if there was ever a woody
> Imperial.
>
> The club president says you can display the car if it has "structural
> wood", as opposed to decorative wood or paneling/lining of areas encased
by
> metal body panels.
>
> Sooo.....
>
> The 1926 Imperial brochure says the bodies are "pressed steel over rigid
> hardwood frame" -- is that or is it not structural wood?  And how long did
> this go on until the bodies were all steel?
>
> Oh, before I forget, here's a link to photos of the show.  There were
about
> 200 cars, lots of brands starting with F, L, B, C and O.  A few VWs and
> some miscellaneous.  I took photos of the Mopars and a Packard(!).
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/desperate_not_serious/album?.dir=1447
>
> Happy motoring,
>
> David
>
>
>
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