Re: IML: Imperial "woodies"?

["Henry Hopkins" <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gorgeious 39 Imperial woodie currently owned by Wes Ablanalp of
WoodiesUSA.com and will be auctioned off at the Gooding and Co. Auction on
Sunday, August 21, after the Pebble Beach Concours.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr David George Briant" <drdgb@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Imperial "woodies"?


> There is a woody 1939 Imperial fully restored.  I last saw it at a CCCA
show
> in Wickenburg, AZ where it calmly graced a group of Packards, Rolls, et
al.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Whitney" <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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