Re: IML: more IMP birds or not

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

The story goes that Chrysler originally wanted to call their new 1960
compact the Falcon, but Ford had already decided to use that name for its
compact.  As a result, Chrysler chose another name - Valiant.

Granted, Chrysler did use the Falcon name for a 1955 show car, but Willys
used the Falcon name for one their series names for the Aero in 1952-54.
Other names Willys used were Wing, Ace, Lark and Eagle.  Willys also built
the Falcon-Knight in 1927-28.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gale jorgensen" <gjorgensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: IML: more IMP birds or not


we might think of a falcon as a cheap ford - but Chrysler had the
falcon under its copyright and sold it to ford I belive... and a falcon
is also part of the rapture family
On Nov 12, 2005, at 1:05 PM, alan1416@xxxxxxx wrote:

> what IMPs have had no avian symbols at all? be it stylized wings or
> the like.
> and on a 2nd note, i had always thought of the bird as a Falcon.
>
> Alan Jordan
> 90 IMP
> 75 LeBaron




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