Re: IML: best looking imperials...?

[Joy <jecny75@xxxxxxxxx>]

PATRICK, That was GREAT!  LOL, I had to read this
outloud to my boyfriend!  And you TOTALLY described
the scary face I saw in the '63 that haunts me!  I'm
working on getting mine.  When are you getting yours??

Joy ;D

--- pnkmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Me? I like the '58, and of course that kind of
> includes the '57 and '59 by default.  The '60 is
> really, really cool with that curved grill and the
> sharper fins, so I like that one too.  The '61 is
> great, and like the 60 a ONE YEAR ONLY design, which
> is totally slick.  The '62 is fab, another oner with
> those applied lights on top the fins.  Who would
> think of that?  Gotta love the '63, of course, with
> it's Gawdzilla mouth of a grill, collasped front
> turn lenses and the Famous Goggle Eyed headlights,
> the softer rear end treatment with the light-bezel
> bumper.  We can't leave out the '64, The Cereal Box,
> so of course the '65 and '66 comes in there too. 
> They ooze solid, dependable, powerful comfort. The
> Fabulous Years of 67 and 68 follow, with their
> clean, elegant lines, crisp grill, and great, long
> fender planes.   We can't leave out the fuselages of
> 69, 70, 71 and 72: Ridiculous Speed power, with the
> body very weird and obese, but innovative.  Then the
> last 3 land yacht years, 73 through 75, in my
> opinion the best handling of rear fender sculpting
> of any Imperial bar none, or any other car for that
> matter..  The 81-83 coupes were ahead of their time,
> with unequaled handling of the carved crystal edges,
> particularly the trunk plane.  The lusty grill on
> those cars is almost vulgar it's stretched down so
> low, but at the same time it scoops and tosses the
> miles up over the car like so much fluff.  Even the
> K-car Imperials of the 90s, the Orphans, have curb
> appeal unequaled by any other car of the era that
> lingers today from the early Throw-Away Era.  I
> still want one.
> 
> Yeah, I have a few favorites.  I could on about the
> '56 and the fabulous 55 too, or anything lower, but
> then I'd just be boring you.
> 
> Patrick: giddy from watching too many kids for too
> long while Wife is at the gym.
> '58 Southampton project
> maybe a '63 in the near future?
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Frederick Joslin 
>   To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:20 PM
>   Subject: Re: IML: best looking imperials...?
> 
> 
>   Add ten years.
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "stephen dilley" 
>     To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Subject: IML: best looking imperials...?
>     Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:44:52 +0100
> 
> 
> 
>     my faves are the 1959 and 1960 wot do you think?
> 
>     totally wild...........!
> 
> 
> 
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