There's a very nice example on eBay right now, item 270072065198. I must say that the style of these cars is really starting to grow on me! The longer-wheelbase versions look better in my opinion. --- Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Briefly, in the United States and Canada - > > DeSoto Aitflow - 115.5" wheelbase, 6-cylinder, > > Chrysler Airflow - 123" wheelbase, 8-cylinder - > extra length in hood to fir > the lonhger 8-cylinder engine. > > Chrysler Airflow Imperial - 128" wheelbase - > 8-cylinder. Rear axle moved > back and rear doors do not have dogleg. Rear > quarter windows also longer > and are two piece. > > Chrysler Airflow Custom Imperial - 137.5" wheelbase > - 8 cylinder. Body > lengthened using front doors from the coupe. > > Chrysler Airflow Custom Imperial, model CW - 146.5" > wheelbase - 8 cylinder. > Body by LeBaron with virtually no exterior panels > shared with lesser > Airflows. Has first 'production' curved one-piece > windshield. > > 1934 Airflows were also the first cars to have > 'waterfall' grilles. > Chrysler of Canada produced a 6-cylinder model CY > Airflow in 1934. > Basically a DeSoto Airflow with a Chrysler grille, > instrument panel, > nameplates and badges. > > In Great Britain - > > Chrysler Croydon Airflow - A DeSoto Airflow 6 with > Chrysler nameplates and > badges. > > Chrysler Heston Airflow - basically a Chrysler > Airflow 8. > > Chrysler Royal Airflow - basically a Chrysler > Airflow Imperial 8. > > Airflow sales were poor, and in Great Britain > leftover 1934 Heston models, > CU, were sold as 1935 models by updating the grille > and placing the letter > "L" after the model number, becoming CUL.. "L" was > the engineering > department code for the 1934 model year. And the > Heston models (CU) not > sold in 1935 were marketed as 1936 models, with the > letter "M" after the > model number. The British 1936 Royal Airflows, > C2, were leftover 1935 > models, changed as above to become model C2M. > > As for the Croydon Airflow, leftover 1934 model SE > models became 1935 model > SEL. True 1935 Airflow SG models were sold in > Britain, and leftover cars > were sold as 1936 Croydon Airflows, model SGM. > > Thus all British-assembled 1936 Airflow cars were > actually leftover 1935 or > 1934 models. > > Bill > Vancouver, BC > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Minney > To: Mailing-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:25 AM > Subject: IML: Airflow Imperials > > > Hi, > I'm a newbie to this list and I am reseaching > Airflows. > Can anyone tell me the differences between Airflow > Imperials, Imperial > Customs and Royals? I have just started looking at > Airflows and have got > lost in a sea of names. > Many thanks, > Andrew, > Twickenham, England. > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm