>From: Christopher Hoffman
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>Subject: Re: IML: 65 factory paint scheme?
>Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:52:38 -0800
>
>Paul Volkmann/imperial65@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>The only 2-tone Imp I've seen is the Black/Red(or Burgundy) '66 in Blow
>(which would be PB?, QB?, 7B? (or the reverse of one of those)
>
>I'm not sure what color "Blow" is (white? j/k!) but I do not believe there
>were *any* factory two-tones on '64 Imperials, even though the fender-cap
>moldings seem to delineate a natural break for two colors. Elwood Engel was
>not one to use such neoclassic touches on his cars, and I'm hard-pressed to
>think of a single two-tone offering during his reign at Chrysler (or Ford,
>for that matter).
>
>The upper/lower colors specified on data plates usually referred to the body
>color versus the roof, or more often the color of paint used on the upper
>part of the doors, usually only visible from inside the car. For example, my
>Hemi Orange '72 Charger specifies metallic dark tan as the upper color,
>because the doors are painted this way on the inside to match the tan
>interior. Interestingly, you cannot see this color without removing the
>interior door trim, except for some tiny edges here and there. Ah, the good
>old days when details mattered.
>
>Chris in LA
>67 Crown
>78 NYB Salon
K- then, that's why a "padded hard top" was offered cool makes sense now.
Tanks!
Johan
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