I would like to know if he would like to attend the Walter P chrysler Meet in Mpls the 3rd week in July. I willl have more questions for him.....gj ---------- >From: "Mike & Christine Trettin" <mtrettin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: IML: Virgil Exner, Jr. OIC "Interview"....Questions? >Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2003, 4:20 PM > >On New Year's Eve, the club heard from none other than Virgil Exner, Jr., >who wrote into the website with the following message: > >"I appreciate your sustaining this article on your great site. I've >picked it up on my site. Father would be flabbergasted and very proud of >you all and Mr Katz. > >Happy New Year! > >Ex, Jr. >http://community.webtv.net/X-isle/XJRDesignExcitement" > > >How cool is that!? Many of us fans are very familiar with that name, and >have read quite a bit about our fin-designing hero, and have even engaged on >this list in good-natured partisan discussions about the merits of Exner vs. >Engel styling, etc. For those who don't know who Virgil Exner or his son >are, though, and are interested, please take a look at the article that >prompted Ex, Jr.'s comments: >http://www.imperialclub.com/ImpFormativeArticles/Exner/index.html > >or this one, about the 1953 Chrysler Ghia Special: >http://www.imperialclub.com/ImpFormativeArticles/Special/index.htm > >Now Mr. Exner, Jr. has cordially offered to allow me a telephone "interview" >next week, and I'd like to solicit questions that anyone might like to ask. >I will try not to waste his time with generic questions that have already >been answered in books and articles, but here is our opportunity to ask >those burning questions--like the recently-discussed "was cross wind >stability REALLY a design factor when tailfins were developed?" ;-) --that >we'd like to know about our wonderful Imperials and other Chryslers, or >about Ex, Jr.'s own career, etc. > >Please let me know if you have a specific question for Mr. Exner. > >Best Regards, > >Mike Trettin >1956 Imperial Sedan, Turquoise > > > >