Is there a source for these inserts original or after market? Canu North Carolina --- jsadowski <jsadowski@xxxxxxx> wrote: > These weren't offered after 61, as the style of the > roof changed & the was no longer an inset to put > them in. > John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Crown58imp@xxxxxxx > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: IML: what are stainless roof inserts > > > Stainless roof inserts were offered between 1959 > and 1963. They fit in the > space in front of the crown on the roof. The > stainless panel were a catch-up > ploy to compete with the Cadillac. That marque had > been offering a special > model called the Eldorado Brougham which had a > stainless steel roof. For the > folks at Chrysler, giving the Imperial a stainless > steel roof would have been > a tooling nightmare especially since the recession > of 1958 had hurt sales > severely. The folks at Mopar used good old > American ingenuity and crafted a > stainless steel panel over the sheet metal roof > held in place with the > existing hardware for the crown and windshield > trim. Voila! Instant stainless > steel roofs. Bye for now. > > Doug > 58 Crown coupe > > > ----------------- 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com