by Chrysler

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would second that.  I'm pretty sure it's '71.  The real expert would
be Elijah Scott, but he's being silent on this topic . . .

Mark M

jsadowski wrote:

> I believe that 71 is the year that "By Chrysler" was added.John
>
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>      From: James
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>      Subject: IML: by Chrysler
>       Hi,
>
>      I came across a fuselage Imp yesterday that had "By
>      Chrysler" badged
>      above the Imperial namplate on the trunk.  What year was
>      this, 1972?  I
>      remember some mention of this before, but can't remember the
>      year.  I
>      guess this goes towards Hugh's discourse on the muddled
>      identity of the
>      Imperial.  Actually what I thought was most interesting
>      looking at this
>      car and my 76 NYB together was how similar the styling is.
>      While the
>      fuselage was much blockier and rounded, you can definitely
>      tell that
>      there were some carry-overs into the 74-78 styling.  Compare
>      that to the
>      68/69 change, to my mind anyway those years are very
>      different.
>
>      James
>
>
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