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Streamlining Ed, streamlining!  And the competition was doing it so Imperial needed to keep up with everyone else.  Just my guess. 
Greg
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Gimmickry and Gadgetry

This is more of a design thing but I've always wondered why we had to hide the
windshield wipers in the 70's. 
Ed  
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Gimmickry and Gadgetry

I have often wondered what happened to the flush "hidden" door handles
on the late 50's / early 60's Chryslers.  Now they're back.  But
carmakers went back to a more conventional design for a number of years.

On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 05:12 PM, imperialman wrote:

>  The dash mounted rear view mirror is a great gadget  IMHO.
>  The mirror eliminated an annoying blind spot that I still have with
> modern
> cars.
> Something I remember from my Dad's 55 New Yorker that I believe the
> 55-56
> Imperials also had is a wonderful outside door handle. A push of the
> thumb
> would bring the handle into your hand . Kind of subtle ,but made a big
> impression on me as an eight year old .
> This is probably not Imperial exclusive, but the southwind gas heat
> would
> rate high on my gadget list.
> Especially living here in Minnesota!.
>                     Clay Smith
>                    67 Crown Coupe
>                     60 Custom
>
>
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