I usually don't comment much on new car threads, but this one caught my
interest since it mentions bringing back an Imperial. Notice that I said "an"
and not "the". I think that any new Imperial would have to be "an" Imperial
until it proved itself. It is always a chance that the name "Imperial" could
end up like the name "LeBaron".
As I was typing, the news here just featured another new Chrysler. This time it
is a sedan that nearly resembles a four door version of a K-310 ('50s Chrysler
show car). This is interesting because what I planned to say in this post was
that a cool possibility for a new retro-Imperial could be one based on the
styling of the '55 model. That concept would be in vogue with other modern
revivalist styling, of which some has been excuted better than others. '55
model styling is highly adaptable to a much smaller car. In fact the original
show cars that featured it looked like much smaller cars to begin with.
It would have to be a unique, premium luxury model in order to capture my
interest, and could coincide with the anticipated introduction of the next
suicide door Lincoln being considered for 2006. I really believe that there is
merit to the retro-styled cars, but they haven't hooked me yet. Maybe a new
Imperial with just the right combination of '55 styling cues, and modern
features would accomplish that.
It would be nice to have one new car on the market that I would have an
ambition to own someday.
Paul
In a message dated 1/3/2004 7:45:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> Ernie,
>
> You're right about the PT Cruiser. When they first came out I thought "wow
> what a cool looking vehicle!" Now I don't even look at them. I think that if
> more modern cars had some character there wouldn't be so many PT Cruisers on
> the road. There would be more choices.
>
> I would really like to see the Imperial come back with a V-8, rear wheel
> drive, all the goodies, and of course lot of character. It could be done.
> Lincoln and Cadillac needs some competition.
> Are you listening Detroit??????
>
> Rich Woolf
> '66 Crown
> '73 LeBaron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernie Stepney [mailto:estepney@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 3:16 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: IML: Cars w/No Soul!
>
>
> Why would we want Detroit to mimic our very special vehicles. Do we not
> own them because they are not a dime a dozen and readily available at
> your neighborhood Chrysler,__________, _________, or________ dealer.
> The PT cruiser is a perfect case in point, when first released they were
> quite a unique car, now I nearly gag when I see one. Not that they
> aren't cute and all, but they have just become another mass produced
> consumer commodity.
> Let them continue to produce the look alike lumps which pervade the
> marketplace and clutter our highways so people will continue to look at
> our unique pieces of automotive history and say, "wow is that ever
> cool". Just my 2c.
> Ernie
> 58 Imperial LeBaron Southampton
> That special Black Bi---.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> dan.donna.m@xxxxxxx
> Sent: December 31, 2003 7:17 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: IML: Cars w/No Soul!
>
>
> I agree with Rich 200%. However, I seriously doube that Detroit will
> change
> their present 'generic' car production unless people just stopped buying
> cars
> until Detroit came up with something along the lines of what we felt for
> the
> older cars we care so much about. "Soul" is a real good way of trying to
> put
> that feeling into words. Guess thats why so many guys (and many women
> too!)
> have a special love for their vehicles. I tried to explain it to someone
> once
> and the best I could do was this......it's like when you are looking for
> a
> new house to buy. If you go into a brand new house, one that was just
> recently finished, or not yet finished, you get, or at least "I get", a
> feeling of emptyness. No one has lived in this house yet. No one has
> spent a
> part of their life in it. No one has raised their kids, laughed and
> screamed
> at them also, ran after the dog which had just stole the dinner off the
> table, or cleaned up the mess from countless breakfasts, dinners,
> midnight
> snacks and football games. No one had stayed up waiting till their just-
> turned-driving-age children came home for the night, or shared the good
> as
> well as the bad times we all have to go through with kids, pets,
> relatives
> and family in general.
> Go into a 60 year old house that has had people living in it most of its
> life
> and I get a VERY DIFFERENT feeling!...not spooky or a 'poltergeist'
> feeling,
> just as though these walls and rooms have a history that, for lack of a
> better way to say it, have taken on abit of the spirit of those that
> lived
> there. Its not a bad or a good feelin. Its just that compared to a brand
> new
> house there is not question that THIS ONE is a lot 'fuller' than the
> brand
> new house.
>
> Thats the same way I feel about old cars, and I'm not trying to sound
> like
> Stephen King and his story about the car CHRISTENE. Everyone in the IML
> has a
> special 'feel' for cars or you would not be a member, and you certainly
> would
> not have spent the time it has taken you to read this so far. Sometimes
> I
> wonder, as weird as it sounds, if a little bit of ourselves doesn't 'rub
> off'
> onto the vehicles we care so much about. Not in a 'good' or 'bad' way,
> just
> kinds like leaving someone with a 'memory'.
>
> Sorry, getting kind of deep here!.....but those of you who know what i
> mean
> will have no trouble referring to your cars as family members no matter
> how
> weird others look at you!!!! ( sort of like the way the wife thinks I am
>
> weird about my cars!)
>
> Anyway, I doubt if anone can really break down the feeling we have for
> our
> cars but can you imagine the vehicles that Detroit could put out if that
>
> feeling were able to be reproduced and put into cars coming right off
> the
> line????????? Will Detroit ever 'wake up'? probably not unless they
> could
> make money out of it, unfortunately.
> Happy New Year all!!!
> Dan Melnik
> > The biggest problem with today's cars are the fact they have no
> > character or soul. Years ago you could tell what kind of car was
> > coming at you on the road. You would know the make/year/model. Look at
>
> > the character of the Imperials from the mid fifty's to until the early
>
> > seventy's.
> >
> > When will Detroit wake up?
> >
> > Rich Woolf
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Wrom: BGJSNBOHMKHJYFMYXOEAIJJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREX
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:35 AM
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> > Subject: Re: IML: IML DIGEST
> >
> >
> > I agree with Allen..
> > Today's cars are isgrace..just put an old Imperial
> > next to a brand-new Cadillac....Pretty obvious..the caddy..doesn't
> > even look like what a Caddy should look like!
> > What's wrong with detroit's designers..are they all
> > blind..or tasteless???
> > I'll take a a 50'2 Mopar to anything on the road
> > today...And crazy people spend forunes on BMW's??
> >
> > Somebody needs to tell Detroit to wake up!
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> > > Wrom: CAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXISHJEXXIMQZUIVOTQNQEMSFDULH
> > > Subject: RE: IML: Negative Comments
> > > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:29:14 -0500
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> > > Good for you Allan, and I agree 100% with you!
> > >
> > >
> > > Rich Woolf, Hamilton, New Jersey
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Wrom: PQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGDG [mailto:ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 3:00 AM
> > > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxx club.com
> > > Subject: IML: Negative Comments
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > > I do not understand how this thread has gotten this
> > > far. If some ignorant
> > > youngster doesn't have the good sense to just "shut
> > > up" then chalk it up to
> > > ignorance. I personally do not feel comfortable in
> > > today's cars. The size
> > > simply does not fit my frame. I know someone out
> > > there has am image of me as
> > > a 400lb monster. Not so. I am just an average sized American male.
> > > That is why my collector car is a 64 Imperial. Even my daily
> > > drivers are full sized
> > > Caprice wagons and Electra sedan. They fulfill all
> > > of my needs in spades.
> > > And if some brain washed product of our national
> > > public school system
> > > doesn't like it, tough ----.
> > >
> > > Allan
> > > from Billings, Montana
> > >
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> > > ChiPieAlandPaula@xxxxxxx=20
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> > > Tuesday, December =
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> > > understand how this thread has gotten this far. If
> > > some ignorant =
> > > youngster=20
> > > doesn't have the good sense to just "shut up" then
> > > chalk it up to =
> > > ignorance. I=20
> > > personally do not feel comfortable in today's
> > > cars. The size simply =
> > > does not=20
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> > > image of me as a 400lb =
> > > monster.=20
> > > Not so. I am just an average sized American male.
> > > That is why my =
> > > collector car=20
> > > is a 64 Imperial. Even my daily drivers are full
> > > sized Caprice wagons =
> > > and=20
> > > Electra sedan. They fulfill all of my needs in
> > > spades. And if some =
> > > brain=20
> > > washed product of our national public school
> > > system doesn't like it, =
> > > tough=20
> > > =
> > >
> > ----.<BR><BR> &nb
> > sp=
> > >
> > ; &nb
> > sp=
> > >
> > ; &nb
> > sp=
> > >
> > ; =20
> > > Allan from Billings, Montana</FONT> =
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> > > From: "Quint Villanueva" <Qlv@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: IML: A rare opportunity
> > > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:42:19 -0800
> > > Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Greetings Dick!
> > > To each his own. My everyday, drive around the neighborhood car is
> > > my 1953 Imperial. I drove it from NJ to CA seven years ago
> > > without a mechanical
> > > problem, only a blowout which was easily handled.
> > > My other car which I am in the process of restoring
> > > is a 1949 Cadillac.
> > > I've driven this mucho miles with no problems and
> > > now I'm working on trying
> > > to make it look good.
> > > Both cars have served me well....but I do prefer my
> > > Imperial!
> > >
> > > Quint
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Woolf,Richard" <richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:55 AM
> > > Subject: RE: IML: A rare opportunity
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dick, and Arran,
> > > >
> > > > All of us have our favor brands, and our stories
> > > as to why we love them.
> > > I
> > >
> > === message truncated ===
> >
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