Believe it or not, I think the dealers actually had to buy these things from Chrysler. I do not think they were just given to them, but I could be wrong. I imagine they weren't cheap. To produce something like this with color photos on high quality paper stock, with samples of actual material, must've been pricey. In one of mine there are some handwritten notes, presumably put there by a salesman, indicating a certain color had been discontinued by a particular date. Mark M > From: Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2004/03/11 Thu AM 11:49:34 EST > To: IML <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: IML: 1970 and 1971 Dealer Albums > > Hi Everyone, > > Thanks to a LOT of hard work from Mark Evans, the 1970 > and 1971 Imperial Dealer Albums are now available on > our website. If you're not familiar with these items, > they provide information on all of the options > available for each year, and include large paint > samples, fabric and upholstery samples, vinyl top > samples, etc. Each dealer was usually given ONE of > these albums each year, so they're pretty rare. > > 1970 Imperial Color and Trim Selector > http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1970/DataBook/ > > 1971 Chrysler Features Dealer Album > http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1971/Showroom/ > > 1971 Color and Trim Selector > http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1971/DataBook/ > > These are nifty and rare items, so kudos to Mark for > all of his hard work in putting together the web > pages. > > Enjoy! > > Elijah > 1965 Imperial LeBaron > 1967 Chrysler Newport Custom Sedan > 1970 Imperial LeBaron > 1971 Imperial LeBaron > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > >