Hmmm, since this is the IML I am going to have to assume that this comment is
related to Imperials...right??
Paul
In a message dated 5/28/2004 8:09:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
hugtrees@xxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> Sorry. I can't resist . . .
>
> The thing of it is, Paul, size does matter.
>
> Hugh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Biggest Imperial, a conundrum
>
>
> > Since you mentioned it, actually, the wheelbase is more meaningful when it
> comes to handling and ride characteristics. All Imperials are BIG cars. I
> don't see what a few extra inches of bumper, or black rubber bumperettes,
> really has to do with very much of anything at all.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > In a message dated 5/28/2004 5:45:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> hugtrees@xxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I asked about which year yielded the biggest ever Imperial. Usually
> such a
> > > request is snapped up like a duck on a June bug, but not this time. I
> think
> > > there was general agreement that length was the key indicator, and also,
> > > pretty much, we were talking about regular production models, not
> vehicles
> > > that were subsequently stretched by an outside company. I started
> looking
> > > myself, in a Collector's Guide I have and then our own Imperial club web
> > > site and I have realized why the silence. Instead of length, a fairly
> > > useful measurement and not, one would have thought, impossible to
> obtain, we
> > > seem to be plagued by all but useless 'wheel base' numbers. There may
> be a
> > > marginal benefit to knowing wheel base but, in real terms, it describes
> > > little except to hint at what the real length is. What a drag.
> > >
> > > Hugh
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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