RE: IML: Imperial on the street

["Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>]

You're right, Chris.  Only the '81s had the full chrome treatment around the
headlights, they left that off on the '82s and '83s.  There is also a minor
difference in the seat designs for the later two years - they eliminated the
"loose pillow" effect.  Both were probably cost saving measures.  On the
plus side for the later 2 years, they had much better audio equipment
available.

Dick Benjamin

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Larry,

Chances are it did have its headlamp doors, but they were open. On two of
the three years of production (I think '82 and '83, or was it all three
years, '80s experts?), the inside faces of the doors have full chrome trim
panels, so that when they are open they form the appearance of a complete
frame, or bezel, for the headlamps.

To help clarify this, understand that the headlamp doors open down and
retract inward, resting face-down beneath the pairs of rectangular headlamps
(lower eyelids, if you will). So what looks like the bottom of the headlamp
bezel is actually the back of the headlamp door. It was a very nice bit of
attention to detail, as very few cars ever made with hidden headlamps look
finished with the lamps exposed. I guess most carmakers assumed they'd only
be opened at night (hello? drive in rain much?) and decided not to spend
money where few would ever see it.

-- 
Chris in LA
67 Crown
78 NYB Salon




On 10/11/04 5:31 pm, Larry Noska (lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> I found a 80's Imperial on the street, talked to the owner it's not for
> sale.  The strange thing was the car did not have headlamp doors??
> I thought all the 80's imperials had headlamp doors.  Can some one list
cast
> some light on this???







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