I am with Rob. My guess would be mid 30's with the Chrysler & De Soto airflows. In a message dated 12/3/2004 10:00:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >OK, >I'll go out on a limb. ?My guess is 1934. ?Front wheel drive seems to go >well with the Airflow body style. ?Could have been influenced by the Cord >and the Miller Indy racers. >Rob > >>From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> >>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>To: IML <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: IML: Front-wheel-drive Imperial? ? >>Contest<< >>Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:15:47 -0800 (PST) >> >>I just came into a magazine article that has preliminary design sketches of >>a proposed front-wheel drive Imperial that looks like it was pretty serious >>and could have worked to one degree or another. ?This was considered as the >>design was being laid out for the upcoming "major" restyle and looks like >>it could have worked - maybe even radically affected the design direction >>of the company thereafter. >> >>It was not adopted. >> >>It is not the 1990-1993 series of cars that did get the front-wheel drive >>layout. >> >> >>So, for all the people out there that fancy themselves Imperial savvy, does >>anyone want to hazard a guess as to which year this was proposed for? >> >>If you respond in public and get it right before anyone else, I'll mail you >>a prize relevant to your year car from my literature collection. ?Triple >>extra bonus points if you can identify the source of the inspiration for >>this flight of fancy. ?Answer will be announced Saturday. >> >> >> >> >>Kenyon Wills >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com ?----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm