Great to see another 55 owner in the group! Thought I was alone for a while!
Test drove a Platinum 55 Windsor yesterday but had to delay buying until I sell something off. Car has a gorgeous solid body and is from Arizona 25 years ago but has the worst chrome and interior. Drivetrain seemed good so could be another project to do a cosmetics restoration on.
My good 55 Imperial hardtop was a 28,000 mile car when bought in the early 80s and only has 33 or so now. Hasn't been driven for 10 years I bet.
Do have a platinum Imperial Newport for you to fix up if youd like! Other 55s for sale also.
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From: J.B. Coyle[SMTP:JBCoyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 1998 12:00 PM
To: tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FORWARDLOOK] New Member - Hi
Hello Everyone,
My name is Joe Coyle from Chevy Chase, Md. (near Wash., D. C.) ...and I'm a
car-a-holic.
I have been on the ML for a couple of weeks now, and find the traffic
interesting and useful. I was previously very active in the hobby, and
although I still serve on the board of directors of a large regional
Chrysler Products club, family and other pressures recently have limited my
participation to the occasional local car show. I have a number of
collector cars, but at present, only one falls within the parameters of the
FORWARDLOOK LIST's interests - my 1955 Imperial. This is a beautiful black
sedan with gray interior which I have owned since 1978. When I bought the
car from its original owner, it had 35,000 miles on the clock. During the 20
years I have owned it, we have run-up 22,000 more - it presently has 57,000
original. No major work has ever been done to the car; it remains a
superior highway cruiser fully competent to keep up with modern traffic.
My family (originally from Connecticut) owned Chrysler cars from the
twenties through the present, but among those from the
" Exner Era " were many of my favorites, including: our first 1955 Imperial
(which later inspired mine), '55 DeSoto Convertible, '56 Plymouth Belvedere
4 Dt HT , '57 Crown Imperial, '59 Crown Imperial, '60 Dodge Polara 2
Dr.-HT, ' 61 Chrysler New Yorker 4-Dr HT, and a '61 Imperial ( seem to
recall that it was a Southhampton).
Over the years, I've been through a few jobs and parts searches for my '55.
Glad to help if I can.
Joe
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