Re: IML: Stunning '37 Imperial 'Vert

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

Those little pillars are removeable and were stored inside the car, usually,
when not in use    All pre-war four-door convertibles use that technique.

The 1947-51 Kaiser and Frazer convertiblrd had samll glass pillars between
the doors that were not removeable.  And unlike the other 4-door
convertribles. the K-F models had stationary frames around the tops of the
glass on the doors.   When you rolled all the windows down as well as the
roof, you were left with shiny frames still in place along with the centre
pillars.  These side window frames helped keep the rigidity of the body,
which was actaully the 4-door sedan with  the roof removed.  Chrysler's
4-door convertibles were engineered as convertibles sharing nothing with the
sedans.

The 1960's Lincoln Continental 4-door convertibles had he glass in the doors
touching where the B pillar should be, and was designed to roll down into
the doors.   I believe the glass on the rear doors was designed to roll back
and down an inch or so the door was opened.

Chrysler built the sedan budies for Didge, DeSoto and Chrysler (Briggs built
Plymouth bodies) in the U.S., while the 1937-39 convertible sedans and
coupes were built by Murray.  All 1936 4-door convertibles were built by
Briggs..

Column shift did not appear on Mopar cars until 1939, a year after GM
introduced it on some models.

Bill
Vancouver, BC




(The K-F- 4-door convertibles were created by taking the roof off
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Roger Crabtree
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Stunning '37 Imperial 'Vert


Ok guys,  Now where do the side window pillars come from on this car?  One
set of pictures they are there the next they are not.  This is the first one
of these I have ever seen so help a dumb ol farm boy out here will ya??
RC Billings, Montanaaaaaaa

YBSHORE@xxxxxxx wrote:
Imperialists,

    Just when I thought the coolest feature of the car was the stick on the
floor as opposed to the column for a clutch/tranny, the picture of the car
with the top UP was just as impressive as with it down and in comparing it
to the two listed on the '37 page, this appears to have a clock with the
gauges the sedan doesn't.....I also wonder if the suitcases were original
from Chrysler.....and the lap robe is beautiful...

ybshore



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