Re: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957
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Re: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957



Hi Burt,
     Were you working there in 1959?
If so can you tell us anything about the 59 production year?
Marty

----- Original Message ----- From: "Burton Bouwkamp" <northburt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957


Leonardo,

I was a Product Engineer at the Chrysler Jefferson Plant in 1957 and 1958. In general, we built the 1958 Imperial a lot better than we built the 1957 model. The reason is that we were not ready for production of the 1957 model when we started assembling bodies in the autumn of 1956. Unfortunately, we tried to start production anyway. Initial body fits and water leaks were so bad that after about a month we stopped production for several weeks to correct a lot of things. During the shut down we sent teams of product engineers - like me - and sales personnel to the field to meet with dealers to reassure them that we knew about the problems and were fixing them. The whole year was difficult and we never did achieve our quality objectives. One of our biggest problems in 1957 was water leaks. A second problem was body shake on a rough road - or even on a smooth road if a tire or wheel was out of round or out of balance.

With the new style we got a lot of new (to Chrysler Corporation) buyers. Many were so dissatisfied with the quality of their cars that they vowed never to buy another Chrysler or Imperial.

Today, most restored 1957 Imperials probably have had the body fit problems fixed that we built in to them on the production line 50 years ago.

Burt Bouwkamp

----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonardo Gaona" <buickriviera1955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:07 AM
Subject: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957



Hello . i want to know from the point of view of the members of this community , wiich imperial is better the imperial 1957 or 1958 , there so tiny the differences between them that i would really like to listen your opinions about it. thanks

Leonard

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