I've been away for the last week, but I think I know the ad you refer to -
it is was apparently run in various magazines in early October 1967, showing
the "new" 1968 Imperial 4 Door Crown HT. The one I have is from the
October 6, 1967 issue of "Time" magazine. It shows a car in a very "San
Diego - ish" neighborhood. The car is gold with an accent stripe of the
cream color. My 68 is painted like this, although that is not original to
my car. The original owner (a friend of mine, now deceased) ordered one
painted this way, probably after seeing this ad, but none were available at
the time, so he had Cunningham Motors (still in business in San Diego,
although now selling BMWs) add the contrasting color to the car. I gather at
least 3 other cars have surfaced with this paint treatment. I'll reserve
comment as to whether it is an improvement in appearance or not, other than
to note that Chrysler apparently didn't think so, since they didn't offer it
in the options list.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: IML: those 67 in stripes
> Quoting Billimp68@xxxxxxx:
>
> >
> > I also have a question concerning the concave area on the sides of 68's
that
> >
> > are bordered with stainless trim. Has anyone ever seen a 68 with this
> > concave
> > area painted in any other color than what the whole car is painted with?
The
> >
> > reason I ask, is that I have a 68 Imperial Ad that shows this area
painted a
> >
> > different color.
>
> Bill, I think that's non origiinal for sure. The brochure does not talk
about
> any optional dual color. Plus, I think that would be ugly.
>
> D^2
>
>
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