Re: IML: Fuselage Era - further notes

[Tom H <tom_in_a2@xxxxxxxxx>]

This reminds me of my first closeup look at the
fuselage Imperials.  I was 16 years old and dragged my
dad into the Chrysler-Plymouth dealer on W. Michigan
Ave. in Jackson.  We looked at a gorgeous, dark-green
'69 Imperial coupe.  What a car; I remember it to this
day.  If I weren't on a quest for a nice '68 I'd look
into a later model.

--- K C <chromacolor2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> > I myself have always preferred the fuselage era
> > cars, especially the
> > 69-71.  Maybe it's because I myself am a 1969
> model,
> > or those are the
> > only ones I've had personal exposure to.  
> 
> I remember my first fuselage experience as a child.
> My
> parents brought a book for me from the library
> called
> "70 Years of Chrysler" (Which should have been
> titled
> "50 years", as the book stopped around 1974!). I was
> probably around 8-9 at the time (1980). No one in my
> family had a fuselage car, they were all cheapskates
> and drove Darts! Anyways... I remember looking
> through
> this book and loving the massive, mean-looking 69-73
> Imperials. Yep, I skipped right past the Chargers,
> 'cudas, etc. and right into the land-yacht section.
> This was not to say that I didn't like the other
> cars
> (I did) but I thought the Imperials were the bomb.
> 
> I bought my first car at age 15, a 1969 300 4drhtp.
> I
> did a lot of crazy stuff with that car, but I loved
> it. That smooth, extruded look was just so cool. The
> loop bumpers were distinctly "Mopar", except for the
> best-looking Chevy ever, the '69 full-size, but even
> that looks cheap next to the real deal.
> 
> Fast-forward to 1996, when I'm dating my future wife
> and driving a '69 300 Coupe. She had a '69 Cadillac
> Coupe DeVille (she was 21!) First time I drove that
> sloppy Caddy on a date, it was like "Yeeech! This is
> why people dis' big American cars!" I let her drive
> my
> 300, and she was like "I need to sell this Caddy."
> 
> So one day we're flipping through a car-book, and
> she
> says "Wow, what is this?" I say, "that's a 1969
> Imperial.." (Without telling her it was one of my
> favorite cars.) Long story short, we drove out to
> Minnesota in my '77 NYB and came back with a '69
> Imp.
> Well, we eventually sold that one to Tony Fortner
> (on
> the list) because we needed the money/time to start
> a
> business, but I'm happy to say she soon was driving
> a
> big 'ol C-body wagon!
> 
> There has got to be something about these cars, with
> all the loyal customers... Too bad for the late
> Chrysler Corp, they were 30 years too late!
> 
> Another C/Y-body note... One of the houses I just
> re-habbed and have on the market
> (eastsidehomes.5u.com) had just one owner until I
> bought it in 2004; a 94-year-old man who worked his
> entire career on the line at the Jefferson Avenue
> Assembly plant. I was really hoping to find some NOS
> goddies stashed away, but have only found a few NOS
> hood releases and one set of CHRYSLER block letters
> from 1966. Ironically, I'm storing two '73 Imps in
> the
> garage! An old neighbor came over one day, and
> looked
> over the yellow '73. He said he owned several
> Imperials when they were new, and always wished he
> had
> ordered a sunroof. 
> 
> Finally, there is a '71 New Yorker coupe with a
> sunroof on Ebay right now! '71 is my favorite NY'er
> year, but I dare not bid!
> 
> Carmine F.
> 
> 
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