On 12/12/2011 1:44 PM, Richard Rowlands wrote: > As an admirer of Virgil Exner and collector of his (and Ghia's) work, I too > enjoyed the article in the club news. I have had the good fortune to drive > the "Detroit" Imperial Phaeton, owned by the Petersen Museum, on several > occasions. I showed it at Chrysler Performance West's Spring Fling at > Woodley Park a few years back and have also driven it in the Hollywood > Christmas Parade. The car is in very good condition and runs and drives > beautifully. When I drove it in the Hollywood Christmas Parade the Mayor > of Los Angeles was also in the parade in the Los Angeles Imperial Phaeton. > It was amazing to see the two together. The Los Angeles car had a white > interior at the time so the brown interior must be relatively new. The > Petersen car is in far better condition and even still has the original top > and wheels. > > I have put together an album with some of my photos of the car, including > some shots from the parade with glimpses of the two together. For anyone > interested, the photo album can be seen here: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/11401198@N04/sets/72157628376257227/ > > Happy Holidays and Best Wishes. > > Richard Rowlands > Los Angeles CA oh yea, it has that semi automatic fluid drive tranny, I seem the recall my 52 Desoto had that and didnt Desoto call it something like tip-toe something? what did Chrysler call theirs? -- Paul Holmgren Mine: 2 57 300-C's in Indy Hers: 05 PT GT R/T HO Stage 1 Hoosier Corps L#6 ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylangYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/