I have heard of similar differences for the 90's
Imperials- body was a thicker metal then the other
AC/AY's- in the case of interchangable body pannels
(hood, fenders, etc), it appears that the parts were
shaped out of the same machines/assembly line- they
just sent a thicker sheet of metal through.
Which makes sense- as why use the good material in the
cheaper cars? That's a big thing I noticed about FWD
Mopars- as the price goes up, so does the quality of
the parts (not to say that the cheap stuff is bad-
just not as good). My k-car was thin, rusted quickly,
and was very hard to repair. A relatives Spirit was
slightly better... my Dynasty even stronger.... and
the Imperials I hear were even better then that. Guess
that's yet an other example of how buyers got their
money's worth when buying the Imperials- but
interestingly, Chrysler never (?) pointed out this
difference in material to consumers as a
bragging/selling point.
--- MNTwin1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 5/12/2003 12:21:02 PM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > After you have that Imperial for a while you may
> loose all interest in
> > Dodge Chargers.
>
> Aaron has a point here. A couple of weeks ago, I
> made the trip to the not so
> local salvage yard to retrieve a pair of swivel
> seats, one from an Imperial
> and the other from the same year New Yorker. Let me
> tell you, they are
> different!
>
> The seats from both are as heavy as boulders. The
> Imperial seats are leather
> and are in decent restorable condition. Once the
> seats were out of the cars
> I saw that each car had a center support bracket for
> the seat track. The
> support in the Chrysler is bolted to the floor pan.
> The Imperial support is
> welded. We had to cut both floors to get the
> supports out (not a great loss
> since there was a lot of rust in each car!)
>
> It was interesting to see the very definite
> difference in the gauge of the
> sheet metal. The New Yorker, which is unibody, has
> a much thinner gauge
> metal floor. The Imperial, body on frame
> construction, was definitely
> thicker. No wonder these cars weigh as much as they
> do. I would have
> thought the unibody car would have thicker gauge
> steel. The boy at the
> salvage yard was thoroughly impressed with the old
> hulk of the Imperail. We
> talked a lot about the car and its proper place in
> history. Can't say I
> converted him over, but it was a pleasure to provide
> a little education to
> the lad.
>
> So when Aaron states there is a reason an Imperial
> is better.... here is one
> piece of evidence!
>
> Happy motoring!
>
> Dale
> 68 Crown Coupe
> 60 New Yorkers (not quite Imperial, but nice!)
> 71 New Yorker
> 78 LeBaron T&C
> 79 New Yorker
>
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