Re: IML: AUTOWEEK/Hemmings

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I saw and read the article in Hemmings and really enjoyed the pictures and SOME of the copy. As always seems to happen when non-Imperial people write the articles, they say things that they assume to be correct but may not be in reality. I tend to immediately "write" mental letters pro-testing the inaccuracies, but I can never get the stamps to stick, so they don't go anywhere but in my head. Right near the beginning they just assume that the early '80's Imperial was a copy with the bustle-back styling "swiped" from the Cadillac Seville- many people have assumed this legend to be true because the Caddy came out first, when in reality the Imperial design was in the works first, and the Cadillac rear-end was the result of taking a large cleaver to a more conventional body-design. A very careful look at both automobiles from all angles should assure anyone with any sense of design and proportion that the Imperial body was designed to be all of a piece and all the parts look like they belong together, whereas the Cadillac looks as though it was done originally to be a conventional "three-box" body that someone badly abused in the back yard and rushed into production in order to beat the Imperial. This is, of course, essentially what happened.

  Does anyone remember what GM did with the in-process designs of their entire line-up when they saw the spy-photos of the 1957 Chrysler ine-up?

  Anyway, there's some of the stuff that got mentally "written" in a fury when I read the Hemmings article, and there was a lot more. I did enjoy the fact that they finally put an Imperial on the cover- their best one ever, incidentally- and paid some overdue and well-deserved attention to America's finest motorcar.

Kristian Oyen

1963 Imperial Southampton 4-door

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From: Henry Hopkins

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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:11 PM

Subject: Re: IML: AUTOWEEK/Hemmings

Don't be too surprised that IML folks have not noticed the article in Autoweek.  I say this because my 60 Imperial is on the cover of the July Hemmings Motor News with an accompanying article on 60 to 63 Imperials.  One person mentioned the article.  Two friends on the IML sent me  congratulatory notes and there may have been one other mention.  Of course, it is a really big deal for me.  I guess IML folks don't buy or subscribe to Hemmings.  I expected there would be quite of few reactions ranging from "Way to go!" to positive and/or negative opinions about the article to "How did you get your car on the cover?" and "Can I do that?" and "How?" etc.

 

I thought getting the word out about what great cars Imperials are would be of interest.  Ah well, I sure got a big kick out of it.

 

Henry Hopkins, Richmond, CA

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From: TomChoice

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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:45 AM

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Did the article have a photo of the '57?

 

Thank you

Tom

 

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From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jan Harmonson
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:21 AM
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Hi'

 

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the article in AutoWeek magazine about Imperials. It was a column by the publisher, Rich Ceppos about the recent Orphan Car Show in Yspilanti, Michigan. He and other AutoWeek people judged the "Orphans of the Big Three" class and gave the trophy to ".....a showroom-perfect flesh-colored 1957 Imperial with only 12,000 original miles on it. It's big-finned optimism shouted  'Detroit at it's peak'  ".

 

Jan in Ojai, CA

1955 Sedan

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