Re: IML: Imperial "woodies"?

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://imperialclub.com/Articles/39WPC/index.htm
http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1939/Wagon/index.htm

http://imperialclub.com/Rare/Wagon.htm


--- Dr David George Briant <drdgb@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> There is a woody 1939 Imperial fully restored.  I
> last saw it at a CCCA show 
> in Wickenburg, AZ where it calmly graced a group of
> Packards, Rolls, et al.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Whitney" <david.whitney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 9:53 PM
> Subject: IML: Imperial "woodies"?
> 
> 
> >I was at the wonderful Woodies on the Wharf show on
> the pier in Santa Cruz,
> > Calif., last month.  This got me wondering if
> there was ever a woody
> > Imperial.
> >
> > The club president says you can display the car if
> it has "structural
> > wood", as opposed to decorative wood or
> paneling/lining of areas encased 
> > by
> > metal body panels.
> >
> > Sooo.....
> >
> > The 1926 Imperial brochure says the bodies are
> "pressed steel over rigid
> > hardwood frame" -- is that or is it not structural
> wood?  And how long did
> > this go on until the bodies were all steel?
> >
> > Oh, before I forget, here's a link to photos of
> the show.  There were 
> > about
> > 200 cars, lots of brands starting with F, L, B, C
> and O.  A few VWs and
> > some miscellaneous.  I took photos of the Mopars
> and a Packard(!).
> >
> >
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/desperate_not_serious/album?.dir=1447
> >
> > Happy motoring,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
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