the topic got off on to some friendly banter over K-Cars and was a K-IMP (REAL) IMP, or just a dressed up K-New Yorker. Just having fun. And yes the 5th AVE package was on a 80 New Yorker 1st years was in a tan/lit brown color only. following years for the 5TH Ave pac the color range was expanded.
Alan Jordan
90 IMP
75 IMP LeBaron
-------------- Original message from Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: --------------
> Dear Bill,
>
> I think I must be misreading you. Are you saying the Fifth Avenue was
> not introduced until 1990???
>
> I could swear the Fifth Avenue was introduced in 1983, give or take a
> year or two. I know my mother had a 1989 model, and I'm sure I've seen
> 1985 models up for sale. Can you clarify what you meant by this
> comment?
>
> Thanks, Mark
>
> On Thursday, October 6, 2005, at 01:10 PM, Bill Watson wrote:
>
> >
> > In 1988 Chrysler introduced the Dynasty and New Yorker (C body) on a
> > 104"
> > wheelbase - basically a K car with four more inches in the rear seat
> > area.
> >
> > Two years later the Fifth Avenue and Imperial were introduced - the Y
> &g t; body
> > on a 109" wheelbase, this time the C body with five more inches for
> > the rear
> > seat passengers. So the 1990-93 Imperials were based on the New
> > Yorker (and
> > Dynasty) which were derived from the Reliant and Aries.
> >
>
>
>
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