Re: IML: IML 67 IMP AD

[Christopher H <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

Always take a look at the website first. You'll find these topics discussed in detail, usually with pictures, and you can learn about these to your heart's content.

The seat didn't spin, it swiveled to either of two positions: facing foreward or facing rearward. The door must be open for it to swivel (to corners of the seat cushion would hit the door), so the swiveling cannot be done with the car in motion. Because the B-pillar in the 4-door hardtop would also get in the way, it was only available in the Crown Coupe, which has longer doors. Don't know why they chose not to offer it in the Crown Convertible, but presumably it's because they felt no one would use such a feature in an open car (even though a convertible can be driven top-up... product planners are not often that broad-minded in their thinking).

Obviously the candlelit dinner (actually, it's coffee and petitfours for dessert, if I recall correctly) is a romanticization perfect for the advertising style of the day. It's one of my favorite ad photos ever for that reason: It captures the spirit of the product rather than being a practical and literal depiction. As for a driver, they are obviously parked in some secluded, out of the way place.

Mother and kids in a Mobile Director Crown Coupe... funny. This car was for a captain of industry. The kids would have been in the third row of mother's Town and Country wagon, while mother enjoyed the AM radio and large ashtray up front.

Chris in LA
67 Crown 4dHT

-----Original Message-----
From: ken brather <oef_1947_isf@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Nov 9, 2005 8:01 AM
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Subject: Re: IML: IML 67 IMP AD

ok. k. here this is for all u' 67 imp owners out there i bought a life mag. yesterday w/ a ad for a ' 67. ok this ad had an option listed as where you could get an option of installing a frount passeger seat that could swival all the way around & face backward yeah right this would not pass safty muster to day do ne of you have 1 of these? if so let me know i can imagine some 1 w/ kids w/ 1 of these oh yeah this has disaster written all over it the kid in the frount seat spinning it around [ how ever mother could keep an eye on the kids in the back easer] the ad also shows a man & woman dining by candle light yeah right can ne 1 say  FIRE HAZERD?  oh & who's driving while they r dining? did the 4 door cars also have this option? the car shown is a 2 door crown.]

		
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