Re: IML: '67 interior trim (was: Imperial Concept)

[Christopher H <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tacky interior trim...in a '67? Leather, chrome, genuine walnut and black
glass all in an incredible Danish Modern motif?

Perhaps you are recalling the reviews of the more plastic-laden and
fake-wood-trimmed 1969 model. I have never read a negative review from 1967
about these cars. In fact, even though some lamented the switch to Unibody
and the C-body platform, the interior completely held up the tradition.

But yes, my trunk does sound like a Jamaican drum when you close it. Oddly,
my '78 NYB's trunk provides such a satisfying sound that friends of mine
actually gather round whenever I open it to hear me close it!

Chris in LA


On 12/31/05 9:54 AM, jsadowski at jsadowski@xxxxxxx wrote:

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> From: "Greg and Russell" <65luxuryliner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: Imperial Concept
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> 
>> I looked at the photos of the 'Chrysler Imperial' (why do the designers
>> feel it is so important to put the two words together?) last night and
>> posted my comments about the car.  Figured I'd sleep on it and maybe in the
>> morning when I was fresh from a night's rest, I might see things a little
>> differently.  Unfortunately I still am unimpressed and almost repulsed by
>> the photos I see in the article.  The 'modern Chrysler designers' (lifted
>> right out of the copy)  have done their level best(?) to replicate a Rolls
>> on a (stretched?) 300C platform!  Where's the imagination and creativity?
>> If Chrysler's modern designers can imagine, create and actually build a
>> prototype that is as jaw-dropping as the Chronos, why are they stuck in
>> first gear with this mundane, should I say it, cartoonish(those 22" wheels
>> are ridiculous!) concept of an Imperial?
>> 
> 
> I remember when the 67 Imperial came out. Many felt the last real Imperials
> were gone.There were many negative comments of how the trunk lid sounded
> when slammed shut as well as a lot of tacky interior trim, the car looked
> too narrow etc.
>       Today, that generation seems to be among the most favored.
> John 
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