Re: IML: '75 Imperial and '76 New Yorker Brougham; was New Imperial Opinions Labor of Love?

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

The 70 was the last year for
the Crown. Information from page 186 of "Chrysler & Imperial 1946-1975 The 
Classic Postwar Years".
John
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From: "Brad Hogg" <luxoliner@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: IML: '75 Imperial and '76 New Yorker Brougham; was New Imperial 
Opinions Labor of Love?


> "weren't they all were LeBarons by then?"  (1975 that is)
>
> No.  The 4 door was a LeBaron and the 2 door was a Crown Coupe.  I may be
> corrected because I do think the full name of the 2 door was Imperial
> LeBaron Crown Coupe.  Regardless, the 4 door was never referred to as a
> Crown anything, just the 2 door.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <randalpark@xxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:00 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: '75 Imperial and '76 New Yorker Brougham; was New 
> Imperial
> Opinions Labor of Love?
>
>
> At that time, I was attempting to trade my '65 Crown Four Door for a 
> better
> '64 Crown Four Door that was on the lot at our downtown
> Plymouth-Chrysler-Imperial dealer. It didn't work out, but the salesman 
> that
> I was negotiating with received a phone call from an irrate lady customer
> who had regularly bought a new Imperial every few years from him. She
> supposedly had a new 1976 car on order, and discovered that there wasn't
> going to be a 1976 Imperial. I remember him arguing with her about the 
> fact
> that she was still going to get her new car, and that even though it was
> going to be a Chrysler New Yorker, it was identical to the car that she
> originally had planned to buy. I don't recall him ever saying to her that
> she was going to save $2,314 on the sale.
>
> I am curious if most of this price difference was due to items being
> optional on the Chrysler that were standard on the Imperial. A 1975 
> Imperial
> LeBaron (weren't they all were LeBarons by then?) would have been a loaded
> car, while a base model NYB may not have been unless the same items were
> ordered as optional equipment. Just curious.
>
> Paul W.
>
>
>
>
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