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

["Tony Fortner" <keith_f79@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

For 1975. there WAS a Crown Coupe option. I know this due to the fact that I 
have one sitting in my driveway.  They were a limited number car....about 
1500 and the differnces were small, such as a 3/4 type vinyl top and a few 
other very small things.

                               Tony


> From: "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: '75 Imperial and '76 New Yorker Brougham; was New 
> Imperial Opinions Labor of Love?
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:51:29 -0700
>
> The 70 was the last year for
> the Crown. Information from page 186 of "Chrysler & Imperial 1946-1975 The 
> Classic Postwar Years".
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hogg" <luxoliner@xxxxxxx>
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> Imperial Opinions Labor of Love?
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>
> > "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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> > 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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