IML: Torqueflite Intro (was 56 Belt Drives)

[Jeff Cantor <jcantor791@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

Somewhere, quite possibly on the OIC website, I've seen info that  
indicated that the Torqueflite was a rolling introduction begun  
2/16/56 with the most senior cars first in line.  My car was built  
2/21/56 and left the factory 2/24/56 according to Chrysler Historical  
so it was within the first week of this change.  Total Imperial  
production for the year was 10,628 including all body styles.  If we  
assume - always a dangerous thing - that production was even  
throughout the production year which runs from roughly August through  
June, then Chrysler was building around 225 Imperials per week.  Mine  
is serial number C567616, a series that I think was just for  
Imperials so the change would have been somewhere between C567380 and  
C567420, most likely.  I'm not sure if this is something that  
Chrysler Historical could confirm or not.

Jeff
56 Sedan
Trenton, NJ


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