Re: IML: Imperial And New Yorker The Same?

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Cadillac series 62 started sharing bodies with the Buick
Super/Roadmaster in 1940 and that body was also used by LaSalle 52, Olds 80,
and Pontiac Custom.  The 1941 Cadillac 61 shared bodies with the Buick
Special/Century, as well as Olds 76/78 and Pontiac Streamliner.   The
1941-42 Cadillac 67 used the Buick Limited body.   And, for the life of me,
that 1941-42 Cadillac 63 reminds of a Chevrolet with the rear axle pushed
back.

Starting in 1959, the big GM C body (Cadillac-Buick Electra 225) was
bascially the B body (Chev-Pontiac-Olds 88/98-Buick LeSabre/Invicta/Electra)
with a longer body centre section, different roof and rear quarters.  That
continued right into the downsized 1977 C and B bodies.  So the much vaunted
1959-198x Cadillac deVille was, for all intents and purposes, a Chevrolet
Biscayne on a longer wheelbase. Along with a few minor improvements in
equipment and detail.

You are absolutely right about the need to share bodies with other makes.
The financial investment has to be covered somehow - either by a number of
makes sharing bodies, as GM, Ford and Chrysler do,. or using bodies over a
long period of time - 1957-66 Imperial, 1936-48 Lincoln, 1961-69 Lincoln,
1947-52 Studebaker, 1953-66 Studebaker, 1950-63 Rambler, 1948-54 Hudson,
1952-57 Nash, 1941-50 Packard, 1956-82 Checker, etc.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


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Subject: IML: Imperial And New Yorker The Same?


Hello All,
Every time I hear this argument, I really have to wonder how it ever got
started?  The wheelbases on the Chryslers varied between 122 and 126 inches
from 1956 to 1975. In the same time frame Imperial varied from 124 to 133
inches. From 1957 to 1966, the Imperial had an entirely unique frame and
cowl. Look at a 64 Chrysler and a 64 Imperial. The difference is obvious.
Also, all 64 Imperials had a NINE coat paint job!!! The last two were WET
sanded, by hand. My 64 Newport had nowhere close to this attention to
detail. True the drivetrain was ALWAYS shared with the New Yorker. But, how
would you expect Chrysler Corporation to rationalize the expenditure for a
unique drivetrain in a line that annually sold less than 25,000 units?
As to the uniqueness of Cadillac and Lincoln, a closer look reveals that
this is just so much misinformation. Take a look at a the 76 Ninety Eight,
Electra and Sedan de Ville. If you look at them in profile, you can see that
the entire center body sections, including the cowl and windshield are the
same. For that matter look at a 53 Roadmaster and a Series 62. Both share
the same center section.  This approach is referred to as body engineering
or sharing. It is the only way that a major car company could possibly
spread out the costs of engineering an ENTIRE CAR LINE.
                                Just some Thoughts,
                                                     Allan from Billings,
Montana



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