RE: IML: Where are Most of the Imperials found Today??

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can atest that fact.  My ex and I bought my 1975 LeBaron in
Poulsbo, Washington in February of 2003.  It had been in storage
for the greater part of 20 years, even then.  We found it on
AutoTrader.com.  I did a search and there it was.

Æyn


--- Nat Hall <nathall@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I can back Matt up on one of his 'theories'.
> 
> I live in Washington state, and there are quite a few Imperials
> and
> Chryslers in general on the road or otherwise available from
> the era he
> specified (60's through about '93).
> 
> There is a guy in north Seattle with three '80s EFI Imperials,
> I have one,
> there's another guy with a sea spray green one in an outlying
> suburb, and I
> know there are a few other members on this list who also live
> in WA state.
> 
> I frequently see Imperials of all vintages "FOR SALE" in the
> classifieds
> for the state as a whole, lots of them on the drier eastern
> half of the
> state. This probably has a lot to do with our relatively mild
> winters and
> the lack of salt use on the roadways here. 1990-93 Imperials
> are virtually
> just as commonly seen here as late '80s/early '90s Fleetwood
> Broughams.
> 
> There's also a few guys locally cruising around in
> mint-condition late-70's
> New Yorker Broughams that I see from time to time (saw a
> cream-yellow one
> yesterday!). The apartment complex across the street has a rare
> 79/80/81
> R-body New Yorker parked there frequently. The apartment
> complex I lived in
> two years ago (three blocks from where I am now) had a 1973
> Imperial
> LeBaron that belonged to another tenant. I never did find out
> who the guy
> (or girl) was, though.
> 
> 
> 
> >I have a theory about this that I have observed over the
> years. I believe
> >that it depends on a few things. first of all , where the most
> amount of
> >cars were sold when new, and secondly the weather and salt use
> on the
> >roads. When I stared collecting cars about 15 years ago, I
> discovered that
> >where the model I wanted sold the most when new, I seemed to
> find the most
> >later on , and usually at the lowest price. ( I assume because
> so many old
> >ones seem to still be on the road in those places) I was a big
> Cadillac
> >fan for many years, more Cadillacs were sold in Texas,
> actually Dallas
> >then anywhere else up to the late 80's, consequently there
> were quite a
> >few still around there and usually pretty cheep.. It seems
> Lincolns were
> >big in Florida, I still see lots of them  ( 70's ad 80'
> models) on ebay
> >from there. Funny thing, i have nothing to back this up, but
> it seems that
> >lots of Chryslers ( 60's up to the mid 80's) are in Canada,
> Washington
> >state, and Michigan in  that order, at least that's what it
> appears from
> >looking at ebay, auto trader and hemmings.. Where I am, in
> Southern
> >California, I find Mercedes and Jaguar all over pretty cheep..
> my First
> >Imperial ( a 90) I purchased from Nevada, and my 77 New Yorker
> Brougham,
> >Washington state 5 years ago.      Again, simply a
> hypothesis.. I got no
> >science to back this ...my 2cents worth     Matt
> 
> 
> -------------------
> Nat Hall
> 1982 Imperial Coupe
> 1987 Chrysler New Yorker
> -------------------
> 
> 
> 
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