Re: IML: 1964 Imperial Lebaron Limousine, the Kennedy's vs. 1965 Lincoln : TOWN BROUGHAM PROTOTYPE CONCEPT FORMAL LIMO

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

LBJ was also an Imperial owner.  He purchased a 1957 Imperial - the photo
has been published in many books.

And in the 1965 inaugural parade, the lead car was a 1965 Imperial Crown
convertible.   V-P and Mrs. Humphrey were seated in the 1950 Lincoln while
the presidential party, I believe, were  seated  in the 1961 Lincoln
Continental.  Could not tell who was seated in the Imperial limo.

The Duesenberg had nothing to do with Chrysler.  The styling was by Virgil
Exner, although long after he had departed Chrysler, and the company was
headed by Fritz Duesenberg, son of August S.   Chrysler's 440 engine and
Torqueflite were to be used, along with torsion bar front suspension, but
that was about the only connection to Chrysler..   The car's frame,
according to the article, was to be built in Italy.  No mention of it being
an extended Imperial frame.

The roofline on the concept Comet screams Barracuda.  Wonder how that went
over - a 1965 show car with the roof of a one-year old competitor's car.


Bill
Vancouver, BC



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From: "twolaneblacktop" <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:42 PM
Subject: IML: 1964 Imperial Lebaron Limousine, the Kennedy's vs. 1965
Lincoln : TOWN BROUGHAM PROTOTYPE CONCEPT FORMAL LIMO


Hi Gang,

As a car person in general, I can appreciate the car in question. As an
Imperial lover bar none, I have a couple of comments on
this car and the other two shown as concepts.

1. I especially like the articles comment about the reason the car was
originally built: "Allegedly the design was originally drawn
up in 1961 and offered to the White House as a formal limousine to be used
by Jacqueline Kennedy and was immediately turned down."
This was most assuredly due to the fact that the Kennedy's and especially
Jackie, preferred and were very loyal to Imperials. This
is further evidenced by the fact that for President Johnson's inauguration,
Johnson pulled out the fleet of limos the White House
had. Mrs. Kennedy however was presented with a brand new Imperial Ghia
limousine. You can see how this car looked in formation
with the other limos in the procession. The video of this is on the website.
Here is the link:
http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1964/SteveFoster/LBJ-big.mpg

2. Chrysler was not just taking cars and chopping them, but was creating
whole new breeds of Luxury as exampled by the concept
Duisenberg: http://www.imperialclub.com/Articles/66Duesy/index.htm

3. In the Lincoln concept car photos it shows two other cars, which to me,
immediately reminded me of 1. BMW C-6 coupe and the
Comet looks rather like a Plymouth Valiant, don't you think?

Just my two, well 3 cents worth, I guess.

Hope all are well, and having happy holidays!

Bill


Wm. R. Ulman
Seattle, WA
'68 Imperial Crown 4dr. Hardtop (Miss Lucille Ball) - WA State Vanity
Plates: FIT4AQN
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Subject: IML: 1965 Lincoln: TOWN BROUGHAM PROTOTYPE CONCEPT FORMAL LIMO

All you Imperialist fans I myself included- you have to appreciate a car
like this and only imagine what our beloved 1965 Imperial
would have look like if it was dressed up like this Lincoln. -Comments

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