Re: IML: Imperials are a "C" or a ...???

[Brad Weikert <a292@xxxxxxx>]

I just scanned a page from my 1966 service manual that may clear this 
up.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2749153370027893509ohSIep

Brad


On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:42 PM, john sadowski wrote:

> I'm not sure if its in the service manual or parts book on the 66, but 
> I know someone that has a 66 & those books. It clearly states inside 
> the front cover of one of them that the Imperial is a D body.
> John
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: SpicemanII@xxxxxxx
> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: IML: Imperials are a "C" or a ...???
> >
> > Where is the referrence to Imperial is the D or C body? All my parts 
> > books, starting in 55 have Imperial as a Y body. It goes till my 
> > newest, 71 and it is still a Y.
> >    DeSoto is an S. Chryslers are C. D is full size Dodge. P is full 
> > size Plymouth.
> >    Who and what determined otherwise?
> >    Are you all using the series platform as determining a certain 
> > body? Because, again, Imperials have 57 thru 68 that do not share 
> > sheetmetal. I am not sure, but I think the platform might refer to a 
> > chassis as the platform. There could be some argument here again. 
> > Yet, these and other years are Y bodies. I, in selling parts, have 
> > always used Y for Imperials, never a C body as referrence to an 
> > Imperial.
> >    Now, 1954, and older, Imperial is referred to as a C, or, top line 
> > Chrysler, not a seperate car model as a Dodge or Plymouth from the 
> > same time period.  
> >                          Someone clue me in.    Joe Machado 


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