Re: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957

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Hi Burt,
     Were you working there in 1959?
If so can you tell us anything about the 59 production year?
Marty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Burton Bouwkamp" <northburt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957


> Leonardo,
>
> I was a Product Engineer at the Chrysler Jefferson Plant in 1957 and 1958. 
> In general, we built the 1958 Imperial a lot better than we built the 1957 
> model.  The reason is that we were not ready for production of the 1957 
> model when we started assembling bodies in the autumn of 1956. 
> Unfortunately, we tried to start production anyway. Initial body fits and 
> water leaks were so bad that after about a month we stopped production for 
> several weeks to correct a lot of things. During the shut down we sent 
> teams of product engineers - like me - and sales personnel to the field to 
> meet with dealers to reassure them that we knew about the problems and 
> were fixing them. The whole year was difficult and we never did achieve 
> our quality objectives. One of our biggest problems in 1957 was water 
> leaks. A second problem was body shake on a rough road - or even on a 
> smooth road if a tire or wheel was out of round or out of balance.
>
> With the new style we got a lot of new (to Chrysler Corporation) buyers. 
> Many were so dissatisfied with the quality of their cars that they vowed 
> never to buy another Chrysler or Imperial.
>
> Today, most restored 1957 Imperials probably have had the body fit 
> problems fixed that we built in to them on the production line 50 years 
> ago.
>
> Burt Bouwkamp
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leonardo Gaona" <buickriviera1955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:07 AM
> Subject: IML: Imperial 1957 and imperial 1957
>
>
> > Hello . i want to know from the point of view of the members of this 
> > community , wiich imperial is better the imperial 1957 or 1958 , there so 
> > tiny the differences between them that i would really like to listen your 
> > opinions about it. thanks
> >
> > Leonard
> >
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