Length of '73 Imperial

[Gregory Gryczan & Sandra Hudson Gryczan <gregandsandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello List,

        I fondly recall parallel parking my '73 in Chicago parking spaces.  
Sadly,
I believe this is becoming a lost art.  Where does the '72 fall on the
list?  Thanks.

Greg Gryczan
West Palm Beach, FL
U.S.A.

At 08:18 PM 8/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Size DOES matter when it comes to Imperials!  At 235.3", the Imperial
>finally bested those other so-called "luxury makes" of the mid-seventies. 
>A while back I was curious to see where mine ranked in the upper echelons
>of barge-iness.  Here's a ranking of some outstanding biggies:
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>1973 Imperial LeBaron: 235.3"
>1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham: 233.7" (longest wheelbase-133")
>1976 Buick Electra 225: 233.3"
>1977 Lincoln Town Car: 233.0"
>1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham: 231.0"
>1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V: 230.3"
>1971 Imperial LeBaron: 229.7"
>1975 Mercury Grand Marquis: 229.0"
>1976 Lincoln Continental Mark IV: 228.1"
>1964 Imperial LeBaron: 227.8"
>1977 Oldsmobile Toronado: 227.5"
>1959 Imperial Crown: 226.3" (widest-81")
>1971 Chrysler New Yorker: 224.7"
>1976 Cadillac Eldorado: 224.1"
>1964 Buick Electra: 222.8"
>
>And a few random others:
>
>1972 Buick Riviera: 218.3"
>1992 Buick Roadmaster: 215.8"
>1981 Chrysler Imperial: 213.3"
>1993 Mercury Grand Marquis: 212.4"
>1983 Chrysler Cordoba: 210.1"
>1964 Buick Riviera: 208.1"
>1985 Cadillac Eldorado: 204.8"
>1964 Buick Skylark: 203.5"
>1997 Mercury Cougar: 199.7"
>1997 Chrysler Sebring: 191.1"
>1994 Chrysler LeBaron wagon: 179.9"
>
>Neal Herman
>1959 Imperial Crown
>1972 Buick Riviera
>1983 Chrysler Cordoba
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Currell Pattie <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: 8/30/2002 6:24:59 PM
>> Subject: IML: Length of '73 Imperial
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>> At 235.3" (19 feet 7+ inches), it was a big one. Can't say it was the 
>> longest, however, for standard sedans, anyway. It may be. I'm thinking of 
>> those Continental Town Sedans of the era; maybe they came up an inch or
>two 
>> short. Big Mothers too, by any criteria.
>> 
>> The largest wheelbase on a standard (non limo or commercial chassis)
>sedan 
>> was the 34-37 Cadillac V-16s, at 154". The '73 Imperial is 127",.
>However, 
>> the Caddy had its wheels pretty much at each corner, where the Imperial
>had 
>> some, ahem, overhang. So the Imperial probably was longer, overall.
>> 
>> By the way, has anyone ever noted the square footage of the trunks on the 
>> 69-73 Imperial Coupes? They look like El Caminos if you squint, and
>pretend 
>> that there is an open bed back there.
>> 
>> You could land a helicopter on them. And the legroom in the back seat, at 
>> least for the coupes, isn't that great. The overall length of the Coupe 
>> might be an inch or so smaller than the 235.3" for the sedan, but still...
>> 
>> Not the greatest use of space in automotive history, anyway.
>> 
>> Currell
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