Length of '73 Imperial

[KerryPinkerton <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Should be about 6 inches shorter, the difference in
the length of the bumper guards.

--- Gregory Gryczan & Sandra Hudson Gryczan
<gregandsandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >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
> >>
> >> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >