My '65 Cadillac Fleetwood, with minimal bumper protection (read: extension)
was 228", if memory serves. Currell
>From: "Neal Herman" <chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>To: "Imperial Club" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: IML: Length of '73 Imperial
>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 20:18:56 -0400
>
>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
>
>
>
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