I believe that it was a 69 - my 69 had "IMPERIAL BY CHRYSLER on the right
rear of the trunk lid. The 75 does not.
Aeyn & Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "James" <nyb@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: IML: by Chrysler
> Hi,
>
> I came across a fuselage Imp yesterday that had "By Chrysler" badged
> above the Imperial namplate on the trunk. What year was this, 1972? I
> remember some mention of this before, but can't remember the year. I
> guess this goes towards Hugh's discourse on the muddled identity of the
> Imperial. Actually what I thought was most interesting looking at this
> car and my 76 NYB together was how similar the styling is. While the
> fuselage was much blockier and rounded, you can definitely tell that
> there were some carry-overs into the 74-78 styling. Compare that to the
> 68/69 change, to my mind anyway those years are very different.
>
> James
>
>
>
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