I thlink Exner came to Chrysler much earlier and his first designs,
oficially, were 1955.
As the proud owner of a 1955 sedan I believe that.
Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Exner Years
> Thanks for the correction. I was afraid of that spelling and just didn't
bother to look it up.
>
> Paul
>
> In a message dated 1/20/2004 10:32:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> >
> >
> > Just for the record, Elwood's last name is spelled Engel... and he's
also
> > responsible for the fuselage cars (1969-73).
> >
> > :) Chris in LA
> >
> > On 1/20/04 5:39 pm, RandalPark@xxxxxxx (RandalPark@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> >
> > > B&T,
> > >
> > > Virgil Exner was the man responsible for the styling of the Imperials
that
> > > Mark refered to in his note which is '57 -'63. Technically "Ex" was
gone
> > > before the '62 models were finished. I believe that his successor,
Elwood
> > > Engle touched the '62, highly influenced the '63, and did the "Totally
New"
> > > Incomparable Imperials. We couldn't really refer to them as the "Engle
Years",
> > > though because he is also responsible for the '67 &'68 styles.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> >
> >