I have
just picked up my Dads Imperial in Southern CA. and drove it to Idaho about
1800 miles. The ride was great, I
was impressed. The MPG for the trip was 20.3 at around 70
MPH. The car seamed to go up to 80
with out any trouble, as the cruse control did not work. This car has 22,853
miles and has been in the garage all of it’s life. I have to let it set outside until the snow melts enough to
get to my other garage.(bummer) I
plan on driving it in the summer months.
I need to
find a license plate holder for the rear of the car, It fits in the cavity of
the trunk lid. The chrome part fell
off and is missing.
Also The motor for the window on the passenger
door is not working. The power antenna is nor working but the motor is working? Does any body have an idea why the antenna is not
working??? I have disconnected the
motor so it does not burn out. And
my brother changed a part on the windshield wipers and now they will not go to
the home position. And lastly the
cruse control isn’t working I checked the fuse and it’s ok now that I am home I
can check it with a VOM.
Larry
Lawrence R Noska
lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Hauser, ID 83854
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Subject: Re: IML: Even more 80's
Imperial thoughts(kind of long)
I have read a
few e-mails on the value of the 80's Imperials. I have an 81 and I am the
second owner and the first owner kept it in a garage (my Dad). I believe the
issue with the 80's value is that these cars do not look old for a 23 year old
car. The body style and the electronics were way ahead of their time and it may
take a few years and some help from 80's owners to make people realize were
this car fit in to automotive history. Once they do then watch out.
Scott Schmidt
81 Imperial
At 07:24 PM 2/6/2004, RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:
Clay,
Your point about realizing just how far Chrysler had sunk by then, and also
what a leap of faith would have been required to put out that much money for
their best car was a good one, and one that I made a couple of weeks ago in
another thread.
As far as the comparison between the Imperial and the K-car, I can only say
that the K-car was a success (in fact it and the soon to come mini-van saved the
company) while the Imperial was not.
Paul
In a message dated 2/6/2004 5:29:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
imperialman@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I just finished reading cover to cover the June 1981 Motor Trend
magazine.
> Though no Imperial specific articles, the letters
to the editors section did mention Imperial.
>
> The June issue had the MT editors taking a lot of heat
about their selection for the Motor Trend car of the year, the
Plymouth-Dodge K-car .
>
> One irate reader wrote in part
> " You(also) gave the
Imperial, obviously more luxurious than any other car tested a rating of
6 in comfort and 5 in ride and drive, while the Reliant turned in the highest
rating
> in both categories.
> I fail to see how the Reliant could score better than the Imperial,
C#$lass and G%nada in ANY of the luxury categories.
>
> The short answer from the MT editor was " We don't
feel that comfort and ride & drive are necessarily synonymous with
> "luxury"
>
> Now what kind of answer is that ?
>
> I don't think anyone on this list would argue that an 81
Imperial's ride is better than any K- car and I sure don't want to
start a K-car discussion so I am offering up this letter because it
mentions Imperial and I think it shows how political Motor Trends car of
the year (was)is.
>
> Something that also impressed me after reading this 1981
Motor Trend was how far Chrysler really had sunk.
> What a leap of faith it must have taken someone to even
> consider laying out 18K to buy an Imperial
>
>
Clay Smith
>
67 Crown Coupe
>
60 Custom
>
>
>
>
>
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