Since you mentioned it, actually, the wheelbase is more meaningful when it
comes to handling and ride characteristics. All Imperials are BIG cars. I don't
see what a few extra inches of bumper, or black rubber bumperettes, really has
to do with very much of anything at all.
Paul
In a message dated 5/28/2004 5:45:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
hugtrees@xxxxxxxx writes:
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> I asked about which year yielded the biggest ever Imperial. Usually such a
> request is snapped up like a duck on a June bug, but not this time. I think
> there was general agreement that length was the key indicator, and also,
> pretty much, we were talking about regular production models, not vehicles
> that were subsequently stretched by an outside company. I started looking
> myself, in a Collector's Guide I have and then our own Imperial club web
> site and I have realized why the silence. Instead of length, a fairly
> useful measurement and not, one would have thought, impossible to obtain, we
> seem to be plagued by all but useless 'wheel base' numbers. There may be a
> marginal benefit to knowing wheel base but, in real terms, it describes
> little except to hint at what the real length is. What a drag.
>
> Hugh
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