Someplace in that post it says that Imperial Sedans were ALWAYS cheaper than
hardtops. This is untrue. At least in 1960, the Sedan models were the same
price as the Southamptons. Two Door Southamptons were cheaper than Four Door
Southamptons, although as collecter cars, the reverse seems to apply.
The least expensive 1960 Imperial was the Custom Two Door Southampton. In 1956
The "Special Four Door Southampton" was the most expensive model standard
production model. I don't have my literature handy for the '57 through '59
models, but I suspect that the price line up for those years was like 1960,
where the Sedans and Hardtops had identical list prices.
The '67 Imperial Sedan was less expensive that the Crown Four Door. I believe
that year they had three models again, the Imperial, Imperial Crown, and
Imperial LeBaron. I don't remember about '68 and '69, but for some reason I
think that in '68 they started calling them Crown Sedans. With that, it may
have been possible that the Hardtop and Sedan models were the same price, as
they had been in other years.
If the above is true, then 1967 would have been the only year, after 1956, that
Sedans would have been "cheaper" than Four Door Hardtops.
Paul
In a message dated 7/12/2004 11:32:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Christopher
Hoffman <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>On 7/12/04 10:29 pm, Peter Engel (peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
>> I should have pointed out a few things about 69s earlier:
>>
>> My book shows that the sedan and hardtop listed at the exact same price,
>> $6411.00 I suspect that this is a misprint though since sedan styles
>> were just about always cheaper than hardtop styles. For the 68 model
>> year the price difference between sedan and hardtop was about $500.00.
>
>The base '68 Sedan was a lower trim level than the Crown 4-door hardtop,
>with cloth and vinyl interior, simpler front seat (non-split bench) and
>lower equipment level. I believe the '69 Sedan and hardtop were more
>similarly equipped to each other, so it's not unimaginable that they were
>priced the same in 1969.
>
>> While I'm not terribly interested in owning a sedan Imperial, the larger
>> rear window of the Crown does look good to me. Some years ago I chopped
>> up a wrecked 71 LeBaron and cut away the vinyl top covering to expose
>> the rear window area. As I suspected, LeBaron models were fitted with a
>> fiberglass plate that reduced the rear window to LeBaron "limousine"
>> size.
>
>And while it might seem odd since the LeBarons were far more common, what
>you've got under there is the same piece of glass and the same roof stamping
>as the standard Chrysler C-body (Plymouth Fury, Dodge Polara/Monaco and
>Chrysler Newport and New Yorker.) It's actually quite helpful to us now that
>Chrysler used some Imperial parts from other model lines, especially from
>1967 on, since it makes replacements more readily available...
>
>Chris in LA
>
>
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