[FORWARDLOOK] New Member - Hi

["J.B. Coyle" <JBCoyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Joe Coyle from  Chevy Chase, Md. (near Wash., D. C.) ...and I'm a
car-a-holic.

I have been on the ML for a couple of weeks now, and find the traffic
interesting and useful.  I was previously very active in the hobby, and
although  I still serve on the board of directors of a large regional
Chrysler Products club, family and other pressures recently have limited my
participation  to the occasional local car show. I have a number of
collector cars, but at present, only one falls within the parameters of the
FORWARDLOOK LIST's interests - my 1955 Imperial.  This is a beautiful black
sedan with gray interior which I have owned since 1978.  When I bought the
car from its original owner, it had 35,000 miles on the clock. During the 20
years I have owned it, we have run-up 22,000 more - it presently has 57,000
original.  No major work has ever been done to the car; it remains a
superior highway cruiser fully competent to keep up with modern traffic.

My family (originally from Connecticut) owned Chrysler cars from the
twenties through the present, but among those from the
" Exner Era " were many of my favorites, including:  our first 1955 Imperial
(which later inspired mine),  '55 DeSoto Convertible, '56 Plymouth Belvedere
4 Dt HT , '57 Crown Imperial, '59 Crown Imperial,  '60 Dodge Polara 2
Dr.-HT,  ' 61 Chrysler New Yorker 4-Dr HT,  and a '61 Imperial ( seem to
recall that it was a Southhampton).

Over the years, I've been through a few jobs and parts searches for my '55.
Glad to help if I can.
Joe