Re: [FWDLK] 1956 Imperial Parade Limos

[Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

Those do not sound like factory limouines.  That style was done by Superior,
for exanple.

The body on the 1955-56 Crown Imperial was an update of the 1949-54 LWB
sedna/limous body used by Dodeg, DeSoto and Chrysler.  The 1955-56 Crown
Imperiasl used different door from the regular modesl,m and the extendion
was actually behind the rear door.  As well, the rear door was long er than
the production door, wirh no 'dogleg' at the bottom rear corner.

And the rear end trunk area was not shared with regular Imperial models in
1956.  They used the 1955 sheet metal with little fender caps added to make
a fin.

I would look a little closet at the tags on the front door posts or on the
firewall in the engine compartment.  The style you desccribe was common in
that era for airport limous and the like.  Althugh not factory, they are
very rare as that type of stretch was usually done on DeSotos, Chryslers,
Oldsmobiles, and the like, and  not on luxury cars such as he Imperial.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] 1956 Imperial Parade Limos


> A friend of mine has picked up a couple of '56 Imperial limos, done by the
> factory supposedly.   They've both been parked a while but at least one
ran
> as recently as 10 years ago.
>
> Apparently these aren't convertibles, just a stretched sedan - he says
they
> have normal doors and just have a filler added between them so they can
> carry like 9 or 10 passengers.
>
> I was wondering where I might dig up some more info on them for him, or if
> anyone was looking for a car like this?  He'd like to find someone that
> doesn't just want to pull the Hemi and junk the car -
>
> They're located somewhere near Penn Yan NY (think Watkins Glen, that's
> pretty close).
>
>
>
> Bill K.
>
>
>
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