Re: IML: Fuselage cars

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it is a dream driving a fuselage Imprerial.
When I drove my 75 to Arizona in 2003, from Oregon, it was a
wonderful experiance again.  It brought back the memories I had
of driving My 69 LeBaron 4DrHt the 110 miles each way betwen
Tucson and Phoenix in 1971-74.  The agility and smoothness of the
drive @ 85 mph, with the car floating, quietly over the road like
a gliding bird on wing.

Æyn & Patrick


--- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> You have to drive them (or take a long ride in one) to
> really appreciate them....... 
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> It's interesting that you say that.  My first one,
> Imperial Margarinem, was offered to me for a pittance.
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> I had never seen one in person, and went to see it
> with the intent of perhaps scooping it up and flipping
> it for some $$ to fund the 1960 project.
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> I owned it mentally as soon as I drove it a block -
> story is here:
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> http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1973/Wills/index.htm
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> -and the rest is history.  
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> The cars ride poorly on worn shocks, undulating and
> confirming one's worst fears about their boat-like
> proportions, but the car rode so well that I decided
> to keep it on the spot and still have it.  
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> Aside from a valve cover that refuses to seal despite
> four tries, I have since aquired 2 72's and a 70.  The
> 70 has more apparent power, and the flat hood looks
> meaner and somehow different than the 72/73 cars, but
> they're "better" than all the rest, and I grudgingly
> include the vaunted 196o in that, despite my passion
> for the LeBarons of that year.  
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> The really amazing thing is the subtle differences
> between 71 and 72.  Same essential shape, yet so
> different.  Probably just me, but the energy spent on
> the design of these cars continues to impress, and I
> feel strongly that the styling is on par with the
> Exner stuff.  No fins to slap you in the face, but
> equal sophistication that grows on you as you become
> more familiar with the car.  
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> Remember that 1973 was the L O N G E S T postwar
> production car ever that wasn't some sort of Formal
> Car variant at 235.3 inches long due to the federally
> mandated bumperettes.  Amaze and confound your
> Cadillac adherents with that one.  Should be good for
> at least one drink at the bar under the right
> circumstances. 
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> Kenyon Wills
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