I´m waiting for an Imperial to join your herd... I know you sold one recently but I could imagine you won´t resist if a nice one pops up
Indeed I did -- Elsie is now in Wisconsin.
An Imperial, if I ever get one again, would have to be a 1971. I had an opportunity to buy four LeBaron 4drs, in different conditions (ranging from a solid project to truly exceptional), earlier this year. That forced me to think seriously about what I really wanted, as two of the cars were
very appealing. I got to the conclusion that, short possibly of the "right" 1972 Chrysler New Yorker or 1971-1972 Sport Fury, I am altogether out of the four-door fusie market (I own a JA5 1973 NYB 4dr as you know, so I have that corner covered).
As a result of this epiphany, the pool of candidate Imps that I would consider is pretty small to start with (only
1,442 2drs were produced in 1971). From those, I would only go for a car in a color and condition that appeal to me. Bottom line, the chance is pretty slim that I find the right car.
FWIW, 2dr ‘71 Imps do pop up from time to time.
—> One example was sold earlier this year to France by
@olds is
YM23T1C211836 -- a triple-black coupe that was previously owned by
@TX9 (who sold it in
2018).
—> Off the top of my head, other current/past owners of '71 2drs on FCBO include
@saforwardlook (
GY9 and
GY4 in CA),
@fc7_plumcrazy (
FQ5 with Sure Brakes in Germany),
@Imperial Pete (YM23T1C203021 is a
GB2 with sunroof in OZ,
previously owned by
@saforwardlook),
@hemiviper588 in
MI (YM23T1C144878 is a
GT8 2dr with sunroof that he bought in PA and later
sold in 2018 to
OK; it later moved overseas, to
Brazil), and
@jeffsunzeri (who
rescued another GT8 2dr in CA).
—> Non-FCBO sales include a 2017 ad by a well-known Chrysler collector/dealer in South Dakota (YM23T1C189583, a
blue 2dr that was
bought in WI in 2016) and a 2018 CL ad in MD (
dark green).
PS: does anyone know where YM23T1C189583 is nowadays -- she was for
resale in 2017 by Gesswein Motors in SD? If so, please post here or in
this dedicated other thread.
