V5M is pretty cool in itself.
What a cool car!!
What a cool car!!
My new to me 1971 Paisley Imperial
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What does the L in MLM9 mean?
What does the L in MLM9 mean?
Leather
ceebuddy
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@nitoh: Congratulations on this beautiful acquisition!
There was a writeup on this vinyl roof in the Collectible Automobile magazine article on Fuselage Imperials. The roof material was specifically developed to look like an old Italian leather that has a very subtle print. All looked fine but the production involved printing red color over the others. As the sun's UV rays would eat up the red, the other colors of the print became very dominant.
So yes, the somewhat floral design showing through that much was never intended and it became a recall. Owners could choose to have it replaced with a black or white roof for free.
But no, it was not leftover vinyl material turned Imperial roof by some shrewd vinyl dealer selling it to dumb Chrysler procurement.
There was a writeup on this vinyl roof in the Collectible Automobile magazine article on Fuselage Imperials. The roof material was specifically developed to look like an old Italian leather that has a very subtle print. All looked fine but the production involved printing red color over the others. As the sun's UV rays would eat up the red, the other colors of the print became very dominant.
So yes, the somewhat floral design showing through that much was never intended and it became a recall. Owners could choose to have it replaced with a black or white roof for free.
But no, it was not leftover vinyl material turned Imperial roof by some shrewd vinyl dealer selling it to dumb Chrysler procurement.
chrysler_fan
Active Member
THe Paisley top is written up on the Imperial List server. It is a factory oops when they dyed some paisley vinyl burgundy for the red top and it promptly faded away. they offered only white and black the rest of the model year. Presumably, this was an early model year build.
60Ramcharge
New Member
Very cool ! What's up with the trim around the rear window ? Did it come from the factory painted Burgundy also ?
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