Missed seeing you this year Matt. The 67 Imperial was in the car corral and was a beautiful car. A peek through the glass. Is that a factory option interior, it looked original?
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The first year for the split bench seat, but the "inserts" look like they've been replaced and the arm rests have been recovered. Stitching and seams are the give-aways, to me. The cloth inserts would have had the Imperial logo on the upper seat backs, I believe.
Mopar Nats has its own way of doing things, you just have to learn to use them to your advantage. Out of about two decades, starting in '88, I only missed about three years until 2005 which was my last trip. There was a group of us from the North Loop Dodge Performance Team that went every year, some even taking cars for the car show. It was a great reason to "get out of town" and get my Mopar "battery" recharged. That first year, it was sensory overload as I saw all of the stuff I'd only seen in sales brochures when they were new.
One of our group would get a swap meet space to park a car on, as a "base of operations" of sorts. I came to park in the adjacent public parking with a "full event" length parking ticket. The cars in the spectator parking were a car show unto themselves, too!
For us in TX, this was a huge shopping excursion, too! The second year, I scored a full AM/FM Multiplex Stereo radio set-up for a '68 Chrysler, that will also fit my '67 Newport instrument panel, including the dash trim plate. "The innards of a C-body dash", as my associates termed it! That year, we were in the Charles Dart video. Others were looking for 426 HEMI parts, before any were reproduced. GREAT times! GREAT cars! GREAT experiences! Just got to be in shape to walk that much! But it was certainly worth it! Lots of outstanding memories! Haven't made it to Carlisle, though. But it's not out of consideration.
Thanks for the great pictures!
The ONE thing that is amazing to me is the full-generational diversity of the spectators and participants! And everybody tends to get along with each other!
Hopefully, I'll get back up there a few more times before the bucket is kicked. A GREAT event!
CBODY67