Saddest example of the B-Imps I have ever seen

[commando1]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/3270452630.html

I'll spend the extra two grand...

http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/3287879605.html

Then there's the truly insane & delusional...

http://youngstown.craigslist.org/cto/3196640872.html

Or just blow the whole wad on the real thing!!!

http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/cto/3272504889.html

 

[mdh157]

that first one is shameful.......ought to just call the junk man

 

[1978 NYB]

If I was going to get into those Imperials...I'd buy them both and have a parts car.

 

[Wylde1]

Except that's not a B Imp. It's based on the J-body Mirada and Cordoba. But I agree it is a sad sight.

http://www.allpar.com/cars/imperial/1981.html

Scroll to bottom of page.

1981-1983 body codes

This Imperial was a J-body, the same as the Cordoba and Mirada, but the carline was Y, standing for Imperial in the VIN (Y was used instead of I because an I can be confused with a 1). Gil Cunningham of the Chrysler 300 Club wrote that “As far back as October 5, 1978 the Y carline was included in the J body area of the [internal Chrysler] Model Chart. The name Imperial was added sometime between January 25 and September 10, 1980.”
The 1981 service manual confused the issue somewhat by listing the Y as a separate body from the J (Mirada-X, Cordoba-S). If the service manual was correct, the Y-line Imperial was given a Y-body designation in 1981-83. Also see The Imperialist (Dave Duricy's site) and:




Wylde1.

 

[polara71]

.....I was in love with those when I was 15, still am.

 

[1978 NYB]

I liked them too, it's a shame they weren't more popular.

 

[70NPORT]

I like em' too. I don't know much about the 80's Imp but from what I understand the first few cars had fuel injection system and it never worked correctly and later models were switched back to carbs?

 

[polara71]

Not many made is right. I never drove or rode in one, I'd like to though.

 

[commando1]

An 81-83 Imp keeps buzzing around the back of my head. Can't predict the future but perhaps if the right one came along....

 

[1978 NYB]

From 1981-1983, a total of 17,000 were made. They were the most expensive standard production car made in the U.S. in 1981.

 

[polara71]

They are unique and big outside. There doesnt appear to be that much room inside with the luxury interior

 

[commando1]

They are unique and big outside. There doesnt appear to be that much room inside with the luxury interior

They're only a B-body. What would expect?

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[polara71]

Its also an Imperial, I expect more

 

[commando1]

Its also an Imperial, I expect more

Names mean nothing. There was an Imperial K-car, too. Nobody expected anything out of any K-car except for the tranny to self destruct one week after the warranty was up.

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[polara71]

Names mean nothing. There was an Imperial K-car, too. Nobody expected anything out of any K-car

Not true, they named it Imperial because of the Imperial nameplate , the name sells cars. It sold on Imperials reputation of the past.

 

[commando1]

You missed my facetiousness. I have to stop being so subtle.

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[polara71]

You missed my facetiousness. I have to stop being so subtle.

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Stop it,if you were no one saw it