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To ask that amount, it would have been worth a weekend's effort to thoroughly clean it up inside and out, and then park it either on a nice patch of grass, or in front of a stately home that was built in that era, and take some professional photos of it, over photographing it 'as found' in a dingy old warehouse. Presentation is everything. Craig

I knew that back seat wasn't big enough for the two of you! Six month's later, you still haven't replaced that back window!! Craig

Still far from good enough to make them not appear as an afterthought. It took another ten years to make them looked like they belonged on the car, not to mention, exterior fit & finish improved quite a bit by 1990, which by then, this body style had finally run its course. The interior was still a letdown with all that plastic trim textured and colored to look like it was made of wood, and rear windows that barely lowered halfway. The new-for-1990 Lexus LS400 should have been a wake-up call for Cadillac Motor Division. Craig

In the dark days of the mid-to-late 1970's and early 1980's when we saw cheap J-body Cavaliers made into Cadillacs and Pinto-based Mustangs, it is safe to say that Mustang did make a healthy recovery where Cadillac did not. As long as Ford still continues to do R&D and keep producing piston-engines fueled by gasoline, there should be nothing to fear. Craig

One can see the oil can on the firewall in the photos I took of this 1917 Chevrolet here: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/general-studebaker-specific-discussion/57559-why-is-the-ranchero-considered-the-first-american-coupe-utility-vehicle-over-a-coupe-express/page2?56183-Why-is-the-Ranchero-considered-the-first-American-coupe-utility-vehicle-over-a-Coupe-Express=&styleid=2 And I have seen 1920's McLaughlin-Buicks with the oil can on the firewall. Craig

I guess this is PROOF! Craig

I posted a photo of that car here: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/stove-huggers-the-non-studebaker-forum/50686-orphan-of-the-day-03-10-1937-duesenberg-model-j?49448-Orphan-of-the-Day-03-10-1937-Duesenberg-Model-J= Craig

Something trivial like that sitting next to the window, or just outside the salesman's office in the showroom would NEVER distract from the car, at least not in 1962! (Today, it might, but that's a different story.) It would be just the thing for m'lady to sit on while the husband learns all about the brand new '62 from the salesman. Craig

It is true the unbelievable gain for 1957 was due to the sensational across-the-board restyle all Chrysler lines received. In Imperial's case, I suspect the huge gain was also from Packard owners who did not want what was essentially an overdressed Studebaker President. Craig

I wonder if that would be from the catalog for promotional items for dealers, as opposed to a salesman's prize catalog. That would have been something the dealer would have wanted on his sales floor for customers to view. Since that would have been a 'one year only' thing, the dealer's top salesman could have earned one at the end of the 1962 model year, or they could have drawn an employee's name from a hat when the 1963's came out. Craig

Don't even waste your time & effort wheeling them down to the curb. Just call the 1-800 number on Monday morning for free pick-up right where they sit! Craig

This accessory was also offered by Ford's Lincoln division. It was one of the few instances where Henry had to borrow an innovation from 'The General' to keep his Lincoln Motor Car division competitive with Cadillac. Besides the Autronic Eye, Henry also bought Hydromatic transmissions, AM-FM radios, and the Comfortron fully automatic HVAC system from GM's various divisions. Craig

They tried again not once, but twice. Second attempt was under Lee Iacocca, and his Cordoba/Mirada-based two door coupe which supposedly had a good attention to detail by veteran assemblers on the factory floor, and state-of-the-art digital dash and fuel injection. It proved to be less than stellar for sales, but then. it was only one body style. A companion four door sedan may have pushed sales up some. Third attempt was a four door sedan that shared the extended wheelbase 1990-1993 New Yorker Fifth Avenue-based Y-body, except it had hidden headlights and a full-width taillight. Its sales didn't set the world on fire, either. Craig

Chrysler could have started in 1967 by bring over the Humber Imperial, which they owned at the time. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1141278 There were five (or more) experimental Super Snipes equipped with the 273 cubic inch engine to counter Rover's recently introduced Buick-engine P5B, but it never came to reality. It would have made a nice 'compact' Imperial for the time. Craig

By the end of 1974 when the Ambassador was discontinued, it was a true full-size car on a 122" wheelbase. The Seville was actually in the cards in 1973, but not taken very seriously until the events of the end of that year, where it was rushed (by today's standards) into production. It used the most computer-aided design of any car up until that point which greatly reduced its development time. Keep in mind, it used an Oldsmobile engine modified with electronic fuel injection, not a Cadillac engine. Craig

Not sure if yours is a nicely restored show car or not, but I would be tempted to buy a small hydraulic jack and a stand for tire repairs. They are inexpensive, don't take up a lot of room, and best of all, don't mark up the chrome or dent the bumper like a factory jack does. Craig

A HUGE change occurred in three short years between 1972 and 1975. First, the Energy Crisis had not happened yet, and the 'biggest is best' where price by size/volume still prevailed. A 'compact' Cadillac, Lincoln, or Imperial was far from anyone's minds, seller, or buyer in 1972. All of the sudden, OPEC turned off the tap with resultant lineups at the gas pumps in 1974, and everyone's mind then turned to small, economical cars, and full-size luxury cars took a hit. 6-cylinder Mercedes Benzes were starting to sell well when GM noticed their success, and came up with the Seville. It sold well, despite it's 12K price tag. A 'compact' US luxury car before 1973/4 was almost unthinkable, just as a luxury 4X4 Porsche, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Maserati, and Jaguar was at the turn of the 21st century with the exception of Lamborghini's LM002. Craig

Imperial did its best from 1964--'66 to be more than a classier, upmarket New Yorker with the Elwood Engle-designed car, while Chrysler kept its Exner-styled body for 1964. And it did not share its roofline with the C-body redesign in 1965 or 1966, though starting in 1967, the Imperial did the remainder of its full-size term until 1975 with a shared Chrysler body.

It would make a good SUV, and a dead ringer for Aston Martin's Lagonda SUV concept: https://www.motortrend.com/news/we-hear-aston-martin-not-giving-up-on-lagonda-suv-416805/ Craig

American Underslung. Craig

The second-last Studebaker is in that museum: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/general-studebaker-specific-discussion/42184-next-to-last-studebaker?41166-Next-To-Last-Studebaker=&highlight=harrahs Craig

One could make a LOT of copper wire with this R-R.

One that Harrah's doesn't have:

That Tucker:

I particularly liked this Chevrolet depot-hack. Craig