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Re: Imperials and C-bodies -
[Re: 440newport]
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10/04/09 09:21 AM
10/04/09 09:21 AM
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Your '72 is a C body, as are all '67-'74 Imps. No such thing as a "Y" body, Y is the code for MAKE (C for Chrysler, D for Dodge, P for Plymouth, W for Coronet, etc.)
Not really. I've usually heard them considered D bodies
67-68 Is still it's own animal, almost nothing interchanges with a C body, body, brakes,frame, suspension even wheel bolt pattern is all different.
'69-73 are similar to C bodies, but have a longer wheel base with a different front frame and longer T bars. Still have their own brakes and bolt pattern. Similar body and interior though.
'74-75 are pretty much the same as C bodies. They lost their uniqueness by then, the 75 Imperial styling was then used for 76-78 New Yorker.
I guess this could be debated ,if you check all parts books up to 1975,body plates list all Imperials as Y body. Also,the 73 Imperial has a 126.5" wheelbase where as the rest of the Chrysler line is 123.5".So it actually is one of it's own.
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