Re: Did the public think of Imperial as Packard's replacement?

Posted by Chuckltd On 2009/8/7 23:01:35

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Looking back, most of the troubles with it were beacause of one-year-only parts and unavailability of information. 1984 wasn't much better. I bought it used at a local car lot. It had one prior owner who was some sort of state legislator. It still had the dealer invoice which said the car was almost $30,000 when new. Mileage could not be determined since the tens section of odometer turned every tenth of a mile. In other words, 1 mile appeared to be 100 miles! The car was 15 years old at that time. If I find a pic of it I'll share it. Supposedly the car was fine until it's first scheduled tuneup after warranty ran out. Doing a tuneup on this car was nearly impossible since all reference material available was wrong and all parts bought for it did not match the car. The car was last seen a year ago at EZ pull junkyard in New Ringold PA.
I've heard of later crown's and others running for a couple hundred K miles but after this one, No more.
Afterthought: It did have a great ride when it moved and was easier to push than my 76 Caddy was!