1952 Chrysler C53 Crown Imperial 4dr Parade Phaeton

A quick picture while waiting for the family to arrive....

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> Attachment decoded: 1952 Chrysler C53 Crown Imperial 4dr Parade
> Phaeton.jpg `

This is a very early Virgil Exener design.

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HP, aka Jerry

"Accuracy is the degree a measurement meets a known or true value
while precision is the degree of reproducibility in the measurement
itself" - Mathematical definition

If we'd known in 1952 that we were looking at the side view preview of the
1955 Chrysler, DeSoto and Imperial I wonder if public interest could have
led to more of these being produced. Here are some shots of the car after
the addition of updated front and rear clips from the 56 Imperial.

Max

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>A quick picture while waiting for the family to arrive....
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:43:59 -0600, Max Magister wrote
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> If we'd known in 1952 that we were looking at the side view preview of the
> 1955 Chrysler, DeSoto and Imperial I wonder if public interest could have
> led to more of these being produced. Here are some shots of the car after
> the addition of updated front and rear clips from the 56 Imperial.
>
> Max


It just doesn't get any classier than this! Wow!

-Vlad

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I agree. I've never actually seen one in a parade but seem to recall that
they were lent out to Los Angeles and New York and maybe Chicago for use
with visiting dignitaries. Imagine the President using a car like this now!
Too bad that times have changed and circumstances force him to sit behind
bullet proof glass.

max

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> On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:43:59 -0600, Max Magister wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> If we'd known in 1952 that we were looking at the side view preview of
>> the
>> 1955 Chrysler, DeSoto and Imperial I wonder if public interest could have
>> led to more of these being produced. Here are some shots of the car
>> after
>> the addition of updated front and rear clips from the 56 Imperial.
>>
>> Max
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>
> It just doesn't get any classier than this! Wow!
>
> -Vlad
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> Vlad & Genny Kedrovsky
> Edina, MN, USA
> e-mail: vjkedrovsky at gmail dot com
> http://picasaweb.google.com/vjkedrovsky
>

Kinda interesting, the symbol that replaced the Chrysler lettering on the
front fenders looks an awful like the Plymouth logo from '57...

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Skip Middleton
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"Max Magister" > wrote in message
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> If we'd known in 1952 that we were looking at the side view preview of the
> 1955 Chrysler, DeSoto and Imperial I wonder if public interest could have
> led to more of these being produced. Here are some shots of the car after
> the addition of updated front and rear clips from the 56 Imperial.
>
> Max
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> "Vintage" > wrote in message
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>>A quick picture while waiting for the family to arrive....
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Skip added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

> Kinda interesting, the symbol that replaced the Chrysler
> lettering on the front fenders looks an awful like the Plymouth
> logo from '57...
>
You mean the Forward Look V's? These were derisively known as "ding
bats" within Chrysler in those days.

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HP, aka Jerry

"Accuracy is the degree a measurement meets a known or true value
while precision is the degree of reproducibility in the measurement
itself" - Mathematical definition