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The 1950 Imperial was essentially a New Yorker with a custom interior. It had a Cadillac-style grille treatment that included circular signal lights enclosed in a wraparound ribbed chrome piece. Side trim was similar to last year's model, but the front fender strip ended at the front doors and the rear fender molding was at the tire top level ...
1981 Imperial Frank Sinatra Edition interior. The Imperial for 1981 and 1982 was offered with an optional edition named after a celebrity. The Imperial fs was one of few regular production cars bearing a celebrity's name. It was available only in Glacier Blue Crystal paint - Chrysler advertising claimed it matched the color of Sinatra's eyes ...
The car introduced red, white, and blue '300C' circular medallions on the sides, hood, trunk, and interior and was the first model to use the color scheme, and despite the late-1950s design trends that added ever increasing amounts of chrome, styling flourishes, intricate grilles and interior appearance features the styling of the 300C and ...
Mason Manufacturing Company, founded by Frank Mason and his son, George, are credited with the original style of its time. [1] Other lines were made by Imperial Company, Angeles Furniture Company (the line called Coronado), Del Rey, Brown and Saltman, but even Sears (La Fiesta) and Stickley created Monterey-style furniture.
The New York Special Series C19 was introduced as a distinct sub-series of the 1938 Chrysler Imperial.It was available as a four-door sedan with a 298.7 cu in (4.9 L) straight-eight engine and a generous amount of comfort and space for the passengers, and a two-door Business Coupe - though no records show one was ordered and built. [2]
The 1950s mark the peak of union membership as a percentage of the total US workforce, with labor membership peaking at 35 percent of the nonagricultural workforce by mid-decade. [97] The United Auto Workers (UAW) was founded in 1935 and helped play a major role in reshaping the automotive industry after World War II.
Reel Meals: A 1950s-Style Drive-In Dinner. From diners to drive-ins, we take a look back at classic American foods reminiscent of the 1950s as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the film, Grease.
In 1964 the company revived the Humber Imperial name for a top-of-the-line Humber Super Snipe, [4] distinguished by a slightly lower different-shaped coupé-like vinyl-clad roof. Automatic transmission was standard and there was a more luxuriously appointed interior. The range of large Humbers, including the Imperial, was withdrawn by Rootes in ...