I'd sell the New Yorker, buy another '55 Imperial, and make one good Imperial out of the two. Paul W. In an email dated Thu, 1 12 2005 11:31:25 am GMT, Adam Smith <hydrauliclifter@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >Hello everyone. ?I just recently joined the list, but I've been reading the >Club's website for about 2 1/2 years, ever since I bought my New Yorker. >It's not quite an Imperial, but most of the same stuff applies, of course. > >This summer I DID get an Imperial, though. ?I bought it for $125, for >parts. ?Apparently the previous owner got it just so he could sell the rear >A/C unit and didn't want the rest. ?It had been broadsided pretty bad on the >passenger's side back in the early 80's and had been sitting in a field, >minus engine, since then. > >That's about all I knew, other than it came with replacement body parts to >fix the crash damage. ?To my surprise it had tons of GOOD parts left in it >(T&C radio, A/C compressor, brake booster, etc.) and almost no rust. ?Just >some surface rust here and there, and some little bits of rust-through >around the wheelwells. ?Very minor, and easily fixable. ?I'm still just >amazed how little rust this thing has. ?I guess they don't salt the roads in >Oklahoma, but they sure do here in Minnesota and my New Yorker shows it. > >My plan before the car showed up was to take the parts I needed off of it, >take the parts I could sell off of it, and scrap the rest. ?Basically, the >whole "buying a parts car from out of state" plan was a lot simpler when I >thought the body was junk and the glass was less than perfect. ?Now that >it's not, I'm stuck with it, because there's no way I could in good >conscience send this car to the crusher. > >Another unfortunate thing for me is that the Imperial is longer in the front >doors than my New Yorker, otherwise I'd have a very straightforward >solution. ?I COULD cut it down to fit, but I'm worried I'd get overwhelmed >by trying to reattach two halves of a very big car. ?I thought of simply >making an Imperial out of my New Yorker, but I'd have to collect virtually >all the Imperial trim pieces, and as you guys know there are a LOT (plus I >like the New Yorker's styling better, no offense!) > >So finally, I'm asking for opinions on what to do with it. ?My options as I >see it are either to cut the body up for use as patch panels on my very >rusty New Yorker, or to try and sell or give away the Imperial's shell. ?I >really don't think I'd have luck with the latter option, since someone would >have to pay a lot to have it shipped even if I gave it to them for free. > >What should I do? > >Thanks, > >Adam > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm