Hey Anthony,
I don't think that it's anyone's place to ask anyone else here where they learned to write, especially considering the high number of foreign folks that have to put in serious work just to communicate here outside of their language comfort zone. The message is understandable, and "proper" sentence structure and spelling aren't a requirement for club membership. Writing in text-message-ese may also be somewhat generational, as some people have grown up with electronic communications as a fact of life and not a development that's happened in the last 5% of one's life
Good manners are a prerequisite to being here, though. Please be nice.
As far as the rest of that goes, I'll tell you that I was just getting into old cars at 16 and when you've got more time and energy than
money, you do what you have to do to get your car just to work, since a 16 year old's resources differ greatly from the resources of an older, more established collector. Jesse's bitten off a serious challenge in his choice and I think that we should be here to support him. Only Jesse can say for sure what's right for him and his particular situation. Any stock engine rebuild or shipping of one could seem to be more expensive than sourcing a locally available low-cost used engine, and 331's aren't exactly available all over the place unless/until you know where to look.
Jesse - Hang in there Brother! Whatever you decide to do, this place should be the place to go for advice about your Impeiral if ever there was one (up to a point). The group here isn't well set up for advice about hot-rodding or modifications with non-stock parts, since we're mostly about restoration and dealing with stock stuff, so just understand that there
are some limits to what the folks here are going to be able to offer in terms of advice. Most folks here (myself included) will root for you to stay as close to original for the sake of simplicity - changing things around without an engineering degree can lead to unintended consequences - beware on that!
One question: What would you think about maybe going with a stock engine if the group here were to help you find one on the cheap? It might be more expensive up front, because it'll cost money to get one, but keeping it "in the family" of Chrysler products will keep the car more "fixable" (there's a reference manual for it that way!) and keep us better able to help you, because we just don't deal with Buick stuff.
Where are you located?
Would you be open to help from other IML members if they were close to you?
There's an IMPERIAL HIGHWAY section on the club website under MAILING LIST area to help find people that have
volunteered to assist other Imperial owners. Sometimes getting some advice from someone that's already been there can make a big difference. The list of stupid things that I'll not repeat is long and vivid to me, and I'd be happy to share it if it were going to help. I swapped an engine to something else once and it was three times the work to get right in comparison to yanking and fixing what had been in there before.
-Kenyon
anthony bianchini <abianchini@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There is no such thing as a 1982 Buick 350. Also, where did you learn to write?
-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jesse barboza
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:26 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: whats a good price for 1954 imperial trani
i understand ur argument but im only 16 and dont realy have the money to afford a 331 or to
rebuild one either also i dont want to completly change the vehicle because i do in fact respect the rarety of the car but at the same time i would like to minor customize it i dont plan on making it in to a complet custom but i do want to make a few changes gettimg back to the engine i was recently given a free running engine and tranny a 1982 buick 350 and then as far as the chrome tim goes im only taking off some of it because the chrome on the drivers rear door was damaged by the previous owner he tried to find the chrome for 6 years finally he threw it away and sold the car.
"A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
There wouldn't really be that much left of the car to put money into after the trim and tranny is removed, to denote it as an Imperial anyway. Some of the trim, such as the stainless on the back fenders, is there to cover up a seam in the body work. If the car is otherwise complete why don't you find another engine and fix the car as it is?, 331 hemis are some of the most common ones out there. These cars are rather rare to begin with so you don't really need to customise to have it stand out.
Needing A Left side tailight bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:45 AM
Subject: IML: whats a good price for 1954 imperial trani
i bought a 1954 imperial w/o an engine but the guy left the trani does any1 no what i should ask for it also im taking the chrome lettering and and the chrome off the sides so i was wondering a good price for the trani and the chrome not to worry the $ made will be going right back into the car
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