Re: IML: My '63 'Vert: Starting to see the end of the tunnel

["John Baker" <jbaker22@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks Good.
Thanks for sharing.
John Baker
Malabar fl.
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From: "Mark Evans" <mark.a.evans@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:47 PM
Subject: IML: My '63 'Vert: Starting to see the end of the tunnel


> Gang,
> Thought I'd share some photos of my 'vert. Some might remember my recent 
> move to Austin. The mover (Dependable Auto Shippers) dropped my Polara 
> onto the trunk and rear-end of my Imperial crushing the rear header 
> panel and bowing in the driver's side quarter panel by about an inch. It 
> took nearly 6 months to get through a settlement with them before I got 
> enough money to get both the Polara and the Imp repaired.
>
> Once it went to the body shop back in Houston, it took an additional 9 
> months to get the car back (a whole other ordeal). Then, being stubburn, 
> let the cars sit in the garage until I could finally face going out to 
> put the car back together.
>
> Anyway, here's some pictures.
>    http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/MarkE/2006-09-10-Imperial/
>
> The first 6 shots are of the car at the body shop. The body guy ground 
> down the rear end area to see how bad the damage was. The first three 
> show the car after he pulled out the valence panel below the trunk lid 
> and fixed the trunk lid.
>
> We did solve a mystery. The car had been hit from the front at some 
> point and someone did some fancy filler work on it. Explains why the 
> Imperial emblems were missing from the sides of the car. I had all of 
> the filler pulled out and the panels reshaped properly.
>
> The second row shows the car on the day I picked it up. There's the 
> reason why I like white cars. The sides are nice and slick. All the 
> metal work came out great.
>
> The last row is the result of work over the last few weeks. I color 
> sanded and buffed out the paint. I've been buffing stainless and chrome 
> nearly every night. I got the rear bumper mounted on Saturday. Now, all 
> I need to do is turn the car around and get the chrome on the front clip.
>
> Starting to see the end of the tunnel!
> Mark Evans
> 1963 Imperial Crown Convertible
> http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyImperial/index.html
> 1968 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible
> http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyPolara/index.html
>
>
>
>
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