Re: IML: matching engine numbers

["Chris Strohmeyer" <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think the engine #'s thing is nostalgia. My car I bought from the original 
owner, I have all receipts back to 67, and I have the original sticker, all 
which is valuable to me in a nostalgia sense (and I suppose, a monetary 
sense).  I don't have a pristine car by any means, and never will, but in a 
perfect world I wish I had those matching numbers just because it would be 
the original engine, the heart of the car, that went all those nostalgic 
miles passing through history with the same body, and owner.  And I was 
trying to gauge whether not having those numbers would be a significant draw 
down on the price and you've answered that I think.
Thx Kenyon,
Chris Strohmeyer
67 Imperial Convertible

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: IML: matching engine numbers


> If it's a better engine than the one it replaced, it
> increased the car's value, because the car is now
> better off than it was before, riiiight?
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> The "numbers matching" clap-trap seems to have nicely
> bypassed Imperials (along with the run to six figures
> in value that some other Mopar items have achieved).
>
> That means that Imperials are not being evaluated with
> scanning electron microscopes, having books written
> about them (for the most part), and have not taken a
> turn into the surreal where they turn into objects
> d'art that are worshipped and never driven.
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> See "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" with Matthew Broderick
> for my position on what old cars are for...I'm with
> the Ferris on this one, although I can't condone the
> odometer reversal bit.
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> I sat in a 1931 convertible the other day, and all I
> wondered was what it would be like to drive around in,
> not how much it's worth or if I could make money if I
> bought it.  Its not for sale and I couldn't afford it
> anyway if it was, but that's what old cars should be
> to me - potential experiences.  Mutual funds are far
> better investment vehicles, and far less likely to cut
> your knuckles open.
>
> If you decide to sell your car, disclose what you
> know, be honest, and let the cards fall where they
> may.
>
> Might be better off not selling to someone that would
> turn the car down based on some mis-matched numbers is
> my thought.
>
>
> -Kenyon
>
> PS: Isn't that magic engine number totally obscured by
> the 50lb. air compressor/bracket that's a monster to
> remove that the car won't work without if you want
> your alternator to work too?
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> PSS: Why would that "invisible" number matter if the
> engine were moderately correct?
>
> PSSS: You don't trailer your car around in a
> hermetically sealed bubble and meticulously keep that
> engine clean enough to lick or anything strange like
> that, do you?  If not, you should be OK.
>
> Kenyon Wills
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