Phil;
Think about this now, how is he going to make the doors fit off of four
door hardtop or sedan fit a convertible if he needs one? I don't know how
many convertibles they made for 1966 but I do know that they probably
produced no more then 500 or so units. On the other hand they produced
several times that number of two door hardtops.
Are you suggesting that there are no two door parts cars out there for Dan
to use, especially over the three year period of 1964-66? You know, the kind
that have hit a poll, a gutted interior, or have the drive train stripped
out. I have never suggested that he destroy a perfectly good car of any body
style, in fact if it were me I would be looking at making some patch panels.
I have made the suggestion in the past that people with similar cars should
get together and have some reproduction parts made. All that I recieved in
reply was ten different reasons why it can't be done and why it's not worth
doing. Fine and dandy, well what they are implying is that the best way to
get parts for your Imperial is to butcher other Imperials. Now it seems that
method is frowned upon too. So we can't salvage parts from scrap cars and at
the same time no one wants to stick their neck out and have parts made. I
guess the only people that can have a nice Imperial are the ones that have
the money to pick up a showroom original?
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
(Oops, I guess they can't come off of a junker then?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <hilljack7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 7:54 AM
Subject: Easy on the coupes!! was: IML: Please WELCOME New Member, Dan
Melnik (1966)
> I read this awhile back, and just want to make the observation that 4
doors
> generally outnumber the coupes, 3 to 4 times in production numbers,
> sometimes more.
> And while convertibles generally are more rare than the coupes, just
> chopping up a coupe cause it's parts fit a little easier, is bad
economics,
> in my eyes. Same goes for sedans, while sedans are usually the most
common,
> this doesn't hold true for Imperials. I think before we go chopping ANY
> Imperial up for parts, we should take a good look at what we're doing
first.
> I'd rather hunt 20 junkyards taking a bit of a 4 door here and there, then
> cut up a coupe to fix a convertible, just because it was convenient.
Coupes
> , not as rare as droptops, but not exactly common either. Careful with
that
> Axe, Eugene!!
> Phil.
> If I may make a suggestion, I would hold off on
> > stripping down the four door, I would assume hardtop, for now and see if
> you
> > can find a two door parts car first. The reason being that every body
> panel
> > from the windshield back is different on the four door so many parts
would
> > be useless for patching up a convertible.
>
>
>
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