Hey Vince! I applaude you on your VERY good taste! I would also add '63, '65, &'68 to that list! (Gee, I wonder why???) Cheers! Paul In a message dated 6/28/2004 7:01:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tminjesu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > P.S. > My favorite Imperials of all time: 1955, 1956, 1960 and 1962 (which I bring > home on 4th of July weekend!) > Vince > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Hulse" <thulse@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:24 AM > Subject: RE: IML: New to me 1960 Imperial > > > Bob, > Its great to here you are on your way to finish what I started. I too > love the 60 and you do have a great one to start with. My heart is truly > with the 55 and 56 years. To you guys on the list my 56 2-dr is for sale > in Tahachapi. I will find the web site again and post it. Beware of the > sale of it. The guy is saying the engine was rebuilt 5-years ago and > that is a lie. I did some engine work but not a rebuild. I wish everyone > on the list would contact the guy and low ball him for me then I could > buy it back from who ever. He is asking $12,000.00 for it. That's funny > since I only had put about 3500.00 into it. He doesn't deserve the car > or the profit guys and gals. > Tim Hulse 1955 Imperial Sedan. > Have a great day. > Car-Quest will have the rebuild kits for you Bob. So will Kanter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne Michaels > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:34 PM > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IML: New to me 1960 Imperial > > > Hi, Well I bought Tim Hulse's 1960 Imperial and it now lives in > beautiful San Diego. I have always wanted a 60 and this one is a great > one to start with. Tim and I had a lot of fun figuring out how to get > the car on the trailer since it was missing ramps. Thanks to a somewhat > steep driveway and Tim's car ramps we finally got it up on the trailer. > It rode proudly from Bakersfield to Yucaipa, CA where it waited until I > got it registered. I went back up to my sisters where it was stored and > again it rode proudly down the freeway to it's new, very much cooler, > home in San Diego. Thankfully, where I keep a lot of my cars, the alley > drops off fairly abruptly and allowed me to get the car off the trailer > without too much trouble. I had to pump up the brakes and drove it to > the local auto parts store and got tune up stuff for it. It drove great, > but without power assist, the Imp was a little hard to stop. Now I need > to rebuild the brakes and booster. I found that Napa has the wheel > cylinders, but I would like to try and rebuild the ones in it to save a > little money, any ideas where to get these kits? I currently have an 81 > Imperial and have owned a 1955. Anyway this great car has a new loving > home and should be on the road again soon. Bob > > > >