Sending this for someone else. Please quote this message in your reply. Otherwise I will be unable to reply to your message. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "douglas clement" <dougclem_dawnchem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "king dorque 2 II" <d2ii_rex@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: Fw:HELP!! ALL-ORIGINAL '67 "POST"IMPERIAL SEDAN.... HELP !!! I just bought a '67 Haze Green (M1G Green Cloth/Vinyl) Imperial "Post" Sedan with almost 13,000 original miles. I believe that it IS all original, I'm still locating documentation, but I really don't care about that when it's all said and done. I'm out of lust and into love with the my "Haze Green Queen". About 2 months ago I had just sold my '67 Haze Green(Black vinyl roof/M7G Green Cloth/Leather) Hardtop that I had owned since 1983, and it was killing me. I stumbled across the "Queen" accidentally while looking for winter storage for one of my other "Toys". Here's my dilemma....I believe that the Haze Green paint is original. (Although the hand-painted Forest Green double pinstripe is throwing me for a loop.) The decklid still has an orange "Wallace for President" on the paint. and the original dealers sticker. (That dealership is still in business.) Needless to say, the paint is faded out, and as it was an older gentleman's auto, it has the scrapes and dings in a few places. Amazingly enough, the driver's side rear bumperette is creased, but both of the Eagle lights up front are intact. The body has minor surface rust in most of the obvious and "regular" areas. Rear corners of the hood, rear drip edge where roof hits rear of drivers side of backlight. The rear quarter panels are virgin and front fenders are likewise mint. The frame is absolutely solid. Torque boxes are clean, clean, clean. Do I leave as-is and just surface sand the surface rust and paint-patch the rust areas? Leave the creases and dings alone but "paint-protected"? Or do I bring it to a place that is considered by many people the best Body/Paint shop in NE Ohio to have the exterior brought back to "As-New" condition. The interior is absolutely "as-new" as the day it was driven out of the dealers lot. Those mega-thick clear seat covers that are still on the seats have ensured that. Does a proper re-paint hurt the value of the car? Do I save the original Poly-Glas' tires that are on it?. I can't drive on them, the sidewalls are all cracked. I'll put them away somewhere for posterity. Please help me out, I've never had a rare gem like this before, only in my dreams. Thanks, Doug Clement, I.O.F (Imperial Owner Forever) ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm