Re: IML: Cream Colored '63

Interestingly, so far, I haven't run across any Imperial that was worth faking a body tag for, but I guess anything is possible. Now in the muscle car game, I think that might be a different story. A faked '67 Belvedere two door club sedan with a 426 Hemi would have a much different value than the same car if it came that way from the factory, like maybe $100,000 difference. For that kind of money, someone might fake a body tag. On a $12,000 Imperial four door, I'm not so sure. For the record, the vin plate and the body tag on this Imperial are fastened the same way on this car as they are on mine. Otherwise, I can't say much about this vehicle. I will be in Arizona next week, so if I run across it, I will report back on what I find. I am staying in Glendale, and I think I know where it is.

I am a muscle car guy. My interest is primarily early 70's. That vin tag did not look right. I defer to the experts on this list about how correct the shiny vin with no rivets (70s are riveted) and the questionable, to me, body tag. Before I spend $12K on a car I would check all that out thoroughly, but it does seem to be a nice car.

Rob.

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>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:53:17 -0500
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>The dash pad isn't cracked, and the steering wheel looks too good. Both >appear to be original. Arizona may be famous for no rust and great chrome, >but virtually everything else deteriorates at an accelerated rate, unless >the car is keep in the garage.
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>That VIN tag is exactly correct. I haven't ever seen one that wasn't shiny >and fastened that way.
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>Paul W.
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>I'm a little more worried about the sparkling, polished vin tag that is NOT >riveted in place and the scraped up build tag which has obviously been >screwed and unscrewed more than once. At least for a $12K buy it now. I'm >curious as to why Paul thinks the car isn't from Arizona based upon the >interior work. Maybe it's the paint? In my experience the desert cars >(Arizona, Nevada, Cali-desert) have great sheet metal, but always have >rubber rot and need interior work because of the heat.
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>Rob
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> >From: "Isenhour" <isenhour@xxxxxxxx>>
> >Is that the one with the 4 cylinder and manual transmission? Yeah right! >I
> >asked that question and you should read the answer they gave.
> >
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> >There is a car fitting that description on Ebay now. Its in Arizona, but
> >from the looks of it, it either was in a garage, or came from someplace
> >else. The car looks pretty nice, but appears to have had a lot of >interior
> >work, nicely done, but not 100% original. Check it out! It's always fun >to
> >look at the pictures!
> >
> >Paul W.
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