So I bought this one today.

[detmatt]

If I hit the Powerball this week, I'll get this for your parts car...
1967 Chrysler Imperial Crown Hardtop ** AZ Car* Runs Great**...

Thanks doc but that one is too nice. I’m hoping I got it handled.

 

[azblackhemi]

If I hit the Powerball this week, I'll get this for your parts car...
1967 Chrysler Imperial Crown Hardtop ** AZ Car* Runs Great**...

This Imperial has been for sale for awhile now. Even at a dealer the price seems pretty good to me. Looks like a nice driver as is. Surprised it hasn't sold.

 

[detmatt]

Regained some dignity today!
Nothing makes an Imperial project car look more clapped out than ancient tires that won’t hold air, rusty wheels showing and no skirts.
So when I saw these whitewalls on the marketplace yesterday at a more than fair price I figured I had at least 2 cars I could use them on, just 2 though as they’re not the right size or good enough for my silver car.

 

[commando1]

That car was a great score says envious me.

 

[pomonamissel]

hey pics of my last purchase , not a chrysler . but its under the wing . need to wash and shot more pics , maybe air up the rubber , lol .

 

[detmatt]

What year is it Paul?

 

[pomonamissel]

i believe its a 60 , 3 on the tree , i'm sure its a flat six , never opened the hood , or the trunk .

 

[pomonamissel]

after a bath

 

[LocuMob]

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Wow, that cleaned up nice!

 

[MacLebaron]

Kudos to you for getting those beauties back on the road! Nice job.

 

[detmatt]

Kudos to you for getting those beauties back on the road! Nice job.

Thanks but the plum one is FAR from being back on the road but I think I have a good plan.

 

[detmatt]

I pulled the gas tank and have now done a thorough inspection from front to back. It’s a good thing this is a very low mileage car because if it had even 20k more of the same kind of miles on it it might have been enough to push it over the line of being a parts car.
as it stands thankfully it is definitely not a parts car and is quite solid in most of the right places. There’s not even a bubble from the belt line up and I’m now confident that everything in between the left and right frame rails from front to back is rock solid, well accept for the gas tank which has a couple of small holes. The rockers are also solid as are the doors, in fact they close like you’d think they would in a 40k mile car. So it really just needs trunk floor extensions, lower quarters and on the drivers side some outer wheel house and quarter above the wheel opening patchwork. It will also need some light structural work on both sides behind the rear bumper but again nothing too crazy.
Unfortunately the rear lip of the trunk lid is all but gone but because of the wide trim it still looks good from the outside.
Up front the upper cowl, firewall, A-pillars and inner wheelhouses all look solid and just the fenders and outer wheelhouses need work.

 

[commando1]

Still looks like a lot of work to me...

 

[detmatt]

Still looks like a lot of work to me...

So you’re not loading up your tools and heading north?

 

[Mr C]

Great score on the rubber! There's never anything like that around here...

 

[commando1]

So you’re not loading up your tools and heading north?

I refuse to even pop the hood, anymore.

 

[coco]

You are a brave soul Matt ! wish I had the space to do more work myself ! I am capable

Look forward to seeing it finished soon

 

[detmatt]

You are a brave soul Matt ! wish I had the space to do more work myself ! I am capable

Look forward to seeing it finished soon

I’m definitely a glutton when it comes to these cars but I’m beyond maxed out right now. I could not take on another stray.

 

[pomonamissel]

but you still want that parts car here in calif ?

 

[pomonamissel]

ya dirt is only skin deep , its a rust that goes deeper , lol .