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Location: Florida | 1960 Chrysler Imperial - $650 (Blairsville,Ga)
Date: 2009-10-21, 3:43PM EDT
Reply to: sale-wgfyx-1430735812@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Rare-1960 Imperial,4dr ht,special South Hampton Edition,large Stainless Steel roof mldgs(good Condition)car has 413ci v-8 with pushbutton transmission,complete but rough condition,parts only! Blairsville Ga 706-745-7801
* Location: Blairsville,Ga
Original URL: http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/pts/1430735812.html
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Location: Wichita, Kansas | Cool, a LeBaron! Don't see those every day. If it weren't so far away, I'd be all over that one. I love those Imperials.
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | ..You a glutton for punishment, Matt, or do you have a good parts car available to you?
BTW, here's some interesting trivia, on the 60 LeBarons: they did not have vinyl tops, back then, but, they-all
SURE could have used one, as all of the LeBarons have welded-in C-pillar 'plugs', to accomodate the installation of the
very-small back 'lights' (windows), and, the welding workmanship was TERRIBLE!
They all have extremely unsightly raised weld-stitching trails, which no one at the factory ever seemed to have cared about, as
far as having them be ground-down, and filled.
Seemingly incredible, on a $6K luxury model, but true: all the LeBarons have that OEM welding scar on them, including this car.
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Location: Wichita, Kansas | Neil, unless it is a very fine original, you can see the seams for the back window panel on almost every old 60 Lebaron. The entire rear of the roof is a welded/lead seamed panel just grafted on to the back of a regular Imperial, and you can see the outline of the original back glass opening. Workmanship may have been terrible, but man I like those LeBarons. I have a 59 LeBaron SH, but the top is the same as the regular Imperials. It wasn't until 60 that they put the small back glass in them. It makes the car look even bigger.
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | ...LOL...not EVEN if the car is a "very fine original"; like you say, EVERY LeBaron has that fugly raised weld-stitching on it.
A restorer could certainly be excused and permitted to fill-in the back window 'plugs', as any non-knowing observer would give him and the car considerable disrespect for effecting such "shoddy" restoration work.
Matt, buddy; I'm ALL for you, or someone else, to tackle this car's restoration project---it just, will not be simple/easy/quick or cheap, to do!
AND, I'm fairly certain that the contemporary 1960 LeBaron advertising showed that exposed-welding
in the advertisements, too !----incredible.
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | I just sent Jeff some photos of 60 LeBarons.
The first one is a 2-page ad, which shows a retouched/highlighted image of a sedan, but, even with the retouching,
if you look closely, you'll see the outline of the rear window plug, on the C pillar.
The other photos were taken at the 1986 Fountain Hills (suburb of Ritzy-Scottdale, AZ) MoPar show, which featured 'this' lovely silver LeBaron sedan.
It was there/then that I first learned about "all" of the 60 Lebarons having un-finished welds surrounding the back
windows' fill-in 'plugs'.
The last photo shows that car's immaculate interior.
Edited by d500neil 2009-11-02 3:13 PM
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Location: Finger Lakes NY | heres the pics from neil
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | Thanks, Jeff; impressive cars, huh?
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1960 Chrysler Imperial 4-Dr Southhampton for parts only - $650 - GA
