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Location: North Australia | Looks OK. Still got the elephant under the hood!
Steve.
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Location: SLC, UT | I love the car but who ever changed the wheels should be shot. Plain steel would be a great improvement.
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Location: central Illinois | Sheet, no reserve. I'll try to tune in at the end of this one. |
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Location: Springville, CA | b5rt,
What do you mean? An opening bid IS a reserve! At least that's how I see it. |
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| I've contacted the owner for larger pictures. The car is about 4h away from me. Before I drive to view, I want to make sure it's not a mess. I'll post whatever I get. |
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Location: central Illinois | 56Fanatic - 2013-06-13 2:32 PM
b5rt,
What do you mean? An opening bid IS a reserve! At least that's how I see it.
You're right, that is a reserve. I just mean that I think it will bring a higher price than that $5000 opening bid if it's solid. Looking forward to what Mike finds out. |
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Location: Nashville, TN | I needs WWW tires and real Imperial hubcaps. She looks like Cinderella all dressed up wearing combat boots. |
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| This appears to be an incredibly solid car. It's not what I need at this time, but someone should really pick this up. Has a great driver body on it. I imagine with proper buffing, could be a great 10'. I had interest because I have a coral 58D, but just have too many cars right now. Someone buy this thing. |
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Location: bishop, ca | It must cost a fortune to straighten/repair and re-anodize a 57 IMP grille.
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | d500neil - 2013-06-14 1:25 PM
It must cost a fortune to straighten/repair and re-anodize a 57 IMP grille.
Probably less than re-chroming the grille on say - a 58 Buick! |
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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 think that the 160 (iirc) 1958 Buick grille 'squares' are permanently attached to the grilles, and, so, require only a whole
lotta work in individually polishing/de-pitting them.
But the IMP's grille is a Rubiks Cube's assembly of individual parts and pieces.
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Location: central Illinois | My excitement has officially waned. Thanks for the pics Mike. |
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Location: Nashville, TN | It looks like a lot of trim molding didn't line up too well or something.
the doors don't seem to line up too good either...but it sure is a nice car. I'd like to see some interior pics as well. I didn't see a factory coolerator(A/C) either. I keep looking at it...then I look at my back yard, whose car cup runneth overalready. I need to stay away from ebay for the next few days. |
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