Re: IML: My '63 'Vert: Starting to see the end of the tunnel

[will hawk <bigbadvladfan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is it posable that your car is a shriner car?  It look
as if it had a blue top at one time.

--- Mark Evans <mark.a.evans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Gang,
> Thought I'd share some photos of my 'vert. Some
> might remember my recent 
> move to Austin. The mover (Dependable Auto Shippers)
> dropped my Polara 
> onto the trunk and rear-end of my Imperial crushing
> the rear header 
> panel and bowing in the driver's side quarter panel
> by about an inch. It 
> took nearly 6 months to get through a settlement
> with them before I got 
> enough money to get both the Polara and the Imp
> repaired.
> 
> Once it went to the body shop back in Houston, it
> took an additional 9 
> months to get the car back (a whole other ordeal).
> Then, being stubburn, 
> let the cars sit in the garage until I could finally
> face going out to 
> put the car back together.
> 
> Anyway, here's some pictures.
>    
>
http://www.imperialclub.com/temp/MarkE/2006-09-10-Imperial/
> 
> The first 6 shots are of the car at the body shop.
> The body guy ground 
> down the rear end area to see how bad the damage
> was. The first three 
> show the car after he pulled out the valence panel
> below the trunk lid 
> and fixed the trunk lid.
> 
> We did solve a mystery. The car had been hit from
> the front at some 
> point and someone did some fancy filler work on it.
> Explains why the 
> Imperial emblems were missing from the sides of the
> car. I had all of 
> the filler pulled out and the panels reshaped
> properly.
> 
> The second row shows the car on the day I picked it
> up. There's the 
> reason why I like white cars. The sides are nice and
> slick. All the 
> metal work came out great.
> 
> The last row is the result of work over the last few
> weeks. I color 
> sanded and buffed out the paint. I've been buffing
> stainless and chrome 
> nearly every night. I got the rear bumper mounted on
> Saturday. Now, all 
> I need to do is turn the car around and get the
> chrome on the front clip.
> 
> Starting to see the end of the tunnel!
> Mark Evans
> 1963 Imperial Crown Convertible
>
http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyImperial/index.html
> 1968 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible
>
http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyPolara/index.html
> 
> 
> 
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