IML: Please Welcome New Member, Vlad Stawicki (1957)

["Eric" <gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New Subscriber(s): Vlad Stawicki
Email Address is: stawickilaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Member Location: Central CT

Car(s) owned: 1957 Crown 4-door Hardtop(Cloud White with blue leather)

Self-Introduction: High all! I am 19 and am in the USMC. I am currently 
stationed in North Carolina. To tell the truth I was first introduced to 
Imperials by my search for a 392 Hemi to install into my truck. So I was 
looking on Hot Heads for a 392 and found a 57 Imperial that was running with 
66000 miles on it in New Hampshire. I called them up and asked how much they 
wanted for it. They tell me they want $4500 or B/O and I finally got them 
down to $3900. At this point I figured that I could yank the engine and sell 
the car for about $1000. For shame! I saw the car and fell in love with it. 
I had never before seen a car designed like this. So needless to say I didnt 
pull the engine and then sell the body. I pulled the engine and lots of 
other parts off to start rebuilding this car. The car when I got it had only 
surface rust on the body the crome was almost all great except for the 
interior chrome. The interior was for the most part there except all of the 
door panels are missing. Because of the condition of the interior I have co
nsidered doing a custom interior. The car that I am currently driving is a 
95 Audi A6 with a standard and I have become hooked on standards. While 
reading a Mopar Muscle magazine I saw an ad for 5 and 6 speed transmissions 
for both big and small blocks. I decided to call them up and ask them if 
they had a transmission that would fit a 57 Imperial with the 392. They did! 
They have a 5 speed that will bolt up to the back of a 392. So in the end it 
looks like I will have a 57 Imperial with a standard, custom interior, and 
for safety sake 4 wheel disk brakes and seatbelts.




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