Re: IML: To custom or not to custom?

["Bill Watson" <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

Buy another engine and go for it.  Your car is not "numbers matching" as
there are no numbers to match.   The engine has only the engine number and
that just shows the model year, engine size and date of assembly.   It does
not even show in which make of car the engine was installed.

So, if you want your Imperial to be as close to "numbers matching" as
possible, you will have to acquire a 1960 413 V8 that was asssmbled one to
three months before the car was assembled.

And, besides, customizing a car sort of negates the significance of "numbers
matching".


Bill
Vancouver, BC




----- Original Message ----- 
From: Karl
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 10:29 PM
Subject: IML: To custom or not to custom?


I recently bought a second 1960 Imperial 4 door custom  (yesterday)  I have
one in the middle of a full restore.  It is a numbers matching all original.
The second I just got is the same.  Bad news is the engine was full of water
over a winter.  Cracks!!!  Now the question.
Has anyone ever seen a custom built from a 60 Imperial?
If in my position would you purchase a new 413ci and kind of restore it?  (I
say kind of because it would be a different engine.)
I ask because I am debating on making a hot rod that is similar to the
original to show side by side.  Paint them both the same and such.
Just wanted to hear some thoughts on this.
Thanks
Karl



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