IML: Do you just LOVE your Imperial ??

["Michael Howlett" <collyman1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Do you sometimes just sit and stare at your Imperial, gazing into the headlights, thinking about motoring willy-nilly through the Alps, not a care in the World, your scarf whipping in the wind, and your sweetheart snuggled up, all warm and cozy, right next to you ??............... 
Hello fellow Imperial lovers,
This is "Mike in Oregon"
I have 4 Imperials now, and 4 years ago I had none.
That works out to one a year.........
and my garage is starting to get overcrowded, but I could probably still squeeze in just one more ........hmmmmmm...... (maybe a nice flashy convertible ?)........ hmmmmmmm................

Well, the real reason I have those four Imperials, is mainly because of The Imperial Mailing List and the Online Imperial Site  ...........  they have also given me the answers I've needed to help keep them running. The Club supplies awesome commeraderie, and those many members I have met personally and through the e-mail are now my friends.

I recently joined the " IML Webmonsters" to try to lend a hand with the site, and I am amazed by the sheer amount of work that these guys do, to make the Imperial site the GREAT resource that it is.
I would like to encourage you to send in a donation, whatever you feel is worthwhile to help keep a site like this up and running.
The site could use some donations to help purchase some of the rare items that occasionally surface, and when these items pop up, the site needs to be able to grab them before they get put on to Ebay or Craigslist and get swallowed up by who-knows-who.

It also takes many dollars a year to keep a site of 25000+ pages up and running, not to mention all of the videos, film clips, Manuals, member photos, and e-mails  that need to be stored on the site.
........insert shameless plug here..........
So let me just say........... that if you've been thinking about how much you appreciate the Imperial Mailing List and Online Imperial site, and you've been wowed and amazed by all of the diligent work that the site volunteers have been doing for the past 10+ years,  then send something to the site, whatever you feel you can afford, and if you feel the site has helped you, then it's always good in life, to give something back. 
The people behind the scenes give a tremendous amount of their free time to keep this site and mailing list active and they have only the best intentions for helping you restore your Imperial.
They could use some help now.
I'm sending in $40 to help out....... I hope you'll join me, with whatever you can afford.

http://www.imperialclub.org/OIC-specific/donations.htm

THANKS for helping the site and giving to the Imperial cause,
-Mike

.........end of shameless plug.............

On 6/13/07, mike and linda sutton <mikanlin62@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Drive it, watch it, and do a compression or leak down test. If its hopeless
then worry about what to do with it. There is virtually no difference
between the 413 and 440 in the areas of the block, other than the bore of
the cylinders and the fact that non motor home 413 pistons are not as easy
to come by as 440. As far as interchanging with a 440, thats what I did but
only because the 440 was readily available in my garage. You could put your
413 heads on the 440, if you want to keep the top end looking completely
stock ( 4 valve cover bolts  on 413s versus 6 on the 440s but most people
wont even notice or know that its different ).

The 62 and later big block all have the same trans bolt pattern, so the
trans will bolt to the block. On the later engines, like 72 and newer, the
balance may be different  but I dont remember for sure. Even thats not a big
deal with the correct harmonic balancer and flex plate.

All in all, Id continue to drive it and monitor what its doing. 413's are
not hard to come by,  finding them nearby can be an issue depending on where
youre located.

Good luck

Mikey
62 Crown Coupe



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