Re: IML: Floor pan compatibility

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK, well, have fun importing another one.

I wouldn't drive 100 miles for one, let alone ship it
across the planet, but that's probably just my lazy
side speaking.

Nice to see you around, Sir Luke.

How about an update to your 196o page sometime soon?


-K


--- Luke Nola <luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Maybe it's something to do with New Zealand being a
> small island  
> country but the practice would be considered lazy
> and largely frowned  
> upon in these parts. (60 Lebaron floor pan anyone?)
> 
> Luke
> 1960 Le Baron
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> On 28/01/2008, at 1:11 PM, Kenyon Wills wrote:
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> > Q: Will the floor for a 1960 Imperial Hardtop
> > interchange with a 1960 Imperial Sedan?
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> > It should.  Why not?  If someone knows that answer
> > factually, I'd be surprised, since this is not a
> > common operation and is rather challenging to
> perform,
> > so it keeps membership of the "floor-pan-swap
> club"
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> > I base my response on the logic that it would be a
> lot
> > easier to produce the variants of a car on the
> same
> > shell than it would be to re-tool for a 700-car
> run
> > that the sedans saw.
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> > Is there a compelling reason you can't substitute
> the
> > floorpan in the car with replacement metal that a
> > fabricator could weld in using sheet-stock?  That
> > would work the same and would not be visible and
> > everyone here would probably be pretty discreet
> about
> > your 'secret'.
> >
> > The person that lifted your carpet or looked
> > underneath and then chided you for having a
> non-stock
> > floor pan on your otherwise delicious car would be
> > asked if his parents were closely related where I
> live.
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