Hello Gang;
It's just my opinion of course but I happen to think that the original
decklids look better on a 62' Imperial. If you look at the lines and trim at
the rear of the car you can that there is a design theme going on that makes
the,"Toilet Seat", look out of place. My thinking is that if you add an
option to a car with which it was not originally equipped, but was available
that in year, I don't have a problem with that.
However if you are adding an option to a car that could never have come
with that option in the first place you are treading a thin line between
restoration and customisation. I have always thought thought that if you
want a car with the given options of a given year then you should find a
car from that year. Don't get me wrong, I like the look of a flitesweep
decklid but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to add one if the car came
without. The same goes with the swivel seats. If the car came with them I
wouldn't mind, but if it didn't come with them I wouldn't mind either.
I notice that no one suggests adding the Flite Sweep deck lid to a 64' or
65' Imperial. One reason is that that it won't physically fit, but that can
be dealt with by a good bodyman. The other reason is that it doesn't suit
the styling of the car along with wide white wall tires . My thinking is
that the 62' is almost the same story, besides they fill up with water and
drain into the trunk when you lift the lid.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Hopkins" <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Flite Sweep DeckLids
> Ahem, one of the reasons for the escalating prices/increasingly scarce
> supply of these decklids is that folks are putting them on '62's. That's
> find because it's your car to do with as you wish, but '62 did not offer
the
> Flite Sweep DeckLid. Oh yes, anyone who was paying the price of an
Imperial
> cluld order what they wanted and maybe some 62's got left over 61's or
> something like that. My understanding is '62's did not have Flite Sweep
> Decklids.
>
> My two cents again on this subject. And I do know how expensive these
lids
> and trim are having put one on my 61 convertible that originally came
> without one--so I have used up part of the scarce supply as well, alas.
To
> say nothing of the expense for the trim--$350--from Freman's, fortunately
> did not need re-doing, but no deck lid trunk lock piece. Couldn't find
one
> anywhere so borrowed one from my partner's car and paid to have a casting
> done.. Yes, it is getting tougher to restore our babies. Yes, probably a
> few of you have spare ones out there, but a year or so ago, no one, but no
> one had one. I went through every possible listing in Hemmings and begged
> Bob Hofmeister. Found one for $150 somewhere in Delaware that, as
> described, was a piece of throw away junk
>
>
> Henry Hopkins
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bandmgrinding@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: 59/60 Decklid on ebay
>
>
> > Hi Danny and all the gang,
> > Danny, try John Corey for the deck lid, I bought one from him for my
> > 62 but haven't picked it up yet. John, if you read this, don't sell him
> > mine PLEASE.
> > As far as the one on e-bay , I was the high bidder up to an hour ago
> > and I haven't checked since, if I get it I will let you all know what it
> > fits and will probably sell it to anyone in the group who can use it for
> > my cost plus shipping. If anyone else wants to bid on it, please let me
> > know and I won't keep on bidding.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Allan R 62 conv in process
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 19:41:48 -0800 danny owen <dannobowen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > writes:
> > > At 08:28 PM 2/25/02, you wrote:
> > > >here's the link
> > >
> >
><http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=18074
> >
40894&r=0&t=0>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewIte
> > m&item=1807440894&r=0&t=0
> > > If anyone out there has a decklid for a 1963 with the insert, I
> > > really
> > > would like to have one for my Crown before I paint it. So far, the
> > > prices
> > > quoted for them has left me a bit numb.
> > > Thanks.
> > > Danny Owen
> >
> >
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