any one who derbies an IMPERIAL (CONTENT) or any other car w/ an alternator
on ??? hasn't derbied much or knows how to set up his
car...obviously.....and
IMPERIAL big blocks are just as good as some small blocks........again you
just need to know how to tweek your engine to run good and hot w/ out
water......an IMPERIAL gets my vote......64-66 imperials.......no car ever
built stronger...for road or derby.........chevys are good to........just
gotta know where to hit'm and their special week points.........but i'll
give you the one legger....t'is true.......that's all i'll say on the
subject......i'm out.
pj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil" <hilljack7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Demolition men
> I suggest, is what you saw, was a Newport or New Yorker. I have seen
> Imperials in derbys, and while it wasn't a pretty sight, I've never seen
an
> Imp with it's rear bumper folded to the back window, though I've seen
> Imperial easily do the same to GM cars ranging from Cadillac de Ville's to
> Chevrolets. And while a station wagon may be an advantage, I saw an
> experienced derbyest just flat take apart a Chevy wagon with a 71 Imperial
4
> door, like a dog tears apart a chicken carcass.They don't go too far, once
> the front wheels are tore off, or the frame breaks. Only time I've ever
> seen an Imperial lose a derby was either due to mechanical malfunction
> caused by bad preperation, or where they lost their tires and got hung, or
> where there was more than one Imperial in the derby. I don't want to see
any
> more Imperials destroyed by derbying, but to imply that any GM wagon can
> fold up an Imp, is simply ludicrous.
> Phil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Otis Davidson" <otisdavidson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Demolition men
>
>
> > I always hear about Imperials being good in Demo Derbys,but from what
I
> > have seen,this is not the case.
> >
> > In the late '80s,I enjoyed running in 9(nine) Derbies. Tho I have
never
> > taken an Imp to a Derby,I have seen the rear bumpers folded up to the
rear
> > window,restricting visibility...and their big engines heatng up quickly
> and
> > being hard to start when they are boiling over furiously...and lost the
> > alternator belts a few minutes back.
> >
> > Station Wagons are the way to go.....so whoever is contemplating
> slamming
> > an Imp,think again. The big Mid-70's Che*y Wagon with the little engine
> with
> > tons of room around it,is the ticket. Heck,I won with one in a 95 car
heat
> > at Lebanon Valley! Old Cad Ambulances do well also as do the Chrysler
Town
> > and Country wagon (sorry Brad).
> >
> > In the older Imps that don't have a Sure Grip,the rear axle didn't
have
> > the rear-cover that gave access when welding-up the spider gears. You'd
> have
> > much more work on your hands. And trust me,you DON'T want to enter a
Demo
> > with a one-legged car.
> >
> > I hope this true story keeps some Imps from a cruel death.
> >
> > Steve from Albany,N.Y.
> > '75 Imp 4dr <--would probably quit on the first shot!!
> > '79 440 powered 35 ft RV <--there'd be paneling and rust-colored velour
> all
> > over the place.
>
>
>
>
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