Dear Charles; Keep your chin up! Lowell Howe may not sell you a body but Imperial lacking drive trains come up once in a while, even 57's. Check out Hemmings or even some of his competitors. I notice that hoarding is a disease with some in the old car hobby. Its as though these guys figure that they will live forever so that they have to keep things that are useless to them just in the unlikely case they might need them someday. Its a pity that he has chosen to make it inconvenient for more Imperial from being saved by denying you a body shell. I remember that a 57' came up on e-bay a couple of months ago that the jackass stripped the drive train out of. He later sold it to a couple of Finns and gave them a devil of a time in even collecting their purchase by hauling it to a junkyard first. Needless to say I hope he gets his just deserts. The point being that they are out there, you just need to broaden your search. Best Regards Arran Foster 1954 Imperial Newport