I'll check the heads when we pull them, but I have a question. What are 915
heads and why would it be good that I had them? (sorry, like I said, I am
new to the world of Imperials and big blocks)
Eddie
Villasana
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Benjamin <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: IML: '67 Imp with a '68 nose
> Some of us (OK, maybe just me) would be interested to know whether your
car
> has 915 heads like some 67s, or some other head. Would you take a look at
> the 7 digit cast-in number that shows up when you take the valve covers
off
> and let us know the number on the heads? Thanks.
>
> Dick Benjamin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edmund Villasana" <edmundv@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:45 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: '67 Imp with a '68 nose
>
>
> Thank you very much for the info!!! My dad and I went out to the car and
> got under it to check everything out and make sure the frame and
suspension
> was sound and found good news: its all straight and unharmed. I found
out
> that the first owner's wife had "bumped" the grill and fender and the body
> shop used what they could get to repair the car. I was very happy to find
> out that the damage had only been cosmetic. After thinking about it for a
> while I decided that I liked the 68 front clip on the 67, it gives the car
> character,lol. I'm sending the heads in to get them reworked next weekend
> and I will be back on the road with my 1/2 67 Imperial in two weeks.
>
> Thanks
> again,
>
> Eddie V.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Herbert
> To: Imperial
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: '67 Imp with a '68 nose
>
>
> It could be that 68 parts were readily available when repair time came..
> The blessed internet..was not always so useful and available to us.
People
> probably used what they could find and was expedient. Not such a
sin....ask
> Brad about his Newporker!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher Hoffman
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:16 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: '67 Imp with a '68 nose
>
> Welcome, Edmund...
>
> Since some of the follow-ups to this didn't seem to note the magnitude
> of
> Dick's statement, you'd need to swap out the entire front end of the
> car,
> except for the hood (I'm talking bodywork only here, of course).
>
> The front fenders do not interchange between '67 and '68. The bottom
> edge of
> the '68 fender goes straight across from the front wheel arch to the
> bottom
> of the grille, whereas the '67 fender dips down to accommodate the "J"
> shape
> of the wraparound bumper.
>
> As far as front-end bodywork goes, only the hoods interchange. And
even
> so,
> the '67 has a hole for a stand-up eagle medallion (the actual
medallion,
> not
> the mid-80s AMC-Renault car) and the '68 windsplit extends down the
> front
> edge of the hood.
>
> Sounds like someone put the front clip of a '68 on this '67... as Dick
> noted, the most obvious reason to do this is to repair a wrecked front
> end,
> so a thorough check of the mechanical stuff underneath the mismatched
> bodywork would be worthwhile.
>
> For now, consider your car unique!
>
> Chris in LA
> 67 Crown
> 78 NYB Salon
>
> Dick Benjamin (DickB@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > It is a simple bolt-on job to replace the front end sheetmetal of a
67
> with
> > 68 equivalents, the only problem being that the side trim is
> different, and
> > you will have side marker lights in the front and not in the back.
>
>
>
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