'67 Imp with a '68 nose

["Edmund Villasana" <edmundv@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for letting me know about the heads.  I'll update you on which ones
they are this weekend when I pull the heads and send them in for work.
                                thank you
                                        Eddie Villasana


> > > > 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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