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07-03-2014, 07:54 PM
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yes, you're correct, it was the blue 70. I think there is a saga on painting it somewhere on the IML. I sold my 73 many years ago. Great car!
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07-04-2014, 10:15 AM
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Looks like a fun project. those lower quarters look like they will be fun to tackle!
the car looks huge compared to that speedster on the transport truck. How many trailers did it take to get it home?
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07-04-2014, 02:15 PM
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The fuselage Imperials were among the largest American cars ever built. The 73 like I had WAS the largest production car built thanks to the 5 mph bumper boobs. 440, torqueflight tranny. Surprisingly fast. The end of an era of big, fast, high speed, luxury cruisers. No cup holders however....
 The 69 was the cleanest and best looking of the bunch. Two doors are rare. Most were 4 door hardtops.
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07-04-2014, 10:09 PM
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Hi Julien.
Welcome to the forum. The Imperial looks as if it's seen more than it's fair share of salt roads. You'll have a little bit of work to do on the old girl, I love your Ally car trailer as well. Regards John
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07-05-2014, 02:56 AM
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Thanks guys! It's indeed a rare car and because of that, it's worth to save this beauty!
The pics of the car on the trailer are from the guy who sold me the imp. It's from the rust belt state of New York and was stored 32 years in one of these half round barracks. Unfortunately, I have no information about the time before it was parked there. According to the last registration, it belonged to the owner of a repair shop named Leavenworth Garage in in Malden Bridge, NY, Mr. Leavenworth. It's 99% complete and in acceptable condition, compared to the other 69' coupes I saw in the 1,5 years of searching on Craigslist, its a good project start. Indeed a long, difficult and expensive one, but I'm really excited!
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07-22-2014, 12:09 PM
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That Imperial will be a nice car when you are finished with it. I like the big old cars.
 My brother almost bought one like that a couple of years ago at an estate auction but he had just bought a 69 Lincoln Mark III and a Pontiac Catalina with a 455 in it and someone was talking to him when the Imperial was sold. He is still mad about it, he was telling me recently that he wanted to buy that car and he should have got it bought, it's hard to find a 2 door and that some demo derby guy bought it so it was destroyed by now.
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07-22-2014, 04:18 PM
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It's indeed rare! I searched nearly 1,5 years to find that 99% complete one. The 2-doors '69's are my favourite! It's still a lot of work to do, but someday it will be a great car!
I love the early mark III too but would prefer a 4-door convertible, because of the suicide doors 
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