So I bought this one today.

Rummaging through my parts stash to find the best of each piece, cleaning blasting painting or polishing every piece, calling Murray every time I don’t think the nicest piece I have is good enough and don’t even get me started on fasteners… :lol:
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I’ve been going through this now as well. Shows like “Garage Squad“ drive me crazy when they reinstall rusty parts because they are “good enough”. I’d be polishing every bolt. I’m also finding that parts I bought 10 years ago either don’t fit, don’t work or are just plain wrong! At least you seem to have a direct line to a supplier like Murray.
 
I’ve been going through this now as well. Shows like “Garage Squad“ drive me crazy when they reinstall rusty parts because they are “good enough”. I’d be polishing every bolt. I’m also finding that parts I bought 10 years ago either don’t fit, don’t work or are just plain wrong! At least you seem to have a direct line to a supplier like Murray.

I have Murray on speed dial. . .
 
After a few hours of polishing the southwestern bumper I got from Murray I am quite pleased. It’s not perfect but it’s darn nice. I also got the header panel on after finishing up installing the rest of the brackets behind the grille. I did ask my painter to paint the header panel black but it ended up getting painted body color and I love it!
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Finished hanging the bumper and figured it was time for wheelcovers. :thumbsup:
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I may not do anything cosmetically except replace the broken part of the grille, the left front fender extension and a new cornering lens, oh and bring the original paint back as best I can. Otherwise I just want to turn it into a driver.
I had to go back to March of 2020 for this quote glad to see you changed your mind. :poke:
 
Is this one a keeper, being the holy grail of 67 Imperials?
I have a lot to think about in that regard. I can’t justify keeping 5 cars in the long term at this time, it’s just too much work!
 
All the lights are working and 3 of 4 lenses are NOS. :thumbsup:
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Now if I can just get enough hands in the shop at one time to install the hood…
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Definitely a 3 person job. Sadly when I had my stepbrother and his son help. His son had no idea how to operate a ratchet. So Sad.
 
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