1964 IMP now for sale :(

[B-8-D]

hi all well the pontiac is now gone.
and ive bought something ive always wanted...
a imp.
well a singer chamois actually but same thing really.
any way enuff of the talk..
#some pics....! yehy!!#

as I got it...


and I start stripping it..

nothing in here!! yet...


glass bonnet!


glass boot/engine cover!


stripping the interior!!


and the inevitable rusty bit!! but only this and small patches on front valence/corners.

my plans are....
stripped interior. placy windows. half cage. wide 13" steels. 2"lower. and buckets round white spots with numbers on doors and offset on bonnet.
stickon numberplate on bonnet edge.
and so far a light modded sport engine with janspeed and bike carbs and front rad..
was going turbo but I have a blower doing nothing so it MAY be used.. depends on time really as I want it on the road sooner rather than later.

any ideas on colour welcome.
I was thinking white wheels with old english white roof with powder ble shell?
or maybe top half hearing aid biage with lower half milk chocolate brown?
wos say ye all??
si

[MiniDan]

Quality Imp!!!

black8driver said:

i was thinking white wheels with old english white roof with powder ble shell?

Exactly what I would have said

[surprisingskoda]

yellow.

[V8imp]

orange with matt black bonnet and boot

[penski]

Hearing aid beige with the wedge on the flanks done in chocolate brown.

*n

[B-8-D]

impman1965 said:

orange with matt black bonnet and boot

mmmm I'm liking that idea...
si

[trg1984]

a nice bright orange would be fantastic. black wheels and matt bonet.

[GJM]

Hearing aid beige with the wedge on the flanks done in chocolate brown

= winnage

Indeed, on the cover of this months Imp club mag 'Impressions' theres an Imp just like sideways on a corner of some track. Its on minilites and looks the balls. Beige is the new black

[B-8-D]

i do like baige... but do i go the hearing aid shade or.....
"false leg" fawn...?
with light milk chocolate brown on the lower half.. maybe gold go faster stripe 1" into the brown or on the swage line??
si

[B-8-D]

just a little up date and pics on the imp project.
ive decided on the colour, it going to be faulse-leg fawn/mushroom kinda colour with the swage line in light milk chocolate brown with old english white wheels!!
mmmmmm!
any way.
ive been removing old paint, underseal, the rusty rear load area/parcel shelf type thing, and lots of redundent brackets etc..

started painting the engine bay and rear screen area. in primer.

all inside engine bay, in car and under bonnet in satin black!
any way new pics below:





what are peop's comments on my wheels 6j13" will run lower profile 165 tyres not the 185's on them... and will be lowered at least 2" all round!
si

[Deleted]

Love it. One day I'd like to do an Imp.

I'd do her in maroon with a cream roof or two-tone maroon top and cream below the fold at the top of the wings. Probably not that colour maroon though, I'd go for a richer one that's less pink like Ford laquer red like my old 100E was.

[B-8-D]

jonny69 said:

Love it. One day I'd like to do an Imp.

I'd do her in maroon with a cream roof or two-tone maroon top and cream below the fold at the top of the wings. Probably not that colour maroon though, I'd go for a richer one that's less pink like Ford laquer red like my old 100E was.

mmmm cream and maroon.. as f*$k!!
si

[doris]

i WILL SAY AGAIN......SATIN BLACK AND FLAMES
Althoughon this perhaps satin blue lower half, satin white roof with black double pin-stipe flames.

[B-8-D]

doris said:

i WILL SAY AGAIN......SATIN BLACK AND FLAMES
Althoughon this perhaps satin blue lower half, satin white roof with black double pin-stipe flames.

now normally id would say that it IS THE LAW to have matt black (satin black a very close second!)
but on an imp i really cant see that working..
but the blue/white pinstripe flames idea is deffo an idea ;D. maybe scallops instead of flames tho?
si

[trg1984]

not feeling the flamed imp approach, bold colour with contrasting wheels ftw eg ninja green with purple bonnet and wheels??? ud have to be daring to do that tho

[giggles]

Being a boring old fart that I am, may I suggest sticking to a period colour. Lavendar Grey or foam white would look nice.

[shlomping]

i don't know what this colour is but i saw a corsa van in a realy nice baigey green that wood look awsome.

[Tarka]

Si, looks like you've been busy. How about Gunmetal grey, mattblack wheels and matt black rollcage. Bauhaus style??

Crystal clear headlamps, clear front indicators and black/red taillights.

[B-8-D]

a little update on the imp..
ive now cout out and replaced the rear engine panel/parcel shelf bit... whatever its called..

a little bit of welding done on rearwheel arch and a bit of panel beating/ shaping around the rear lights as it was a bit deformed due to a little accident some time in the past.

and a panel made and welded into the lower rear corner. quick skim of filler and a dust over in primer...
the arch and rear engine bay area now painted and rear lowered.
the wheels with a lower profile tyre now.. much better!


and the bits that i have collected for the turbo convertion..

carb and manifold courtesy of blownimp/badlimp what ever J is now called should save me a few hours i expect..

this is all taking a little bit longer than anticipated though,, (isnt it always!)
and so i have to stop working on this to get myself back on the road so on with my nissan kingcab!!
oh ive decided... its deffo going light chocco brown with a baige roof!!
(untill i change my mind again! )

[Blown_Imp]

Looking good, king cab sounds ace too

How are you planning to sort the exhaust manifold?

J