Thank you! It is exciting. I have sent some pics to the webmonsters for posting to my little corner of the OIC site so go take a look. I don't know if they have had time to post them yet (no pressure fellas) but there are a sample out there including one of me and the Bassett Hound in the front seat. Maybe you could forward your pictures to the webmonsters too and they can select a sample to put up. I still haven't gotten much of the "write-up" done (Kenyon, you remain, IMHO, the master!) but will work on that soon. ...and, of course, you can always use Nemo, and everyone I know calls her Gerty, for short. In a message dated 2/17/2005 2:11:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Chad & Teresa Smith" <hemi_powered@xxxxxxx> writes: >Joe: > >So glad to hear Gertrude ?(but still NEMO in my heart...LOL), has hit the road. ?Chad had thought that it was the reverse band on Gerty after driving it last fall (can I call her Gerty?), and we are thrilled that you are enjoying the car so much. ?Please send pictures as you progress...I still have all of the photos that I took of the car before it left..so should be a lot of fun to see it's progess. > >Happy, happy, happy for you! > >Take care, > >Teresa Smith > ?----- Original Message ----- > ?From: JosephStil@xxxxxxx<mailto:JosephStil@xxxxxxx> > ?To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ?Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:56 AM > ?Subject: IML: '61 on the road > > > ?Hi all: > > ?Well, Gertrude (new name) took her first "extended" trip this morning -- 25 miles to the transmission shop. > > ?Y'all, I am intoxicated! ?Not literally but figuratively. ?Our car drives like a dream and, while generally mechanically sound, she has a LOT more work in queue for her. ?But, mercy, when she was new, I can only imagine what a sweet ride she was (and will be again). > > ?I just had to share my euphoria with this group. ?Thanks for listening. > > ?Euphoric in Allen Texas > ?'61 Crown 4D Southampton and she drives like a dream.... > > ?P.S. > ?It WAS a bad reverse band; broken, in fact. ?Hopefully, the drum wasn't damaged beyond repair. > > ?She has several holes in her exhaust which accounts for some of the rumble (the glass packs account for the rest). > > ?She has brakes!! ?It was just a matter of adjusting the shoes for a tighter fit, as many of you suggested, and bleeding the brakes again. ?Still no power assist on the brakes but that is a booster issue, I am sure, since vacuum seems to be adequate from the engine. > > ?Still no power steering. ?Since I have replaced the hoses to/from the pump, I believe it is a pump issue so that will have to be replaced. > > ?Oh, and one last thing, the click/thunk noise is still there but I have isolated that problem to the "thing" under the left kick panel. ?Haven't figured out the problem and it still persists but at least I have a lead on it.... > > > ?----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com<http://www.imperialclub.com/> ?----------------- > ?This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > ?reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and your response will be > ?shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > ?Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ?To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm<http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm> > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm