Hi Richard, I am so sorry to hear about your windshield disaster, I really do hope you will find a good replacement within reasonable time! After all the work you have done sofar this really is a disaster.. There is nothing I can do from here in the Netherlands, all I can do is wish you good luck and please do keep "the faith" . You and I know these 1960 cars are worth every dollar we put in it !! All the best, Robert van der ES Op Do, 29 december, 2005 05:22, schreef richard burgess: > In response..... > > > We got the seal in beautifully. As I was using the original seal it fit > right over the clips. The manual said start at the top pushing upward > which worked fine. It was when we got to the bottom that the trouble > began. Starting at the bottom would make more sense but thats just not > how it went. My father lives in Kansas and could run up to Bob H's > should he be able to come up with some good glass. Bob appears to have a > '60 sedan on his web page but you can never tell what shape things are > in. I'm gonna call the guy in California about a reproduction but I've > slaved over this wreck too long now to compromise. Especially when I had > pristine parts this morning and now just have a globbed up seal. > > We also tryed starting the car today for the first time. My dad and I > are gluttons apparently. First the neatral safety switch wouldn't work > so we hot wired past that and got the engine turning but no fire. Then > the accelorator fell to the floor, linkage adjustments. Still no fire. > Found out the points had oxidized over. Removed the distributer and > cleaned the points. One horendous fire over. Pulled a plug and tested > for compression in a particular cylinder. Adjusted the timing to match > the cylinder and was turning over but very stiff, fire but no start. At > this point our new battery was kaput so charging it overnight. > > My parents were here a week and my father and I have spent most of it in > the garage. They go home tomorrow so the morning is the last chance for > a start until their Spring visit. Of course we have typical antifreeze > leaks which some "stop leak" should take care of. I have come so far but > today was a major dissapointment. I'm just in a little bit of shock > still, I guess, that my windshield is gone. I will not compromise, I > must have the correct bubble. It's not like the car was anywhere near > done anyway. Guess I will just finish the bodywork on my LeBaron and try > to get it painted and back together this Spring. I'm just so tired of > throwing so much money at these cars and it was a major strain physically > to end up with such a setback. I appreciate the support. Tune in > tomorrow for "As the Engine Turns". > > Richard Burgess > Atlanta > > > Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > May I suggest an alternate shipping route - as in the back seat of a car > that is being shipped or driven from the location of the glass to near > enough to you? > > I suspect that if you can bypass the traditional shippers and have the > glass ride in comfort atop a car seat, you'll be ahead. > > I know that you're looking for a 100% solution, but as a get-me-by please > remember that the 64-66 glass will fit but does not have the curve at the > top. I think that everyone here will refrain from pointing it out at car > shows after the story that you told should you go that route for the time > being. > > Where are you located again? > > > Anyone got additional ideas or plans to take a car from Northern Ca, or > near Bob Hoffmeister's place to near where Richard is or within a day's > drive? > > Anyone near him got a parts car? > > > That's a real bummer. > > > --- > > > Did they give a reason for leaving the bottom till last in the > instructions? That seems counter-intuitive to how I'd do it. I'd think > to use gravity and start on the bottom... Of course I just jump in and > do stuff, so break things even more than the folks that read the > instructions first.... > > > -K > > > richard burgess <lecrown60@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Photos > Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, > whatever. ----------------- 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