Allan, Back in 69-79, there was a lot of contract strikes and if there was a work slow down while waiting for strike decisions, things like this would happen. It was not JUST on Chrysler lines, but across the industry. I had a step-cousin that worked on the specialty/police line in Belvedere and he said the they would drop a bolt down a tranny, just so they could travel into the field to address the problems. I would think that some of the problems in the Imperials which were made JUST BEFORE a strike would have been MORE subjected to these types of antics. When my Dad advised me when I was in the market to pick out my REAL first car, he said to look into Chrysler, Plymouth, and Dodge cars because they were better built and were more likely to survive an accident. I had just lost a teenage (my same age) friend to a car accident envolving his Dad's Caddy and a cement truck. I did not get an Imperial but a new 1970 Cougar. I had the car for 14 months and it was in the shop for 2 WEEKS out of EVERY ONE of those 14 months. Two weeks AFTER I sold it to a FORD dealer, (August, 1971) I replaced it with a 1969 Imperial LeBaron 4 DrHt, Glacier Blue with a Blue Vinyl roof and light Blue Leather interior. It had been a fleet leased car in Las Vegas originally. It had 48k miles on it. I was 18 and a Junior at the University of Arizona. Fortunately, I found VERY few factory antics on it, BUT I did not like the prep for the column key that Chrysler by putting the key on the left side. BTW, does any one know where I can purchase a PARCHMENT coloured vinyl roof covering? (original textured) Æyn & Patrick 1975 LeBaron 4 DrHt 1993 Sedan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ----------------- 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 iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm