My 59 Fury flightsweep deck lid has a vinyl gasket between the lid and the
deck & it is hard as a rock and cracked. I've been trying to get anything to
replace it for three years and no such luck! If anyone has a solution please
contact me.
Leo H.
'83 Still EFI
----- Original Message -----
From: <Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:36 AM
Subject: IML: Flightsweep birdbath
> I am about to start working on the flightsweep deck lid, removing the
center
> hub and trim ring to repair any rust which I am sure is there. My question
> is, does anyone out there have any ideas on how to seal this area to
prevent
> water intrusion between the hub, and the trunk lid? I thought about laying
> down a bead of silicone, but think it will become messy looking with wax
> build up, etc., and a rubber gasket would also look bad. Any ideas would
be
> appreciated, as I would like to keep the birdbath in the hub rather than
> under it!
> I'd also like to put my pennies worth into the thread about
Chrysler
> reintroducing the Imperial. I say it had it's glorious past, and it would
> never be the car it used to be, so it should remain a collectors item.
Look
> at the reintroduced 1991 Imperials, sorry for those that have them, but
they
> really don't deserve to have the Imperial name on them. Chrysler is
turning
> out some of the best full size cars I've seen today, but to turn out an
> Imperial, they are going to have to come up with something really special.
> Just take a look at the new Ford Thunderbird, which is a horrible retro
> style! Why is Detroit so afraid to put fins on a car once again? The new
> Thunderbird has all the elements of a 1956 or 1957 T-Bird, but completely
> looses my interest due to the lack of fins. Now if Chrysler came out with
a
> retro styled Imperial looking like the 1957-1959 fins and all, in a
downsized
> version, this might be exactly the car I could sink my teeth into!
> Bill '59 Crown
>
>
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