Before I came across this site in 1998, I thought I was the only Imperial
lover in the country. Boy was I wrong. I found many that shared my love of
styling, engineering and uniqueness that is only Imperial. The knowledge
on this list to keep our cars in top shape is unparalleled by any other
group. Now I'm off to troubleshoot the 66 front and rear air problems.
Matt Hopkins
66 Crown
75 Lebaron
92 Imperial
----- Original Message -----
From: "KerryPinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:36 AM
Subject: IML: Of Imperial friends and future projects (68 Convertible)
> When my non car friends ask me "Why Imperials?" I
> tell them because of the fellowship and friendship of
> the local Imperial community and support of the IML.
>
> Robert Soule is one of these. Last week he came over
> for a couple days to play and ride to Memphis with me
> to take the 54 to the new owner. I thought we would
> work on the 'new' 68 Convertible since Robert has
> several 68's and I had no experience with this
> particular model.
>
> First order of business was the power windows. In
> about 10 minutes Roberts showed me how the door panels
> come off and we had the drivers side motor out (had to
> cut two small access holes to get to 2 of the 3 bolts
> with a cuttoff wheel) The motor was dead but we had a
> couple spares. Robert showed me how to service the
> motor by polishing the commutator and cleaning the
> grooves between the plates with a knife. After lubing
> the bearings and gears with white grease it spun
> smooth and quiet. Putting it back took another 10
> minutes and the drivers door was done. YEA!!!! It's
> a pain not to have a working drivers window.
>
> The back windows were a little harder because we had
> to pull the back seat to get the panels off. The left
> side was also shot but was replaced the same way as
> the left front. The right rear worked but was SLOW
> and sometimes needed help. We messed with the motor
> for a while and were about to decide the motor was bad
> when Robert noticed a screw that had obviously been
> dragging on something. Resolving that fixed the
> problem and all the windows now work.
>
> Since the back seat and door panels were already off,
> I decided to go ahead and strip the car since paint
> and body work was next. Again with Robert's help and
> knowledge of how things come apart, we had the car
> pretty much 'de-chromed' in about 3 hours.
>
> This will be a neat car. The Odometer shows 41K miles
> and given the lack of wear on the brake and gas pedal
> and the FACTORY exhaust system, I am pretty confident
> that is an original mileage figure. It needs some
> body work and a paint job and a fair amount of TLC.
> The car is a pale yellow with black interior and top.
>
> I'm not planning on doing a 'saga' this time unless
> something unusual comes up that has not previously
> been documented.
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