Hi Luis, Congratulations on your 'new' car. I had a
54 Imperial for a couple years and they are sweet.
Before you decide to 'upgrade' the electrical and
brakes, you might want to try the originals. The 6V
system will work fine, batterys are easy to find and
crank the motor plenty for starting. The original
drum brakes have plenty of stopping power even at
turnpike speeds. Parts are easy to find.
You might want to look at some photos I took of the
process on my 54 (now sold)
go to:
http://dte.net/57imperial/54saga
Regards
Kerryp
--- Leslie <kansas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> New Subscriber(s): Luis L. Villar
> Email Address is: camaguey@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Member Location: Miami, Florida
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> Car(s) owned: 1954 Sedan (green)
>
> Self-Introduction: Several months ago my son took me
> to his friend's house
> to show me an old car. This guy had several cars in
> his back yard, which
> were included in a land he bought from a lady, among
> these cars was this
> Chrysler 1954, which brought me good memories. At
> that time my son's friend
> did not have plans to sell this car, but a couple
> weeks ago he visited me to
> offer the car for a very reasonable price. I'm
> planning to restore the car
> from the frame up. Even I would like to bring this
> car back to the original
> appearance, I will try to upgrade the electrical
> system to 12 volts, and
> change the front brake system for disc brake.
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