Patrick, Take your parts to a local Monument company after you have cleaned the grease off of them and they will sand blast them for cheap. Neva Nolan ----- Original Message ----- From: <pnkmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: IML: The "Mopar Muscle" article/paint help > We need a Mike Veronesi in Southeast Louisiana! Tell him we'll feed him if > he comes down. Out here in the boonies it ain't so easy to find folks who > are comfortable working on a 46 year-old vehicle unless it's a pickup or a > tractor. If my '58 Southampton had a Deere motor in it, I'd already be > motoring daily. > > They sell "Mopar Muscle" magazine at Wal Mart, at least that's were I > finally found a copy today of the October issue. Barnes and Noble, I > suppose, is too snobby to carry such rough and tumble fair because I rode 15 > miles to the next town after being assured that they carried it, to no > avail. THe article has great techy descriptions of all of the model and > accessory variations for the '57 through '59 Imps. The website, of course, > has much of same the information already, but it's nice to have it all in > one place and on paper. > > I spent this afternoon in a barn north of town, pulling ten years of crud > and dust off of a '71 Carmen Ghia convertible that the owner wants to sell. > I had great fun, but I kept wishing it was an Imperial Ghia Limo! Maybe > next time. (The Ghia wouldn't start, by the way, despite my ministrations. > Bad coil, and cheating with a bypass [channel wrench] didn't work. The guy > bought it 12 years ago right after it had been restored, drove it 500 miles > and figured he was too old for it. He's now 83 and he was perfectly able to > help me shove it out into the light to work on it today. I plan to follow > in his footsteps if I can. I won't write more about it [stop worrying > Steve], as it's non-Imp, but rest assured it will live again! ) > > The Ravin' is still in the garage down the street, resting comfortably > despite the 95+ degree heat that makes me think of something cooler to do > every time I come close to going down there to work on it. I did pull the > radiator last weekend and it's been riding around in the backseat of my > daily driver waiting for a long lunch hour so I can take it out to a country > mechanic I keep hearing about who still boils out radiators. There's an old > radiator shop here in town that's been in business for 50 odd years, but I > used to bring stuff there from my '62 Chevy when I was in high school and > they always took forever and treated me like crap. Old, bad memories die > hard, and I'll be danged before I go back there even after 25 years. The > Imperial and I both deserve better. > > I'm thinking of buying a cheapy sand blaster to clean off some of the engine > components and other parts of the car, especially the rims. I don't have a > garage (yet. The slab has been poured but the rest of the cash hasn't > arrived) so this all has to take place in the driveway/yard/garden shed. > In particular I want to clean off and re-paint the air cleaner, just to get > a start on cleaning up the engine compartment, and next the valve covers and > oil pan. I've read Kerry Anderson's/Elijah's great articles about painting > Elijah's car, so I've got a start with respect to instructions about > prepping surfaces, but can anyone give me any specific advice as to painting > engine parts? And how about cheap, I'm-only-gonna-use-it-for-one project > sand blasters? I thought I might start looking for a blaster by checking a > few local pawn shops. It never ceases to amaze me what I can get from > places like that in the way of "single use" tools. I painted our house > about ten years ago and got the greatest sanders from there. > > Happy Firepower motoring everybody! > > Patrick Moore > '58 Southampton 4 door > Covington, Louisiana. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Meyer" <donkiyoti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:59 PM > Subject: Re: IML: A Mechanic 4 U! and Exhaust > > > > On Sunday, Aug 22, 2004, at 14:39 US/Pacific, M Turner wrote: > > > This is an unpaid advertisement! Mike Veronesi of East Bridgewater MA > > has been working on my 1962 Imperial Custom Southampton for the last > > several weeks, replacing lower wheel bearings, cleaning & rebuilding > > the carburetor, bleeding the brakes and adjusting them. Mike replaced > > nearly all hoses, corrected the elevation of the car and put new > > brackets on the torsion bars. Mike also found an ace muffler shop > > that replaced the cherry bombs (Yes! cherry bombs) with nice dual > > exhausts. He also showed me driveshaft problems to be corrected, > > because the rubber has vulcanized. He will undertake that repair > > shortly. > > > > It's always nice to find a good Imperial-friendly mechanic! I've found > a place like that in Tucson: Meyer's Garage on Grant Road. (No relation > to me). > > And cherry bombs make great resonators! I had a dual exhaust put on my > '65 using those so-called "turbo" mufflers. Well, they were too loud > and they would set up a harmonic frequency that would drone and give > you a headache. I had a couple of big, long glass-packs added after the > mufflers, close to the tail pipe and that mellowed it out beautifully. > I love how this car sounds.... > > >