did you soak in penetrating oil and use a pneumatic impact wrench (need a compressor for this)? did you get a pipe to extend your leverage on a solid box or open wrench/breaker bar? You might do well with the car jacked up, on SOLID jackstands, and pulling down from underneath using your body weight or stomping on it? A wire wheel on the exposed threads first can remove the scale that your nut would otherwise traverse when it was un-threaded. -Kenyon --- Bob <impparts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Charlie. > If you want to save the bumper brackets and not > tourch them. Just tourch one end of each bolt off > and wiggle it. Should come off. A rubber hammer is > good, just dont dent it if its still good and > straight. Being the car is rusty, the bolts will > problly be shot anyway. Those you can replace. Hope > i helped. > THANKS Bob H > ----- Original Message ----- > From: PiscesM21@xxxxxxx > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:22 PM > Subject: IML: 1957 Imperial Bumpers > > > I have a rusted out 57 Imperial, I have tried > to take the bumpers off but they just won't unbolt. > I have tried everything to get them off and apart > with everything, except a torch. Does anyone have > ideas, as I am disassembling as much of the car as > I can. > I have acquired a 1957 Chrysler Southampton, > in the exact same color to replace it. It is missing > the drive train, so I'll remove the drive train (392 > Hemi& auto), and put it in the Southampton. > I appreciate any and all ideas so I can get > the Southampton running. > > Thanks, > > Charles in Calif. > 1957 Chrysler Imperial > 1957 Chrysler Southampton > 1967 Chrysler 300 > 1970 Chrysler New Yorker > 1970 Plymouth Fury II > 1970 Plymouth Sports Fury > 1978 Dodge Monaco > & 1 loving wife > ===== Kenyon Wills ----------------- 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 webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm