IML: Edwin's 70 LeBaron

["Pete Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome Edwin.  As others have said, that LeBaron 2DHT is a rare beast.
I've owned my 70 LeBaron 4DHT for over 20 years and I've never seen a 70
2DHT.  69s show up from time to time and I've even see a few 71s; 2 of the
71s had sunroofs!  But 70s just seem to have disappeared.  Maybe they all
went overseas because I have seen pictures of a triple black 70 coupe
located in northern Germany and also some of a bahama blue 70 coupe owned by
an IML member from New Zealand.

Fred got the description of rear axle disassembly right.  The only thing
that I will say is that I wouldn't be surprised if the noise you're hearing
is simply axle bearings.  When I got my 70 so many years ago I immediately
noticed an unpleasant noise coming from the rear end.  The car had only 80k
miles or so at the time.  When I pulled the axles I found that both had very
bad tapered roller bearings.  OTOH if the differential oil in your car
leaked out and it was driven like that there could well be "center chunk"
problems.

At the time I bought my car I was fortunate to have access to a low miles 71
Imperial so I simply installed the axles from that car in mine.  A bonus was
that I got RH threads on all the lug nuts (I also used the front rotors from
that same 71).

Tell us more about your rare car.  I'd love to see a pic of the fender tag
from it.  Here's a shot of my 70:

http://bos-engel.com/imperial/sideview.jpg

My car is an early production unit, being scheduled for assembly in
mid-August 1969.

Pete in PA




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