OK, OK. I'll quit soon. But my computer was down yesterday and a bunch of
interesting things came up.
Remember that 1981 I scoped out here in san Antonio? You probably don't,
actually, as they was nary a flicker of interest about it from the IML. Not
even one inquiry! Oh well, when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Folks at my local Mopar club are starting to get the Imperial picture. We
now usually have about two or three Imperials at our events, which is deeply
cool. The guy who ended up rebuilding my Carter AFB after everyone else had
given up has expressed a strong inclination to buy it. He has an
interesting story to tell. He is a master mechanic, and has been in this
line of work for many a year. In the early 80's he was working in the
city's largest Dodge dealership and had perhaps an all too typical
experience at that time. In their shop was a malfunctioning 1981 Imperial.
The dealership had no training and no information about how to fix it. He
says he can recall his boss at that time shouting down the telephone at some
poor person up at Chrysler HQ that one of his best customers had a car in
his shop and they had better provide him with some resources to fix it.
Well, twenty years later, he thinks he just might be prepared to dip his
toes into the water again. I have already scoped out the car, but did not
get a chance to turn on the engine or drive it. So, above and beyond the
appearance issues, what are the things we should be on the look out for. I
believe the car still has the factory fuel injection on it, by the way.
Randy, our potential new Imperialist, did ask a very good question and, to
be honest, I have already put all this era's necks on the block. He said if
he did buy it was there enough expertise in this group to help him get it
running properly. Of course, I said yes. Hey, I have faith in you.
Honest.
Hugh
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