My 59 Fury flightsweep deck lid has a vinyl gasket between the lid and the deck & it is hard as a rock and cracked. I've been trying to get anything to replace it for three years and no such luck! If anyone has a solution please contact me. Leo H. '83 Still EFI ----- Original Message ----- From: <Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 4:36 AM Subject: IML: Flightsweep birdbath > I am about to start working on the flightsweep deck lid, removing the center > hub and trim ring to repair any rust which I am sure is there. My question > is, does anyone out there have any ideas on how to seal this area to prevent > water intrusion between the hub, and the trunk lid? I thought about laying > down a bead of silicone, but think it will become messy looking with wax > build up, etc., and a rubber gasket would also look bad. Any ideas would be > appreciated, as I would like to keep the birdbath in the hub rather than > under it! > I'd also like to put my pennies worth into the thread about Chrysler > reintroducing the Imperial. I say it had it's glorious past, and it would > never be the car it used to be, so it should remain a collectors item. Look > at the reintroduced 1991 Imperials, sorry for those that have them, but they > really don't deserve to have the Imperial name on them. Chrysler is turning > out some of the best full size cars I've seen today, but to turn out an > Imperial, they are going to have to come up with something really special. > Just take a look at the new Ford Thunderbird, which is a horrible retro > style! Why is Detroit so afraid to put fins on a car once again? The new > Thunderbird has all the elements of a 1956 or 1957 T-Bird, but completely > looses my interest due to the lack of fins. Now if Chrysler came out with a > retro styled Imperial looking like the 1957-1959 fins and all, in a downsized > version, this might be exactly the car I could sink my teeth into! > Bill '59 Crown > >