Leo, How nice a car is that 63 Lebaron in Sioux Falls that you had
mentioned being for sale a couple of months ago, is it original or has it
been restored? Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Heligas" <llhelig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Flightsweep birdbath
> 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
> >
> >
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