Dear Sirs I love my 63, its a great car, there may be other years that people prefer but a 63 is a car to enjoy so if you have one take no notice just drive it!. David Munson London England >From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: IML: Happy New Year and Help! >Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 08:08:52 -0600 > >Hal, Sorry to hear about your broken cable. Bummer. I suspect you can >get >to it from below the gravel pan in front of the radiator. It will be a >pain >but should be doable. You might also be able to reach the arm with a stiff >coat hanger with a hook in it. Doubt you will be able to pull the grill >without getting the hood up first. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Hal Coble <hal@xxxxxxxxx> >To: Imperial Mailing List <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:29 PM >Subject: IML: Happy New Year and Help! > > > > I am new to the mailing list and to this whole world of older cars. I >have > > always loved them and finally have decided to buy one. I bought a 63 >Crown > > Imperial that has 70,000 original miles. I have a couple of questions. > > > > First, I saw a comment on a web site that the 63 Imperials are not well > > liked by the collector world and also by Imperial enthusiasts. Is this > > true? If so, why? > > > > Second, I closed the hood the other day and something broke when it >slammed > > shut. I pulled the hood handle and the cable pulled out about a foot >from > > the sheath. Obviously something on the latch has broken. How do I get >to > > the latch to repair it? Do I need to take off the entire grill or does > > anyone have any tricks? > > > > Thirdly, Happy New Year in 30 minutes! > > > > Hal Coble > > 1963 Crown Imperial Southampton > > Georgia > > > > > > > >