Welcome, Nathaly.
You've come to the right place, except I can't help you find a good mechanic
to work on your 58. I'm here in San Antonio, and I have yet to find one
myself. The end result is I do most work on it myself, although I am the
first to admit I am not particularly mechanically inclined. I can relate to
your comment about the Hemi. Folks get a little nutty if you just say the
word, but most know next to nothing about them, especially the first
generation, which is referred to by most as the 'whale,' for obvious
reasons.
I've been fooling around with my 58 for almost nine years now. The last two
have been unexpectedly tough but I think, hope, I am over the worst of it
now. There are a lot of 58 owners on the list, including at least one in
California. he owns, lucky lad that he is, a convertible. I have the four
door hard top. What kind is yours?
I'd love to hear the details and see some pictures. You would have to send
them to me directly as sending them to the whole list is a big no-no.
Good luck in your quest for that elusive mechanic. I know he or she is out
there, somewhere.
Hugh
> New Subscriber(s): Nathaly Big Mountain
> Email Address is: nathalybm@xxxxxxx
> Member Location: Orange county ,CA
>
> Car(s) owned: 1958 Chrysler Imperial
>
> Self-Introduction: Hi, my name is Nathaly and I own my 1958 Chrysler
> Imperial for a few years now but haven`t been able to get it really road
> ready yet.
> I really want to put a little money in to it now and am desperatly looking
> for a place nearby that will work on it for me,
> I already have the brakes but they need to be cleaned and put in and it
has
> an Hemmie engine that needs some maintanance work done to it.
> Everybody loves the motor but they seem to be not very keen on working on
it
> unless I sell it to them.
> It has a few rustspots and somebody stardet some body work on it.
> I would really like to just get it fixed right.
> Anybody know a shop that would work on it?
> It runs so I can drive it there as long as it is not to far.
> I am located in Oange County CA,
> Thank you
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