Very Cool, Mental Man, but I think that all those big "transmission coolers" that you saw were air conditioning components. Paul In a message dated 11/4/2003 12:05:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, "mENTAL mAN" <collyman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >Hello All, > > > >Thanks for all of your help re. my vacuum brake release on my '77 NYB !!! > > > >I just wanted to relate a short story from my Saturday road trip to Wildcat >Mountain Mopars Wrecking Yard. > > > >It was a crisp 30 degrees Saturday morning but bright sunshine and clear >skies, NICE for a November day in Oregon, I drove my '77 NYB to the yard, as >it was only about 25 miles from my house. To get there you drive miles out a >windy rural forested road, until you start wondering if you're actually on a >two lane road to Montana. Then all of a sudden, a small sign on a BIGG Douglas >Fir tree says WILDCAT WRECKING. I slammed on the brakes amd made a three point >turn, then up the gravel drive past a variety of Chrysler products ( including >a '56 NY Deluxe in what looks like original faded BLUEBERRY paint) to the BIGG >metal pole building that is their front office, Parked alongside my yellow NYB >was a HOTT lime green '60's Road Runner, and on the other side a baby blue '65 >NY with the clear tail lights and glass over the headlights just like an >Imperial. Well, the guys I met there were as helpful as can be and happy to >talk Mopar and Imperials until the cows came home. > > > >They let me wander around the yard and check out whatever I wanted. I guess my >wife is right when she calls me mENTALmAN, because I couldn't help but think >that I should have opened my own wrecking yard years ago instead of being >stuck downtown working in a highrise office building pushing papers........ I >felt right AT HOME there at Wildcat..... Anyways, I roamed amongst the >Imperials, looking at the various years, trying to pick a year of car that I'd >like to buy one of and restore......and speaking of TRANSMISSION COOLERS, I >saw a couple of those single row ones that are about the same size as a >radiator and mount right in front of the radiator......they probably had about >20 or 25 Imperials there, most were from '57 to '71, and I even saw a front >clip that had shadows of little crowns on it, right above the headlights. I >was sorry to see that they didn't have much in the way of '55 or '56, as that >was my main intention for going out there, but the guys there couldn't have >been nicer or any more accomodating. I'm going to tak e my wife out there this >Saturday and show her a couple of cars that caught my eye, a silver '75 two >door Imp(engine seized) and a '56 NewYorker WAGON that kept whispering "save >me, save me, buy me"........ > > > >oh well, I'm a sucker for that kind of CRAZZEEEE CAR STUFF. > > > >take care everyone, happy motoring....... > > > >Michael Howlett > > > >(not so)Boring, Oregon > > > >Mopars and more........... > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Crave > some Miles Davis or Grateful Dead? Your old favorites are always playing on >MSN Radio Plus. Trial month free!----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com >----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. >Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared >with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators >should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to >http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm †Ûiÿü0Â)©z¸š•ÉnmÊ&N¬™ë,j°jËžÛhÊ‹›ÊØ^"j^®&¥1¨¥ŠxŠËO•æ¬z·©—+h™¨¥Šx%ŠËbš—«‰©\–æÜ¢f§w*.®·¬¦‰ì{¥•·¬…ªÞw…ëÞ¯*'xú⽫^™ë,j¬jwZ¶Öœ†g§¶Çè®Ø^Ù¢ž+-«h®Ë!¢é]mëžÛhÁææjË^®)©z¸š•ÉnmÊ&N… I@x -¢m§ÿâš—«‰©\–æÜ¢oîžË›±Êâmèm