Re: IML: We made it to Chattanooga

[henry ford <fordsfairlane@xxxxxxxxx>]

im happy for you that you had such a great trip. im sorry I didnt make it.

maybe I will be there next year,

"Steve B." <imperial59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Eileen the '59 Imperial and I made it to Chattanooga today.  600 trouble free (almost) miles.  I'm sure I have bored yall to tears talking about rebuilding the front end.  Well the steering box has some play in it but I decided it was going to be fine and I could have it rebuilt another time once the pocket book gets recharged.  I did ok with it until Atlanta...  Trying to navigate an 81" wide Imperial down a 75" wide lane at 80mph was quite an adventure.  Even at 80 I had people passing me on both sides..  geesh    have people in Atlanta never heard of a speed limit?

 

I have also been arguing with the thermostat housing for the better part of a week trying to stop it from leaking.  Every time I stopped it leaked and left a puddle but seemed to not leak at all while underway.  I only lost half a gallon of water the whole trip but, of course, I worried about it the entire time.

 

The trip itself was so much fun.  Every time I stopped the car I would come back out to a crowd of people all of whom said they had been following trying to figure out what kind of car  it was and wondering if it had a hemi.  Our old cars are so much fun...  instead of a bland old trip we get to have adventures and meet tons of interesting people who would otherwise just drive on by.

 

Have a good Memorial Day list and to those coming to Chattanooga I'll see you there!

 

                   Steve B.

 

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