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I just got my beautiful powdered bronze lady (60 Crown Southampton) back
from the body shop. The mechanical/body restoration has taken about 9
months but the effort was well worth it. She has a minor tranny leak and
the gas gauge and radio are both inop but they are more petty annoyances than
problems. I have 2 questions for the group.
1. An old time Chrysler mechanic told me that the leak was probably
the connection for the speedo cable. He said the cables had a long rubber
boot where they attached to the tranny and they had a tendency to dry out and
crack. My car sat since 1979 so this made a lot of sense to me. I
haven't crawled underneath yet to verify that's where the problem is but has
anyone run into a similar problem before with this kind of leak. If
so, is there a fix other than trying to find a NOS cable boot?
2. I spoke to my insurance carrier today about the agreed value of
the car. It is probably a #2, -2 or so. Still a few things left to
do...a few chrome parts, carpets, detail engine bay, etc. They said they
didn't have any information on late 50's early 60's Imperials. I sent them
pictures of the car and they bumped me up to $15,000 for the agreed
value. Does this sound reasonable? Most of the 60's I've seen sold
during the past 9 months have either been parts cars, in need of total restos or
customized jobs. I know I could go to an appraiser but before I spend the
money I though I'd ask the older...I mean more experience Imp owners their
opinion on the general value of my lady. Does anyone know of any
restored/survivor 60's that have sold recently? Oh, mine has a grand total
of 16,000 miles which I can document with service receipts.
Thanx
Tom
60 Crown Southampton, big, bold , beautiful and on the road again
80 NYer 5th Ave
82 Cordoba LS
99 300M
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