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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