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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:17
AM
Subject: IML: 1960 Imperial Rumored
Nearly Ready to Prowl (film @ 11)
Hi Group -
After dredging up rusty memory files of how I
did brakes on my '60 thirty years ago; my first car, after an absence of 14
years, is about one and a half hours of work away from being ready to prowl
(Stephen King, eat your heart out). Tomorrow at 10am I'm taking my
roomate's '85 Toronado Caliente to my mechanic to see if they can find an
oil leak and in the trunk are the brake drums from my '60 ready to be
turned. I finished the right front brakes tonight about 10pm and got a
good start on the left front. I would have had both sides done a lot
earlier but the Toro had some Moon Roof issues (like not closing) that
took a lot longer to correct than I thought. So tomorrow I'll have fresh
drums to go with the shoes I had re-lined. All that remains is to
install the shoes on the driver's side, torque the backing plate bolts
and install the drums, wheels and the all important wheel covers.
There will be a slight time-out to show my Lincoln Mark III to a prospective
buyer, but as soon as I get rid of him or the Lincoln, I intend to take a
little trip which will be as long as my lawn mower's gas can will
take me.
Thursday I plan to drop the gas tank and take
it to a steam cleaner that's in my neighborhood. (an aside to Portland
area Imperialists: After pricing gas tank steam cleaning at
between $90 to $150 dollars I called this neighborhood guy who has
done steam cleaning of engines and undercarriages for me before and he'll
do it for $12 !!!) Once
re-installed, I plan to fill up with Preimum and give the old girl a chance to
stretch her legs.
Wish me luck -
Jim L. in OR
'60 Crown
4dr Southampton
'62 Crown 4dr
Southampton
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