Re: IML: Paul W. and his '56 and '65 Imperials & Maintenance

["JIM LORENZEN" <jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joe,

 

Replacing the brake lines sort of depends on how the car was used over the years.  If it set for a longish period and the system had problems afterwards with the car cutting to the right or left when putting on the brakes that repeated bleeding cannot solve, then replacing the lines might be cheap insurance.

About the mice.  I too had heard the mice don't like the smell of moth balls and so I loaded up my '76 Mark IV with them when I put it in dry storage 8 years ago.  The mice learned to love the smell at least in the trunk and I fear it's going to be harder to get rid of the moth ball smell than the smell of mice ever was.  Of course, you don't have to worry about moth balls chewing up and nesting in the interior.

There is a downloadable jack instructions sheet on the '62 section of the club wesite all ready to print and in the correct color.

Good luck with preserving your piece of Americana.

 

Jim L. in OR
    '60 Crown 4dr Southampton
    '62 Crown 4dr Southampton

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Joe Strickland" <jwstrick426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: "Imperial Mail List" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 6:33 AM

Subject: IML: Paul W. and his '56 and '65 Imperials & Maintenance

> Paul;
> 
> Kudos for keeping your Imperials running and stored properly.  I 
like
> both years.  Each has its strong points.  Both are 
beautiful cars.
> Paul, do you have a website or could you send some *.jpg 
pictures of
> your cars to the club?  It would be nice to see them 
on-line.  My dad
> used to have a '55 model and I loved the "Million 
Dollar" interior,
> especially the large steering wheel with the chrome 
thumb rests and
> ribbed hand grip areas.  Even the steering column 
cover was a beautiful
> piece of work.  The generous use of chrome 
trim inside really set off
> the older Imperials and makes them look 
especially luxurious by
> comparison to todays cars.
> 
> I 
spent some time yesterday looking through the Repair section of the
> 
Imperial Club's information.  I have been wanting to get my '62 on 
the
> road again and brakes are the primary consideration.  I found a 
wealth
> of information on the 3-Point/Total Contact brake systems in the 
1960
> Service Reference Book, Session 153.  This has greater detail 
than
> anything else I have seen on the '60-62 models.  Based on the 
good
> information there, I believe I will try once more to repair the 
existing
> system before trying to convert to disc brakes.  It would 
certainly be
> cheaper and less trouble to do.
> 
> A question 
for the group - do you think it would be best to replace all
> of the 
steel brake line tubes?
> 
> Thanks a million to all those who have 
had a part in gathering this
> wealth of service information.  The 
number of people experienced in
> dealing with the older brake systems 
diminishes each year.  Most current
> mechanics have never even seen 
any of these and would likely not be able
> to work on the system without 
causing additional problems.
> 
> My most recent battle on my '62 
was getting rid of some field mice who
> had set up housekeeping in the 
trunk.  I had to completely remove the
> trunk floor carpet.  
That lead to also removing, scanning and cleaning
> up an image file of 
the jack instructions that were glued to one of the
> cardboard panels on 
the left side of the trunk wall.  I am trying to
> decide whether to 
try to clean the original carpet or to just replace it.
> 
> Does 
anyone know of a source for new carpet material like the original
> for a 
'62 Custom?
> 
> For the time being I have placed some moth balls in 
both the trunk and
> the interior of the car.  That seems to be 
keeping the mice out.  I was
> lucky with this car in that the 
previous owners had always kept the car
> garaged.  I have done the 
same myself.  The dash pad has no cracks and
> the steering wheel 
only has one small one.  Since the interior of the
> car is blue, I 
found and installed a blue plastic wrap on the steering
> wheel to cover 
the crack.  I have vinyl and original equipment seat
> cover material 
to finish repairing the interior parts that have
> deteriorated.
> 
> Joe S.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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