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Those wooden safety devices pre-dated World War II on Chrysler
products and formed part of a jack and basic tool kit for each vehicle--quite
useful given the tire/tube technology of the era. In places like San
Francisco, CA or Cortland, NY steep street parking challenges abounded,
requiring securing of the vehicle by means beyond the wheel block. The
pawl provided in automatic transmissions later on was actually pretty risky
since in parking a good rap by another vehicle could snap it off and permit the
vehicle to move off on a grade. Of course, the Fluid Drive equipped
vehicles were a special challenge since only the driveshaft mounted brake held
them in place--thus I use wooden chocks to this day on the 1942, 1947, 1956
(PowerFlite) and 1962 (TorqueFlite) cars in my garage.
Read Owner's Manuals and chuck no chock whether making fast an
Imperial or steadying a cask--wine or otherwise.....
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:34
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Close call II
A wooden chock is in my 64 Imperial. It stows away by the
bumper jack. I almost chucked it because I could see not reason for it. Good
thing I read this thread before chucking the chock.
Lupe
60 Thunderbird Hard Top
64 Imperial Crown Coupe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Close call II
Believe it or not, a wooden wheel chock came a standard
equipment with every 61 Imperial (check the jack instruction sheet - it shows
where to stow it!). There's a reason for that chock.
jc
On Nov 19, 2007, at 12:53 AM, santiam oregon wrote:
I think I would be picking up a wheel chock and keep it in the front
floorboard for when you park. I have one with a loop of nylon rope
tied to it, they are great for moving a car that has a not-so-great e-brake
because you can yank them loose from the driver's seat with the rope.
Todd
Today is the day for close calls with Imperial parking brakes! I
drove my '61 LeBaron to a friends house to pick him up to go to an East
Tennessee AACA meeting and parked in his driveway in front of his attached
garage. The '61 has no park and the parking brake is iffy at best but he
had a "speed bump" about 20 feet in front of his garage. I parked so that
the rear tires were behind the speed bump. I have parked there a hundred
times and THOUGHT it was safe. There is no place in east Tennessee that is
flat and downhill is his garage. He wanted to show me his latest
aquisition, a junk '54 Chevy conv. in his other garage so I went over
and looked at it. When we got back to the house the '61 had crossed the
speed bump and rolled about six feet into his garage door post. I
immediately thought I had lost the grille, bumper, and right eyebrow. The
only point of contact was with the eyebrow. The potmetal
eyebrow was undamaged! The garage, however, sustained signif
icate damage with the post and door frame pushed back about eight inches
from the foundation and his door won't close. The Might of Mopars
strike again!
Jim Payne
'59 LeBaron
'61 LeBaron
'65 Crown Coupe
'65 Crown conv.
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