Re: IML: Moments of Discovery/Giving Thanks

[PAUL WENTINK <randalpark@xxxxxxx>]

This story reminds me of the feeling I had when my '55 began to "come 
back to life" after over 30 years of sitting. Most of the cars I have 
purchased were drivers, or they were SO dead, that nothing happened 
when the battery was connected, and needed lots of electrical work.

The '55 was different. It had been parked for over 30 years. When I 
connected the battery for the first time, I could tell there was juice 
going to everything that there was suppose to be. Things began to 
function, slowly at first. The dim glow of the map lamp, the power 
windows one at a time beginning to move, carefully so as not to 
overheat the motors, and the even the power seat. I remember the 
feeling I had when I pressed the front cigarette lighter into its 
socket. As it began to heat, I could smell the remains of the last 
cigar the driver smoked before the car was parked back in 1965. What an 
ODD feeling! On that day, the car was christened The Gray Ghost.

This car has a special feel to it for me, electrically, since it was 
the first six volt positive ground car I had ever owned. The headlights 
glow softly, and that is the way that I have chosen to leave them. The 
engine was a challenge, but that's a story for another time and is 
posted someplace out on the world wide web.

Its time to give thanks and be grateful for my wonderful life. I am 
very privileged here to be allowed to enjoy my relics without too much 
encroachment from the rest of society. How lucky we are to live well 
enough that we can become obsessed with finding a perfect steering 
wheel for a 1964 Imperial, while others are struggling to find food.

Even though there are times when I feel like I am experiencing one 
train wreck after another, and my life is far from ideal, I do not wish 
to change a single thing. Special thanks to the folks that keep our OIC 
& IML forum functional and growing.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: acfownes@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 6:04 pm
Subject: Re: IML: 1967 Convertible door stretcher



hi guys,

I had a weird thing happen tonight on my newly delivered 'vert. The 
door
stretcher [power passenger seat] moved the seat up [once I worked the 
kinks out
of it by running it forward and back] and before I noticed it, got 
stuck under
the dash and wouldnt reverse. It was actually the optional headrest on 
mine
that got caught - fortunately I was able to pull it out with some force.

Watch out for this - the seat back pushed down makes the whole seat 
move
forward, and you cant reverse the seat because you cant lift the 
seatback - a
little design flaw, in an otherwise wonderful design.

Gradually most of my car is coming alive after years of sitting. 
Windows that
didnt work are working and I almost have the power door locks working 
as they
should.

The photos of the car made it look mint, but there are lots of interior 
parts
that need to be rejuvenated, and horrors of horrors, there is MacTac on 
the
radio door! i will try and do a DIck Benjamin style of restoration on 
my wood
in the Spring.

Im having fun just before old man winter comes in earnest.


Allen Fownes
1967 Imperial Convertible
Black with white interior

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Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:40 pm
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