Please WELCOME New Members, Mike & Candice Jewett (1953)

[KerryPinkerton <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike, welcome to the club.  I have a 54 Imperial
(www.dte.net.57imperial/54saga) and there are a dozen
or so of us on the list.

Regarding your car, it originally came with duals and
in fact the original mufflers are 4'long  straight
through glasspacks.  I was fortunate enough to find a
pair last summer to replace the generic mufflers that
I had installed.  The factory glasspacks are very
quiet but what sound can be heard is unmistakably a
big American V8.

Kerryp

--- Mike & Christine Trettin
<mtrettin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> New Subscriber(s): Mike & Candice Jewett
> Email Address is: mcjewett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Member Location: Southern Maine
> 
> Car(s) owned: 1953 4-door town sedan, dark green
> with light green interior,
> 59,900 mi.
> 
> Self-Introduction: We have owned this car for about
> 6 years and have only
> driven it on weekends during the summer. MPG were
> not much of a worry when
> this baby was new. It is in excellent shape, but
> needs a lot of cosmetic
> work. There is no exterior rust; the body is solid
> as a rock. The old hemi
> runs like brand new and has that big old American
> V-8 sound. This one has
> the semi-automatic Fluid Drive, which I have been
> told is nearly
> indestructable.  It wanders a bit on secondary
> roads, but is very stable on
> the highway. Maybe a set of radials and a little
> front end work would help.
> Just before we put it away for the season last year,
> the brakes let go so
> those have to be looked at in the spring. One of
> these days we hope to find
> someone who can rebuild the power brake booster. We
> don't have the money yet
> for a complete restoration, so the car remains all
> original. I would like to
> hear how it sounds with duals and glasspacks,
> though.
> 
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