Haze Green Imperial's

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

There are lots of them for sale on E-bay right now. Some of them are REALLY 
nice!

Check it out.

Paul

In a message dated 8/29/2004 10:19:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
<pnkmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>I scan the car ads daily for IMPs, but nothing, and I mean nothing, ever 
>appears.  Yesterday, a '77 New Yorker popped up in the "Antique/Classic" 
>category of the local paper, the Times Picayune here in New Orleans, as 
>follows:
>
>"'77 Chrysler New Yorker, blk w/blk lthr int., good cond.  runs. $3000 obo. 
> Rick 504-838 8817"
>
>It appears Rick is frugal.  He certainly spared all expense in printing his 
>ad.  I didn't call him.  I will if anyone is interested.  I imagine, unless 
>there's a New Yorker freak in the area, that it's not going to move too 
>quickly.
>
>Patrick Moore
>'58 Southampton 4 dr hrdtp, awaiting restoration
>Southeast Louisiana
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: John M Brauninger
>  To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:26 PM
>  Subject: Re: IML: Total Contact Brake Tips (was: 1962 Imperial Disk Brake 
>Conversion?)
>
>
>  Dave,
>
>  Did you ever have hard pedal after conversion to the dual MC?   What MC are 
>you using?   How much pedal free play do you have?  If you are using a dual MC 
>for a non-disk brake car you shouldn't need the external residual pressure 
>(check) valves since they are built in.  I have a lot of experience with the 
>'62 and older Lockheed Total Contact (the Bendix system came in '63) brakes 
>including conversion to the tandem master cylinder on one of my 60 Imperials 
>(using DOT 5 silicone - difficult to bleed out all air due to bubble formation 
>with the slightest agitation).  When everything is right you have firm pedal 
>with no more than an inch of travel just like when the car came off the assy 
>line brand new.
>
>  #1 culprit is air trapped in the system due to incomplete bleeding -- front 
>WCs especially since they have air pockets at the top due to mounting with 
>respect to bleeder screw location.  Pressure bleeding works best because it 
>forces fluid up into these voids.  The brake shoe lining also needs to be 
>arced to the drums (in the old days brake shops had a machine to grind the 
>linings to arc them to the drum curvature) to facilitate TOTAL CONTACT & 
>adjusted just a hair back from locking the drum.  Since you have 200 miles on 
>your linings you can check to see the contact areas.  Lastly if you don't 
>really have 10 psi in the system you will have a lot of pedal travel.  If you 
>quickly crack a bleeder screw open you should see a spurt of fluid then just a 
>trickle.
>
>  Contact me off-list for additional help if you like -- I don't think you 
>need to throw in the towel in favor of a radical mod.
>
>  John B.
>
>
>
>  On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:19:53 EDT Duckie26626@xxxxxxx writes:
>     Fellow Imperial Fans Help:
>       After putting on 200+ miles on a near complete Brake Rebuild, that 
>included  "New-NOS" Shoes Up front, 5 of the 6 wheel cylinder replaced & 1 
>Rebuilt, Turned front drums, Cleaned rear ones,  Dual Master Cyl. 1 1/8 Bore 
>Size,  Many Brake Bleedings, 1/2 of the brake lines replaced, Wilwood 10 psi 
>check on both half's, I Have Come to the Conclusion that the Bendix Total 
>Contact Brake System should be called the "Pedal of Doom System."  Somehow 
>they Just Don't Inspire much confidence with a Soft Pedal & a Lot of Pedal 
>Travel.   Has anyone found a Disk Brake Conversion Kit or A Home Brewed way of 
>putting Disk Brakes on the Front of a 62 Imp. I'm a 50+ year old tool & 
>diemaker at a DaimlerChrysler  Engine Plant, so I've done 97% of my own 
>car/truck repairs from my high school days. I've found Kits for 62 Chrysler, 
>but I don't have to tell anyone here that they are Different on the Imp's.  If 
>needed I can make adapters myself or bore out housing's for bigger wheel 
>bearings. It's a White 62 Custom with 55k miles & spent the first 24 years of 
>it's life taking a little old lady from Toledo, Ohio to Church on Sunday & 
>spent the rest of week in a heated Garage - No Kidding.
>
>     Help.    Dave Van Buren
>
>    PS:The Info on the website was GREAT.  I replaced all 4 shocks & put all 
>new front end parts (after looking on E-Bay for months),  235-75 15 Radials 
>Kelly Tires All Around &
>    It Now Handles 10 Times Better!       Thanks!!
>
>
>
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