DeMopuar
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Just got back home in Wisconsin after picking up a 1972 Imperial out of Alabama (950 miles one way). Will helped me with the purchase of this car - Thanks again Will for helping me out with this - I certainly appreciate it. Lots of nice options I was looking for on this car. I really like the color combination of black exterior as well as the white interior. The leather bucket seats are great too as well as the dual air conditioning option that I have never seen on a coupe before. I've seen this option on sedans, but never on a coupe. Has anyone ever seen the H54 ATC II dual air conditioning on another coupe?
I picked up the Imperial with my enclosed trailer - this car has sat outside for some time and now it will not be out in the elements. My trailer has a dolly system that allows me to tie the car down to the dollies outside the trailer on the ramp door to the car tires, and then drag the car in to the trailer on the dollies and then tie the dollies to the trailer. A lot of steps, but when the car is done, there will be no issues with marring anything on the frame rails or suspension pieces as I will be able to just tie down not the tires themselves. The Imperial in the trailer towed great back to Wisconsin. I had absolutely no trouble getting back home - I traveled from the Birmingham area to Paducah, KY, for the first night home. Then back to Wisconsin on Monday. It was a long trip down and back - but definitely worth it.
I am looking forward to putting this on my four post lift to do a better inspection of the rockers, trunk floor extensions, frame rails, and floors of this car. I can see some rust holes here and there - but I don't know how extensive the tin worm is yet. My plan is to get going on this car after my new garage gets put together - which will hopefully be in a year from now - it might be a year and a half from now - who knows? At any rate, I do have indoor storage for this car so the body issues will not get any worse - it is definitely worth saving. I also plan on removing the trunk carpet as well as lifting the carpet in the passenger's compartment just to make sure there isn't any moisture in the pad or carpet to make anything worse. The car is running and driving now, so I will also check out the mechanicals and enjoy it as best I can before I take anything apart.
Any other ideas that I can do to preserve the car better until I can give it more attention in a year or so?
P.S. Will, the tire did go flat in the rear right hand side - but it was still fine in the trailer and the car didn't even get close to the sidewall of the trailer. Again, it all worked out really well!!!!
I picked up the Imperial with my enclosed trailer - this car has sat outside for some time and now it will not be out in the elements. My trailer has a dolly system that allows me to tie the car down to the dollies outside the trailer on the ramp door to the car tires, and then drag the car in to the trailer on the dollies and then tie the dollies to the trailer. A lot of steps, but when the car is done, there will be no issues with marring anything on the frame rails or suspension pieces as I will be able to just tie down not the tires themselves. The Imperial in the trailer towed great back to Wisconsin. I had absolutely no trouble getting back home - I traveled from the Birmingham area to Paducah, KY, for the first night home. Then back to Wisconsin on Monday. It was a long trip down and back - but definitely worth it.
I am looking forward to putting this on my four post lift to do a better inspection of the rockers, trunk floor extensions, frame rails, and floors of this car. I can see some rust holes here and there - but I don't know how extensive the tin worm is yet. My plan is to get going on this car after my new garage gets put together - which will hopefully be in a year from now - it might be a year and a half from now - who knows? At any rate, I do have indoor storage for this car so the body issues will not get any worse - it is definitely worth saving. I also plan on removing the trunk carpet as well as lifting the carpet in the passenger's compartment just to make sure there isn't any moisture in the pad or carpet to make anything worse. The car is running and driving now, so I will also check out the mechanicals and enjoy it as best I can before I take anything apart.
Any other ideas that I can do to preserve the car better until I can give it more attention in a year or so?
P.S. Will, the tire did go flat in the rear right hand side - but it was still fine in the trailer and the car didn't even get close to the sidewall of the trailer. Again, it all worked out really well!!!!
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