Recent content by The_Eagles’_Nest

Anything Imperial would be good, for any year, but 72-73 would be what I would need.

I am not sure what pot metal is exactly but I understand it as an amalgam of zinc and low quality garbage metals.

Those are quarter extensions. They are used so the same quarter can be used on many trims while changing bumpers and tail lamps. The same basic Chrysler quarters were used whether it was a Newport, New Yorker, 300 or Imperial. They are made of pot metal. The nuts are filled with butyl because it...

I’m pretty sure Frank Badalson now has Corporate Blue available now.

So after a bunch of work and getting the car reliable…the heater core exploded. I will deal with it after Carlisle. For now the heater core has been bypassed. Today I am fine tuning the carburetor and will attempt to vacuum down the air conditioning.

I sacrificed a $140 battery cable to do this repair, but it looks better than a bolt on terminal and will not corrode like one. Going to get some thermostat sealant and a gasket. Then I need to adjust the steering spool valve, and tune the carburetor.

The new thermostat was stuck closed, so the original Robert Shaw thermostat is going back in.

The Imperial is alive! Time to get some water in it and get everything dialed in. Pics later.

Murray Park can get you one but you would have to send it to Glen-Ray or a reputable radiator shop.

Have you asked Murray Park?

The corroded battery terminal was cut off, and I am waiting for the new one to come in so I can splice the cables back together, the clamp bolt is about to break off. The belts are all back together. One side on the engine mount is fighting me and the bolt won’t thread. The exhaust gaskets...

A new positive cable and more heater hose clamps have been ordered. I am picking up a battery tomorrow. I will be sacrificing a perfectly good battery cable to repair the original cable.

I would bet it’s the water pump going out. Sounds like you have not done enough visual inspection on the car.

Test fit on my 73 Fury.

New heater hoses down to the heater core have been run. The steering shaft is back on, now to do the roll pin and the column hardware. Next on the agenda is a set of valve covers and gaskets. Then a positive battery cable repair.