Parts for a 65 Imperial Lebaron

[Yatzee]

I take care of a 1965 Imperial Lebaron for an elderly friend of mine and he's damned and determined to finish his restoration before the Lord comes to get him. The car is a Florida purchase and is in unbelievable condition except the upholstery and headliner. Just can't seem to find either online. The car is white on white. The leather seats are severely cracked everywhere and the seams on the headliner are starting to split open from age and tension. Sorta like my friend. If anyone knows where these items can be had it would be greatly appreciated. Oh, he also needs the roof rail weather strips for both sides. It's a four door hardtop of course.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

The r.r. weatherstrips are likely not available. Plug the part numbers into www.partsvoice.com and see if you get lucky.

I would do what I did for my first resto - buy the r.r. extrusion, and cut the molded ends off the originals and glue them to the new extrusions with crazy glue. I forget where I bought my extrusions, but they're out there. Restoration Specialties and Supply perhaps?

A good boat or auto guy can make the headliner and seat covers. Leather hides can be bought from from various sources, and same for headliner material.

 

[Imperialist67]

I take care of a 1965 Imperial Lebaron for an elderly friend of mine and he's damned and determined to finish his restoration before the Lord comes to get him. The car is a Florida purchase and is in unbelievable condition except the upholstery and headliner. Just can't seem to find either online. The car is white on white. The leather seats are severely cracked everywhere and the seams on the headliner are starting to split open from age and tension. Sorta like my friend. If anyone knows where these items can be had it would be greatly appreciated. Oh, he also needs the roof rail weather strips for both sides. It's a four door hardtop of course.

In general, check the Imperial Club web page www.imperialclub.com, there are a lot of resources for restoration shops.

For upholstery, especially the leather, I'd check with SMS Interiors. If you have part leather part fabric, they have a pretty good selection of the fabrics too. Sometimes the lead time is a bit long, and those iridescent/metallic leathers are no bargain, they CAN do them, and they are highly regarded. They have matching vinyl as well. Some of the original leather interiors on these had embossing, and those are harder to reproduce.