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mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Just joined. Owned almost 30 A-Bodies, a couple B-Bodies, and a few C-Bodies. This is my first Forward Look vehicle. My wife & I owned a '65 Imperial a couple years ago. We found it looking for a '59 Imperial Crown Sedan. Now the '65 is gone, but we found our '59. I have no idea how to post pics of the car. | ||
Imp58Alpes |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 558 Location: Grenoble - France | To post pictures, you reply to the previous message (using the top right Reply button that is between Quote and Alert of the message you are replying to), then you check the box "Attach a file after posting" (just below the text box where you type the reply message). It brings you to the next page where you can upload files by clicking the button. Once all pictures have been uploaded, simply click on the link "return to the thread". | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Following Imp58Alpes' instructions. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Don't know. Is there a minimum post restriction on uploads? Anyways, bought it Saturday, May 23. Pick up the body this coming Saturday June 6. It's a Crown Sedan. | ||
ttotired |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 8445 Location: Perth Australia | Nope, no restrictions on posts, but the pictures need to be jpegs (thats what I save them as) I open them in paint and reduce them there (cant be more than 250kb) I dont have any of the other picture programs, so I dont know how to do it with anything else I cant remember how I did this, but I was able to get the link for attaching a file at the bottom of the text box without having to do the edit thing (untitled.JPG) Attachments ---------------- untitled.JPG (146KB - 329 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | In the past, I've 'walked' people thru the learning process, by telephone. As long as the pics are not too big, to be accepted for posting pics (jay-peg, only ;no PDF files are accepted, here. | ||
jimntempe |
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | <p>It's not that you can't upload and attach PDFs. You can upload and attach anything you want as long as it's under the 250K limit. But only jpgs will be displayed so you can "see" them. Others will just show up an attachment and file name. I uploaded and attached a small pdf to this to verify it can be done. PDFs don't have near the compression of jpgs so a lot more "info" can be put in a 250k jpg than in a 250 k PDF.</p> Edited by jimntempe 2015-06-02 3:50 PM Attachments ---------------- This is a pdf.pdf (79KB - 253 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Reduced size on one to test. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Test (Side1_Web.png) Attachments ---------------- Side1_Web.png (49KB - 306 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | I'll be darned! Lookie there! Lemme try that again. (Dash1_Web.png) (Door1_Web.png) Attachments ---------------- Dash1_Web.png (46KB - 298 downloads) Door1_Web.png (52KB - 334 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Someone stop me before I start posting pics of the Daytonas, DeLorean, and Rampage! (Front1_Web.png) (Side2_Web.png) Attachments ---------------- Front1_Web.png (55KB - 273 downloads) Side2_Web.png (47KB - 273 downloads) | ||
jimntempe |
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Expert Posts: 2312 Location: Arizona | I see a corvette fender... | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Nice IMPERIAL 59, I like the body 4dr/sedan and the color. Nice car. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Thanks all. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Picked up the body today. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Here it is up on the trailer. (PickItUp1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- PickItUp1.jpg (101KB - 271 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | STILL can't upload/attach a PDF file to a thread on this website...Buehler; ....anyone? | ||
FIN ME |
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Expert Posts: 2788 Location: USA - KY | Welcome, Mike - great Imperial! Congratulations on coming over to the FL Side! Looking forward to seeing more photos of your Imperial, now that your are a photo-posting enthusiast. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | As a side note, there are only 14 calenders. From the birth of Christ to many years into the future, there are only 14 calenders. Indecently, 2015 and 1059 share the same calendar. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | I spend a lot of time out of state and overseas, plus our Imp isn't located at our home. I finally got some time to do some work. Painted the fresh engine & transmissions, along with the bare metal torque converter. I got the tranny cross member sand blasted & painted. Hey, it's progress! (PaintedEngine1.png) (PaintedTranny1.png) (PaintedTQ1.png) (PaintedTrannyCrossMember1.png) Attachments ---------------- PaintedEngine1.png (81KB - 288 downloads) PaintedTranny1.png (78KB - 261 downloads) PaintedTQ1.png (82KB - 268 downloads) PaintedTrannyCrossMember1.png (26KB - 280 downloads) | ||
51coronet |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 360 | nice another Imperial! Congrats on a great set of wheels! | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3891 Location: Northen Virginia | Nice Imperial!! Virgil Exner favorite body style!! Edited by hemidenis 2015-10-07 11:42 PM | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Brought a trunk-load of parts home, blasted & coated them. Went into the shop, installed a few, and brought another trunk-load home. I stopped by Tractor Supply & bought a bag of nuts, bolts, and washers I need (plus spares). I installed some of the reconditioned parts. I then got online & ordered belts, WC & MC kits, Rad cap & T-stat, water and fuel pumps, U-joints, Gen & starter brushes, air & fuel filters, carb kit and wiper blades. This ought to keep me busy for awhile! (Ebrake1.png) (Ebrake2.png) (Bolts1.png) (Engine1.png) (Engine2.png) (Parts1.png) (Parts2.png) (VacuumTank1.png) Attachments ---------------- Ebrake1.png (78KB - 276 downloads) Ebrake2.png (79KB - 263 downloads) Bolts1.png (75KB - 248 downloads) Engine1.png (84KB - 276 downloads) Engine2.png (81KB - 272 downloads) Parts1.png (65KB - 245 downloads) Parts2.png (72KB - 285 downloads) VacuumTank1.png (66KB - 258 downloads) | ||
cbrayinga |
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Veteran Posts: 295 Location: Tallapoosa, GA | SWEET!! She's lookin' good, man!! | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got a few more pieces processed. Repaired the battery tray and reconditioned the fan. (BatteryTrayBefore1.png) (BatteryTrayBefore2.png) (BatteryTrayBefore3.png) (BatteryTrayAfter1.png) (FanAfter1.png) (FanAfter2.png) Attachments ---------------- BatteryTrayBefore1.png (79KB - 274 downloads) BatteryTrayBefore2.png (88KB - 265 downloads) BatteryTrayBefore3.png (82KB - 289 downloads) BatteryTrayAfter1.png (75KB - 259 downloads) FanAfter1.png (87KB - 274 downloads) FanAfter2.png (67KB - 263 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Still have to powder coat the battery tray. It's bare sand blasted metal in the above pic. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | After I replace a few worn parts on my sand blaster, I'll be back at it again. The dried hose kept blowing through, and it just ate through a brass ball valve I replaced 2 days previously. Have a shopping list of parts coming to recondition the starter, generator, rebuild the carburetor, plus fuel pump, water pump, filters, and some other goodies. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | So you purchase a workable Forward Look vehicle. It obviously needs a new interior. You could pay someone $2500 or more (perhaps way more), or... Buy an industrial sewing machine. Acquired a WWI era (1940 we believe) military issue sewing machine made to sew parachutes, canvass duffel bags, and perhaps even saddles. We will be stitching our own interior! | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | It has an oil pan, oil pump, and goes like 40 mph! (SCARY FAST!!) I've seen them at 2X the price many times, so I guess we got it at 1/2 off. This will contribute to our winter interior project. The motor was updated somewhere along the line. The temp rating is 40 degrees Celsius, so I know it isn't 1940. Edited by mpgmike 2015-11-02 9:14 PM (Singer1_Web.png) (Singer2_Web.png) (Singer3_Web.png) Attachments ---------------- Singer1_Web.png (74KB - 243 downloads) Singer2_Web.png (83KB - 253 downloads) Singer3_Web.png (69KB - 259 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got more done. Will have to post pics later. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got a bunch of parts blasted and coated. Here are a few pics. There is more, and I will post pics as I can. (Booster1.png) (MotorMounts1.png) (ExMan1.png) Attachments ---------------- Booster1.png (56KB - 266 downloads) MotorMounts1.png (68KB - 254 downloads) ExMan1.png (114KB - 245 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | More parts processed. The first picture is the bell housing blasted & painted, with the air cleaner blasted & powder coated. Edited by mpgmike 2015-11-04 5:51 PM (BH_AC1.png) (ExMan4.png) (Generator1.png) (MC1.png) (Parts3.png) Attachments ---------------- BH_AC1.png (99KB - 227 downloads) ExMan4.png (60KB - 264 downloads) Generator1.png (74KB - 252 downloads) MC1.png (92KB - 263 downloads) Parts3.png (105KB - 228 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | The second picture is the exhaust manifolds; one simply sand blasted and the other with the 2000 degree base coating. Third picture is the reconditioned generator (with new brushes). It also got sand blasted one disassembled piece at a time) before paint went on. Fourth picture is the rebuilt & powder coated master cylinder. Last picture is the exhaust manifolds with the final coating, jack pieces blasted & powder coated, power brake booster ready to install, distributor (still needing service items), coil bracket, and distributor hold down bracket (blasted & powder coated). | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got to the Imp today & bolted on some new & reconditioned parts. Water & fuel pumps, thermostat, exhaust manifolds, motor mounts, dip stick tube, and mounted the coil bracket. (Engine3.png) (Engine4.png) (Engine5.png) Attachments ---------------- Engine3.png (65KB - 230 downloads) Engine4.png (76KB - 262 downloads) Engine5.png (80KB - 230 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got the drive-shaft disassembled, blasted, painted, & reassembled with new U-Joints. Blasted & painted a few small brackets; of note are the ignition wire separators. They were painted black with a plasti-dip type coating on the ends. I used yellow. (DS1.png) (DS2.png) (IgnWirSep1.png) Attachments ---------------- DS1.png (75KB - 229 downloads) DS2.png (76KB - 260 downloads) IgnWirSep1.png (118KB - 234 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Spent a couple hours with the Imp today. Bolted on a few reconditioned items. Removed everything from the trunk; parts, carpet, & trim panels. The floor has a few bad spots, but is better than many of the pictures I see posted on these era cars. Removed the rear seat and removed the aftermarket seat cover. Of course, one would hope the cover was installed over a mint seat. This was not the case. It has a 2-tone cloth interior (604 code). I'll have to do some research. It is supposed to be a Crown, has all the markings of a Crown, but I've never seen a Crown without at least leather borders. Maybe it's a base Imperial? The floor under the rear seat needs a few minor patches, but looking good otherwise. Although I hate painting over rust, I bought 2 cans of Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator and shot the frame & seams under the hood and body. Found a mouse that was like Egyptian mummy half way into a hole in the frame. It amazes me how many hours go into "very little to show" (and I've done this sort of work before!). (Engine6.png) (BackSeatAfterMarketCover1.png) (BackSeatBottomStock1.png) (BackSeatBackStock1.png) (Frame1.png) (Frame2.png) (Mouse1.png) (TrunkFloor1.png) (TrunkFloor2.png) Attachments ---------------- Engine6.png (75KB - 267 downloads) BackSeatAfterMarketCover1.png (64KB - 238 downloads) BackSeatBottomStock1.png (85KB - 252 downloads) BackSeatBackStock1.png (65KB - 254 downloads) Frame1.png (89KB - 234 downloads) Frame2.png (88KB - 246 downloads) Mouse1.png (79KB - 235 downloads) TrunkFloor1.png (97KB - 227 downloads) TrunkFloor2.png (99KB - 269 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Oh yea, had to look at the seats because the 1940 Singer is in its new home. (Singer4.png) Attachments ---------------- Singer4.png (74KB - 223 downloads) | ||
60 Imp |
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Location: North Australia | Good going Mike, keep up the good work and posting here, I am enjoying the pics and your comments. Steve. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Polished the chrome & painted the black on the headlight buckets. (HdltBucketsFinal1.png) Attachments ---------------- HdltBucketsFinal1.png (107KB - 229 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Did some research because of the interior. All of the Crowns I've seen had either full leather, or at least leather trimmed interior. Ours is 2-tone cloth seats with what looks like a vinyl door trim. Decoding the VIN definitely proves it a Crown, and the 604 interior is Paris inspired 'LeHavre' Jacquard cloth in Dark Grey. Looks legit. I don't think we will be reproducing the stock interior. New enigma to solve! | ||
ruchaven |
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Expert Posts: 1231 Location: York County, PA | Must be nice to have lots of money. Edited by ruchaven 2015-11-21 9:27 PM | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | ruchaven - 2015-11-21 9:26 PM Must be nice to have lots of money. :jealous: I agree! One of these days I just may have lots. So far I've spent just over $200 in parts for the Imp. Most of the improvements are just hard work; sand blasting (I've owned the blaster for well over 10 years now), powder coating (cheap Eastwood version), and spray painting (most at $5 per can, with the REALLY expensive stuff costing $20 per can). I opted for rebuild kits as opposed to buying rebuilt parts (like $15 instead of $215). However, I will take that as a sincere compliment. It suggests I make "on the cheap" look expensive. While the family spent the day with my Father-in-Law, I spent the day working on Imperial parts. Need the rubber boots for the starter bendix, but other than that it is blasted, painted, repaired, and assembled. Had to replace an electrical eyelet going to one of the brushes. Disassembled the headlight assemblies. Blasted & painted the buckets and brackets. Originally I was going to blast & powder coat the chrome surround, but after I washed them, it looked like there was hope for them. The difference between a fairy tale and a Texas Tall Tale is a fairy tale starts, "Once upon a time..." and a Texas Tall Tale starts, "Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh!t..." Either version would be equally remarkable pertaining to just how well the chrome surrounds came out. Took quite a bit of time with the bench buffer, but I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it myself. Not show quality, but quite adequate for a driver. (StarterBrushes1.png) (Starter1.png) (Headlight_Disassembled1.png) (Headlight_Buckets1.png) (Headlight_Brackets1.png) Attachments ---------------- StarterBrushes1.png (90KB - 243 downloads) Starter1.png (60KB - 261 downloads) Headlight_Disassembled1.png (79KB - 223 downloads) Headlight_Buckets1.png (108KB - 245 downloads) Headlight_Brackets1.png (74KB - 231 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got the adjuster springs blasted & painted, so I was able to reassemble one of the headlight assemblies. (Headlight_Assembled1.png) (Headlight_Assembled2.png) Attachments ---------------- Headlight_Assembled1.png (80KB - 246 downloads) Headlight_Assembled2.png (81KB - 228 downloads) | ||
oldwood |
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Expert Posts: 2905 Location: little rock, AR | I have 3 '59 Imperial Imp. parts cars. I wish I could find a good '59 to start with. Good Looking work. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Finished up the other headlight assembly. No pics, as it's just a virtual mirror image of what I already posted. | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | 'Tis a proud moment for any enthusiast when a fresh engine & tranny make their way between the frame rails. Got the engine & trans bolted together. I know mathematically there are only 8 possible ways to clock the torque converter, & I tried all 9 of them. First auto trans with no flex plate I ever worked with. It's now bolted in; nothing actually hooked up other than the mounts. Did the entire job myself, no helper. I'm sore now; not sure if I hurt more from laying on my back fighting the cross member, or patting myself on the back. Also, I had powder coated the air cleaner gold. It came out a flat finish. I sprayed it with a clear enamel. NICE difference. (EngTrans1.png) (EngineIn1.png) Attachments ---------------- EngTrans1.png (58KB - 236 downloads) EngineIn1.png (123KB - 248 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Removed the entire brake assemblies from the front. Will be blasting, coating, rebuild the wheel cylinders, greasing, and reassembling. (SteerKnuckle1.png) Attachments ---------------- SteerKnuckle1.png (82KB - 242 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | Got the backing plates blasted & painted along with all the little springs & cups for the brakes. I blasted & painted the metal parts of the brake shoes, along with the (I don't know what it's called) retainer piece. (BackPlates1.png) (BackPlates2.png) (BackPlates3.png) (BrakeHardware1.png) (BrakeShoes1.png) Attachments ---------------- BackPlates1.png (53KB - 233 downloads) BackPlates2.png (83KB - 250 downloads) BackPlates3.png (93KB - 237 downloads) BrakeHardware1.png (122KB - 219 downloads) BrakeShoes1.png (74KB - 240 downloads) | ||
mpgmike |
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Regular Posts: 60 Location: Northeast | There are 3 screws on the back of the hub caps. I would assume they can be disassembled. I removed the screws, soaked the hub area with PB Blaster, yet I can't seem to get anything to budge. I don't want to destroy original hub caps trying to recondition them. Anybody ever worked with the '59 Imperial hub caps and can let me know the "secret"? (HubCap1.png) Attachments ---------------- HubCap1.png (98KB - 258 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13055 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Very nice work with good Pictures! Keep it up and keep us posted | ||
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