Chris,
If you have an AM/FM radio they can be reconditioned/rebuilt. A
local guy does it here for about $350.00.
Don
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:37
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Bill Ulman's Excellent
Adventure
A couple of questions for Bill and Kenyon.
Bill: Nice.
Didn't grab an extra parts for the rest of us '66 owners? You
can stop your
gloating ennnnnytime, Bill.
BTW, you didn't mention what sort of
vehicle Ruth owned that you were
coveting.
But the big question is
this: Kenyon, have you posted anything on the site
about this wired-on
wheel cover safety feature and with a pic of the tool in
question? Many of
us '66 owners would benefit I'm sure, but I don't recall
hearing about this
before.
Bill, you sounded very wound up from your road trip. Again, I
bemoan the
fact that I live in the dead center of the Midwest and cannot
travel to the
West Coast, aka Xanadu for Imperials.
And I'm still
looking for a DECENT foot switch-activated Am/FM radio for my
'66 Imperial
Crown Coupe.
Cheers!
creesto
> From: "Wm. R. Ulman"
<twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Subject: IML: Kenyon Wills visit, and the Imperial parts Nirvana
experience
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:12:58 -0800
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>
> I was down in
San Francisco last week visiting my Mom, and seeing =
> friends.
I
> contacted Kenyon to see if we could get together to meet, and
talk
> Imperials.
> When we got to "Doc's" I was amazed at
the rows, upon rows of engines,
> scattered varied parts, but most of
all, the "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" =
> barn
> full cobwebs,
spiders, and several of any one part anyone could ever =
> need
>
for an Imperial! I found 3 '66 hubcaps within the virtual mountain
of
> '66-'69 style caps, and Kenyon threw in 3 extra earlier year caps
that =
> had
> perfectly good retaining rings on them so I might
figure out a way to
> replace the destroyed ones on what are otherwise
perfectly presentable =
> caps
> that had flown off Doris at
earlier dates, and been run over. The caps =
> are
> all
fine, but the retaining rings were mangled beyond any hope. Now,
=
> how to
> replace the retaining rings on the '66 caps I did
salvage from the side =
> of
> the road? It appears the
backings are, for lack of better description,
> "Crimped" onto the
hubcap, at least around the outer perimeter. That =
>
would
> need to be folded back, ring replaced, and re-crimped to be
successful.
> Kenyon came up with a "slice, and weld" solution that
could very =
> possibly
> work, but would be expensive, I'm
sure. Although, with the scarcity of
> these caps these days, it
may just be worth it to have a reserve stash =
> of
> the 20 lb.
projectile killer hubcaps on hand. Is that Honda in the next
>
lane with the big Kazoo "Muffler" getting on your nerves? Well, with
=
> just
> the proper pothole, you can dislodge a '66 hubcap smack
into the Honda, =
> and
> totaling it Pull over, retrieve
said hubcap from the flaming wreckage, =
> and
> scamper
away. If anyone sees you, they will surely report your car as =
>
an
> Impala, and you will never get caught. =20
> =20
>
Kenyon also showed me a way to wire the caps on so as they would not be
=
> able
> to fly off. Very ingenious, and involves a nifty
tool Kenyon had in his
> garage, I forget what he called it, but it was
a twisting =
> wrench/grip/wire
> spinner type of deal some guy in
Pomona (where the proverbial Pimp in my
> previous posts is from)
designed while drunk one night, and made his =
> million
> on
patenting, and marketing. =20
> =20
> The only casualty was a
Black Widow spider who had taken up residence in =
> one
> of the
'66 caps, and as I was holding it, she was moving quickly to let =
>
me
> know her position on my dislodgement of her home. A quick
shake of the =
> arm,
> while releasing the said hubcap as quickly
as humanly possible from my =
> hand
> was all that needed to
dislodge her from her home, the cap, and Liz,
> Kenyon's girlfriends
quick stomp of her foot, sent the BW to "The =
> promised
>
land".
> =20
> Upon my arrival back at my Mom's apt., I struck a
deal with her. Let me
> clean the caps up in her tub, and I
would scour the whole thing, wall =
> tiles
> and all.
After assuring her the dislodged buildup of years worth of =
>
dirt,
> and weed debris (from the caps, not my Mom's tub) would in
fact NOT =
> clog
> up, and utter useless, the San Francisco
Municipal Sewer System, I was
> permitted to proceed. My Mom was
so happy with her shower/tub cleaning, =
> and
> that the S.F.
sewer system was well equipped to accommodate the sheer =
>
volume
> of dirt it was subjected to in such a short period of time, she
shipped =
> the
> 6 caps to me gratis.
> =20
> Kenyon
was a swell host, a lot of fun to talk to, and I got to see up =
>
close
> and personal the differences in the lines between a '70
Imperial, and a =
> '73.
> Both fine cars in style, but I will go
with the '70 as my personal =
> choice.
> Although with the bumper
extensions on the '73, making it the largest =
> Post
> WWII
production car is an appealing thought, and they are quite =
>
striking.
> At least the 4dr is. More so than the coupe, which I
prefer the '69-'71
> version of with it's rounded rear quarter windows,
rather then the =
> '72-'73
> coupes squared quarter window.
That is merely a personal preference, as =
> all
> Imperials are
beautiful in their own rights.
> =20
> In summary, if you want a
part for your car, and would care to meet a =
> very
> nice fellow
Imperialist who is just genuinely trying to help all these
> parts, and
supplies get good homes before they are all sent en-mass to =
>
the
> county dump, contact Kenyon, and go for a drive to Hal
David/Burt
> Bacharach/Dionne Warwick land. Hum the tune while
traveling.
> =20
> Bill Ulman
> Seattle, WA =20
> '66
Crown Convertible Coupe - Doris Day
> WA State vanity plates:
FIT4AQN
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