Re: IML: The Black Bitc_!! first driving impressions.

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

I am all for the new name. Black Velvet sounds great, and you would finally be able to refer to her by full name when you posted us a note. There is nothing quite like driving a fresh Imperial out on the open road!

Paul W.

 In an email dated 8/5/2005 3:58:10 am GMT Daylight time, "Ernie Stepney" <estepney@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Well the saga nears its conclusion. I finished rebuilding the spare
>transmission on Wednesday, purchased all the parts from a gentleman on
>the net with a company called Autotrans USA. Well service par
>excellence, I placed my order by phone, confirmed by email, payed by
>paypal and received it all in less than a week. I needed a low/reverse
>band which I didn't order on the first order, ordered at midnight EST
>Thursday and had it by 10 am PST the following Wednesday. 
>Friday morning I drove up to the shop and installed the shiny new
>torqueflite. Well I must have done something right, she had 3 forward
>and 1 reverse gear running on the hoist, oh yeah neutral too. Road test
>time, shifted slick as a Canadian politician, sure nice to have all the
>gears and no strange noises. Took her home after a short drive and
>treated her to a wash and wax, boy it that a lot of car to wax. Later
>that night Colleen and I went to A&W for dinner with the Bitc_!!, she
>tried the well only took 3 years line from the commercial but it's just
>not the same when its only been 19 months. 
>Saturday morning, I needed to go out to one of my parts suppliers, what
>better excuse to hit the freeway and let her stretch her legs a bit.
>Well 60 mph came up in the blink of an eye and it felt almost like
>sitting in the living room, I ran her up to 80 for a short burst, speed
>limit is 55 after all and except for a bit of wind noise she was
>perfect. My parts guy was suitably impressed, asked about a couple of
>areas which am aware do not meet my usual high standards (read as I
>haven't redone them yet) and was quite impressed with Georges emblems
>and lenses. 
>Noticed two problems on the run, first the rear axle has a slight growl
>on a pull at about 30 to 45 mph, the pinion bearing preload was a bit on
>the low side when I put it together,(can't I get away with anything any
>more) and the water pump bearings are a little noisy. 2 more items on
>the "to do list" for next week.
>All in all it was a most satisfying week at Ernie's Garage; I may even
>rename her "Black Velvet" tm reg. 
>
>Bye for now:
>Ernie and The Black Bitc_!!
>
>
>
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