IML: Imperial Crown Southampton

Our car is a 1957 Crown Southampton 4-door hard top, recently imported from UTAH - we collected it from Bristol docks a couple of weeks ago. On arriving at the docks we were told it was a 'non-runner' and that a trailer was required to transport it home. A couple of hours later, with battery charges and fuel we were on our way. As far as we are aware the car is a one owner from new, purchased in December 03 from an estate sale. The mileage is 48,000 and hopefully that is the correct mileage. Some work needs doing to get into good shape, although it looks pretty good at the moment. The colour of it is like a metallic bronze and my wife calls it 'marmalade'. It is in pretty good shape at the moment, there doesn't appear to have anything missing but the 15in wheels that someone has put on look a bit out of place and may be changed at a later date. It has however failed the Ministry of Transport Inspection. All the front suspension bushes were totally worn out so we have ordered new ones. What we do need to try and locate are wiper-blade retainers and the rubber wiper blades. Ours are in such poor shape, we dare not use them in case the metal catches the screen. If anyone can help us to locate some new ones it would be very much appreciated. We hope to spend some happy hours in the garage during the winter getting her ready for the summer cruises.