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Ken,
Driving a 57 Imperial on the wrong side of the
road in England is quite a mind boggling proposition. Before I left the UK
in 1991, I used to own a Citroen 2CV. I rarely saw older cars on the roads
where I lived. I don't quite know what happened, but I ended up being
entranced by a 58 four door hard top, so I can relate to the attraction.
Interestingly, my car also has fifteen inch wheels. I'm not sure what, if
any, the benefits are of the larger size wheel. I had an opportunity to
acquire a set of correct fourteen inch wheels but decided against it. As I
understand it, the actual circumference of the tire is the same, with less
sidewall. My car had Lincoln hubcaps on it when I found it. I have
substituted 67 / 68 Imperial hubcaps. They look OK to me and the turbine
style matches the front grille very well, in my opinion.
Good luck with "Lady Marmalade." I wonder how
many people on this predominantly American list even know what this comestible
is. It was never to my taste though my mother loved it.
Hugh
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.
Ken &
Annette
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