Newsletter and Event Announcement
Volume I, Number 4 - November, 2000
Message from the
President
From Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Laguna Niguel, Ca. Well, I have to hand it to you folks, the turn out was GREAT. There were 14 little buggys that ranged from the 50's thru the 80's with approximately 27 very content members and guests. Everyone thought it was really nice to relax and enjoy the day. reminiscing and talking that IMPERIAL talk, is always a pleasure. Great people and great automobiles, what more could anyone ask for? Money you say? Ok, Juanita Kretschmer won the 50/50. From the reaction of everyone, let me say, there will be an annual picnic. By the way, the pavilion & charcoal cost the SCIO about $75.00 - You deserve it! There were two trips to the Park to set this picnic up (free, gratis). ALL event leg work has been done at no charge. By having the 50/50, it will not only help combat our setup expense but will put money in the lucky winners pocket. CASH on the spot. I would like to THANK the Imperial drivers, and all members and guests that made this picnic the pleasure that it was. I would also like to THANK all the members of the Southern California Imperial Owners Inc. for sticking by our side as we pulled this Club from the quicksand in which it was. The Board, and the entire SCIO membership, thanks all (that’s you/us!) for supporting the club during 2000. THANK YOU! Business Talk: This has been a very busy year for YOUR Board Members. Looking back: December ‘99, Business Meeting/Maritime Museum, San Pedro. January 2000, Board Meeting, Norwalk. March 2000, Air Museum/ Pond Collection, Palm Springs. April 2000, Business trip (for State Meet 2001) Solvang. May 2000, State Meet, Modesto. June 2000, Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista. Sept. 2000, Club Picnic/Car Show, Laguna Niguel. We’ll have another Board Meeting, (by e-mail) prior to the December 2000 Business/Election Meeting. YOU, the members, have made it possible, with your strong attendance and support. This is YOUR CLUB - enjoy it! Two reminders: Please think about the elections at the December meeting AND it’s time to renew your membership! (see last page) Let’s Talk State Meet - This is our State Meet 2001. WE will not just be, participants or spectators, WE will be, The State Meet. WE need to work together on this. This Meet will reflect on ALL OF US. David Doty, Your President |
SCIO Event - December 10, 2000 – Tustin The next SCIO event will be on December 10th at "THE BARN" restaurant & saloon, 14982 Red Hill Ave., Tustin CA 92780 (714-259-0115). It’s on the corner of Red Hill & Edinger. Take 405 south to 55 north to Edinger, right or east approx. 1/2 mi. or take I-5 north or south to Red Hill, go south approx. 1 1/2 mi. on left corner at Edinger. Check your map for exact directions. We’ll start at 9:30 am and have a viewing place for our Imperials and the menu features a $13.95 for a "all you can eat" champagne brunch. After brunch, we’ll have our business meeting. We may arrange a visit to the nearby Marconi Museum (race & other cars) or we’ll have a list of nearby attractions for post-meeting fun. OIC (Online Imperial Club) Event - November 12, 2000 John Brauninger wrote to
the Online Imperial Club: "I finally checked out the L&R salvage
yard. (5008 Patterson Avenue, Perris, California 92571. (near Riverside
adjacent to March AFB, off the Interstate 215, Oleander exit,
909-940-9281) Lawrence and Rodney Butler gave me a tour of their salvage
yard, which includes 1-'58, 4-'59s, 1-'63, and a few other Imperials. I've
got a '62 parts car that I'm thinking about giving them or paying them to
store so I can get some elbow-room in my hanger. |
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Help Wanted! 2001 Statewide Meet - Solvang, May 4-6 It’s time to get serious about the 2001 Statewide Meet, which the SCIO is hosting in Solvang! We have a great hotel and location for the meet, but there’s MUCH to do, so now is the time to help with ideas and groundwork! We very much need help to find sponsors and plan the other Meet events and tours. Please give Dave Doty a call and help us - the SCIO! We really need a Meet Director and a few other key "specialty" managers. If you think any post may require too much time, how about teaming up with another club member or "friend of the Club" and split up a task? You’ll hear more about this at the December meeting and in future newsletters. The SCIO also needs volunteers to plan our activities. We NEED (a) creative thinker(s) to be an Events Coordinator(s) and/or we need an Events Committee! If you’ve ever thought: "Why don’t we go to…?" then please step up to the plate! We also need editor(s), contributors and writers and for this Newsletter and The Imperial Eagle – We want the Eagle to return! We also want to keep publishing Tech Tips and recommended parts sources and mechanics. Call us or drop a note to help out other Club members with your experiences, pro or con! Laguna Niguel Regional Park Picnic – September 30 It really was a great setting for Imperials and their drivers and everyone seemed to have a good time. When all the Imps came in nearly together, we thought it was possible they would keep coming and we'd have more than 20, but it was still a great collection of years and models. Doug Gilfillan sent a summary: "We went to the SCIO picnic at the Laguna Niguel Regional Park and saw a dozen Imperials dating from 1955 to 1968. Norm Silverman, from San Diego, and Dick Benjamin were most helpful in diagnosing and adjusting the carburetor on Gary Low's 1968 Imperial Crown. They were both a wealth of information. Nannette brought her maroon ‘55 sedan which is in perfect condition, Steve Nye brought his ‘55 Newport coupe and Norm had a magnificent white 1961 LeBaron Southampton. We had a delightful picnic in Pavilion #4 and Billie provided some splendid deserts for us all. Her chocolate cake was so magnificent that I just have to give you the recipe": BILLIE'S IMPERIAL CHOCOLATE CAKE (later updated by Billie herself!) Dick Benjamin sent all the pictures and also: "Thanks, Doug, for posting the info on the meet. One minor correction - I counted 14 Imperials - that black car next to yours was an Imperial too. (I know many don't consider it one, but those who have driven it change their mind!) It's an '81, plus there was a '64 that left early. We had a delightful day and Nancy is still raving about the cake!" Norm wrote: "No need to thank me, as you actually provided an irresistible opportunity to get my hands dirty and my brain engaged. Anyway, thank you for the kind words. Just for the record, though, it was Dick B. who actually caused the idle to be more manageable by tweaking the idle screws. BTW, earlier another Dick, Kretschmer, had made the same suggestion. It seems we really do have a wealth of knowledgeable people - and we actually all agreed on a diagnosis. Try finding that among 3 doctors!!" Chris Hoffman did not quite make it: "Well, I guess it wasn't a good day for '67s in SoCal! I was halfway to Laguna in mine when it became more than obvious that there was a good-size exhaust leak. Oddly, it's perfectly quiet at idle, but it sure does rumble under acceleration! So I decided to turn around and return home, disappointed but not wanting to worry about a collapsed muffler clogging up on a 90-minute ride home." And Ted Huntzinger also had bad luck: "I tried to make it to the picnic. Alas, the front seal on the trans decided to go south while I was northbound on the I-5 at Oceanside. My '67 MDO had to return home on the back of a flatbed. I am lucky that there is a trans shop in El Cajon that knows 727 TorqueFlites. I hope I can make the next one. I had my camera and was planning lots of pictures of a massive Imperial gathering." |
Tech Tip: Who Can Fix My Imperial? Rob Shapiro (belfrygroup@earthlink.net) writes: "We just moved to Santa Monica, and if you look around, you'll likely see the '60 Dusk Mauve Metallic Imperial smoothing out the native roads, earning sharp gasps and incredulous nods. The grinning man behind the wheel is me. Almost immediately upon arrival, I lucked into a great mechanic: George His rep is peerless locally, his work impeccable, and he's a h--- of a nice guy to boot. If his shop can't do the work, I'm sure he can point you in the right direction. Another good source for info is to call the folks at "Cars With Class", on 11th and Wilshire. SOMEONE has to work on their normally beautiful cars, so give them a ring if you get stumped (I did - they sent me to George)." Restorations by Julius, 10101 1/2 Canoga Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 (818-882-2825). (www.cyberweb1.com/julius/). Doctor Bob's Auto Sales & Services, 1001 E. Palmer Ave., Glendale, CA 91205-3531, (818-500-7714). A member said: "Bob Gallegos loves old cars - he started on them and he's in his 50's. He has always fixed my Imperial. He's right off of the 2 Freeway at the York exit." Tech Tip: Where Can I Find Imperial Literature? We hope you enjoy the Bibliography, but where can these books and magazines be found? I always go first to Fred Chaparro's used auto bookstore, Autobook Stop in Burbank, 1508A Magnolia Blvd. Contact Fred at 818-845-1202 or autobookstop@worldnet.att.net Another highly recommend source is McLellan's Automotive History, 9111 Longstaff Drive, Houston, TX 77031-2711; Phone: 713-772-3285, FAX: (713) 772-3287; mclellans@world net.att.net; http://www.mclellansautomotive.com Want Ads 1962 Imperial Crown 4-door hardtop. Excellent condition, rosewood exterior, black leather interior. All power, good A/C, original paint with minor touch ups. 77,000 miles. Originally owned by the Disneyland park manager and frequently borrowed by Walt Disney to take business associates to lunch! Asking $4500. Norm Phair at 818-769-1234 Wanted for a 1939 Custom
Imperial Limousine C24: P/N 692186
Mainshaft with Fluid drive and Overdrive; P/N 633804 Transmission
countershaft (Cluster) gear; P/N 694793 Main Drive Pinion (Input Shaft).
Also want a B/W book/catalog with the B/W T85A-1A transmission P/N's and
schematics or copies. Wanted - To buy a great '59 Imperial! Prefer a Crown Coupe, sedan or convertible in great shape. Joe Molina, email: OJMPRES@aol.com, 818-992-4353/fax 818-992-0543 Wanted To Buy - A late '50’s or early ‘60’s Imperial Convertible. Richard Croft, 541-488-4025 (OR) ??For Sale: 1966 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron. Exceptionally clean condition and is a daily driver. It is currently registered in California. I can provide photos if desired and am open to reasonable offers. Scott. SNB80793@aol.com Parts For Sale: 1966 grill with headlight covers, including spare driver's side cover. Pitting on the little "squares" and two dings (with cracks) to chrome surround, but good headlight covers. Would make a great wall decoration! Also, blue leather, wedge-shaped, very nice headrests from unknown Imperial. Offers! Bob, email: bsbrbank@pacbell.net, or call 818-563-1419 Parts For Sale: Salesman's books showing paint chips, fabric swatches, etc. See complete list below! Jack Edward, 68-495 Pasada Road, Cathedral City, CA, 92234-4812, 760-322-3019 More Want Ads Below, with Photos! |
For Sale |
Ivory or Desert Beige (?),
original paint in very nice shape, one small dent. Green leather
interior. Very nice condition. Recent tune-up, new radiator, dual
exhausts, wheels, smooth hub caps. Great A/C. Asking $5,000. Also, a
Gremlin X, V-8, with rare "Levi" interior! $2,800.
Arthur Escalera, Garden Grove, CA, 714-839-3602
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1965 |
Imperial full-line folder, black cover, 12 pages |
$5.00 |
1966 |
Imperial full-line folder, green cover, 14 pages |
$5.00 |
1966 |
New Yorker, 300, Newport, etc. full-line folder, black cover, 28 pages |
$10.00 |
1974 |
Imperial full-line folder, NICE |
$15.00 |
1974 |
Imperial body & service manual (new) |
$20.00 |
1974 |
Imperial chassis service manual |
$25.00 |
1974 |
Dealer’s hardbound Salesman’s book (fabric swatches, etc.) |
$50.00 |
1974 |
Dealer’s hardbound Salesman’s book, all models, paint chips, etc. |
$50.00 |
1975 |
Owner’s Manual |
$15.00 |
1978 |
New Yorker, Newport, etc. full-line folder |
$15.00 |
1982 |
Imperial full-line folder (as new) |
$15.00 |
1983 |
Imperial full-line folder (as new) |
$15.00 |
1982-83 |
Owner’s Manual |
$15.00 |
1982-83 |
Small folder on accessories, etc. |
$3.00 |
For Sale or Trade 1988 Chrysler Fifth Avenue with 36,200 actual miles! New "Steel blue" (original) paint, blue leather, new tires. Incredibly like new. $5,000 or trade for excellent Imperial. What have you to trade? Jack Edward, 760-322-3019 Two Convertibles For Sale I have decided it is time for something different. So, I am selling my two very nice '67 and '66 convertibles that I recently provided links to on the IML. They are priced identically with asks of $12,750 and can be seen at photopoint.com by going to: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/albumindex?u=1293838&a9596487 for the '66, and 1293838&a=9594613
for the '67. |
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Ken Cassady's 1963 Custom - 34,000 original miles! |
Steve Nye's Spectacular 1955 Imperial |
The Picnic at Laguna Niguel Regional Park (all photos courtesy of Dick Benjamin)
Steve Nye's 1955 Imperial - Interior |
Steve Nye's 1955 Imperial |
Ken Cassady's 1963 Custom
This issue also included a five-page Imperial
Bibliography, found online at: