Impster - the big&white

[ImpJay]

Are you going to be putting ac back on this car?

Some day yes, though maybe via the hard way.

Once I did chatter with the ``main mechanic`` of garage and he invited me to get a Mercedes Benz from the correct era.

Because Chrysler Corp. sold the Auto Temp across the pond in the late 70s, it´d be the cheapest way to get it by parting out an MB and keeping only the needed parts.

Call me crazy, but the AT is the system I would like to reinstal and per observation the Mercedes system could be adaptable to a Fuselage, though even Formals were built with a somewhat different system.

Just wondering though, any working A/C with an OEM-like compressor running also the rear unit wuold be nice.

 

[ImpJay]

@Big_John

The alternator bracket is not (yet) going to work the right side up. It is bent in a greater angle than what the reference provided by Doc does show, so the alternator itself would be on the way.

 

[detmatt]

I may have all the brackets you need once we know what they look like.

 

[ImpJay]

I may have all the brackets you need once we know what they look like.

Thanks, but I take a little break of ordering parts, one shipment is on the way right now.

 

[ImpJay]

Here´s the upper alternator bracket:

The damage caused by the flying wheel covers was a bit more serious than what I was expecting:

The upper picture does show the driver´s side skirt and the damaged one is in the lower photo of the two.

Now the manual choke is replaced with an electric equivalent, but I´ll take a sharp pic next time.

67-69 (Imp) wheel covers

 

[DocMcNeedy]

McGoldy setup. Another 73.

 

[DocMcNeedy]

Tina Patina. Also 73.

 

[DocMcNeedy]

McGoldy better angle.

 

[ImpJay]

@DocMcNeedy

Thank you!

Does the alt in either Lee, TP, or McGoldy have the pipe, which is tucked in the lower mounting hole at the alternator factory. It looks like the correct 73 mounting brackets are both single-piece items, unlike the lower bracket on mine.

 

[DocMcNeedy]

@DocMcNeedy

Thank you!

Does the alt in either Lee, TP, or McGoldy have the pipe, which is tucked in the lower mounting hole at the alternator factory. It looks like the correct 73 mounting brackets are both single-piece items, unlike the lower bracket on mine.

Let me look at Lee's out in the garage.

 

[DocMcNeedy]

Not sure my lighting is very good with Lee tucked in garage right now. Give me a shot of what you want me to duplicate

from the Impster.

 

[ImpJay]

Give me a shot of what you want me to duplicate

What´s behind the bolt?

 

[DocMcNeedy]

Not sure which pipe you're referring to...here's my green Imperial photo.

 

[ImpJay]

Not sure which pipe you're referring to...here's my green Imperial photo.
View attachment 295261

I´ll get back to you after I come back from the garage later today.

 

[detmatt]

There’s a bushing in one hole and a steel tube spacer in between the “ears” on the alternator.

 

[ImpJay]

steel tube spacer in between the “ears” on the alternator.

That´s the one I mean, but described it as a ``pipe``.

 

[detmatt]

That´s the one I mean, but described it as a ``pipe``.

I figured.

 

[ImpJay]

I figured.

Correct me sooner next time, please.

 

[ImpJay]

@DocMcNeedy

It's the construction of the lower monting point2, of which I'm interested in.

View attachment 295527

 

[ayilar]

Hi Jay, we’ve been corresponding for a long while but for some reason I have never posted in your thread. Great car! I guess I will be learning more about EW1 ‘73 Imps in the coming weeks and months

As a minor contribution, the decoder is not perfect: The D34 code in ‘73 was not for a “light” duty transmission— simply for an automatic (as you note the 727 in the other post I quoted below). Also the HF6 code is for green interior door frames.

This is from mymopar.com:
(...)
D34: Light Duty Automatic Transmission
(...)
HF6: Unknown Int. Door Frames

I altered post #21 for Lee:
(...)
D34: light duty automatic transmission (TF727)

Enjoy the car in good health!