For Sale 1971 Imperial LeBaron - WA
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That is good to know. Thanks.
I've been looking at this one too but in Washington it is SOOOOO difficult to get a title. People think "oh it's in the old mans name just go to the DMV" well it doesn't work like that here. They purge all records after 10 years so if it's been off the road since then you are SOL. Just going through this on a 73 Charger I picked up. Lady was the owner but since it was last tabbed in 1991 the record of the car has been purged and they won't go back and look it up. That is the problem with the car. I'd probably be a buyer at $400-500 even with the title issues but when I e-mailed the guy he kind of blew me off. If you talk to him again HOMERR let me know if he is open to that. Probably heading up to Seattle on Thursday with my trailer to move a car and could get it.
polara71
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Taking it out of park is simple....turning the wheels is the problem
Steering wheel puller, lock ring puller, drill the brass pin for the cylinder... did that once long, long ago. not really that hard.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
That's a problem ....more than undoing linkage
I have seen cars being dragged onto the flatbed because no body was ambitious enough to release the linkage and save $2k in flatspotted tires. The tools altogether are likely $100 including cheap drill bits.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
a drill means damage
Of course it can be done but then you're spending half the day undoing linkage, drilling steering columns, filling tires, loading, strapping... I've done all that (in fact do it a lot) but not usually for a 4 door C-Body with no title.
polara71
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for 400 bucks a few miles from home I would .......all week long
Homerr
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UPDATE: Car sold to Don in Kansas City!
I've been busy on and off the last couple of weeks helping out on this. Don and his son contacted me and had me check that the motor spins, it does. Then another day I got it up on jackstands expecting to have to get junk roller tires put on, but those old tires hold air despite some major cracking!
Don had a key made so we could unlock the steering column and despite someone else breaking the gearshift collar on the column the whole thing turns just by grasping it and rotating it. The e-brake was undone by a lever up under the dash - it is normally released when taken out of park via vacuum. So it rolled, steered, and sort of stops.
The flatbed tow driver was a pro and the move went without a hitch other than him underestimating the amount of steering effort to turn it in to my garage. My alley is slightly sloped and he dropped it off uphill and then misjudged by about half on the first run in. He brought his truck around and we pulled it back uphill to make another run at it and he made it in perfectly.
The seller, Conrad, was great to work with and was as helpful as he could be without knowing anything about cars. (His dad's house sale closes Saturday and he needed the car moved.)
Here's an album of pictures and a couple of videos starting a couple of weeks ago after I first posted about the car, the move today, and some pics of it in my garage tonight as it awaits to be picked up for the haul out to KC. I'm sharing the pics with Don's permission.
Link:
Dropbox - Imperial for Don
And, no, I have no idea what the extra switches under the dash do. Anyone want to guess?
I've been busy on and off the last couple of weeks helping out on this. Don and his son contacted me and had me check that the motor spins, it does. Then another day I got it up on jackstands expecting to have to get junk roller tires put on, but those old tires hold air despite some major cracking!
Don had a key made so we could unlock the steering column and despite someone else breaking the gearshift collar on the column the whole thing turns just by grasping it and rotating it. The e-brake was undone by a lever up under the dash - it is normally released when taken out of park via vacuum. So it rolled, steered, and sort of stops.
The flatbed tow driver was a pro and the move went without a hitch other than him underestimating the amount of steering effort to turn it in to my garage. My alley is slightly sloped and he dropped it off uphill and then misjudged by about half on the first run in. He brought his truck around and we pulled it back uphill to make another run at it and he made it in perfectly.
The seller, Conrad, was great to work with and was as helpful as he could be without knowing anything about cars. (His dad's house sale closes Saturday and he needed the car moved.)
Here's an album of pictures and a couple of videos starting a couple of weeks ago after I first posted about the car, the move today, and some pics of it in my garage tonight as it awaits to be picked up for the haul out to KC. I'm sharing the pics with Don's permission.
Link:
Dropbox - Imperial for Don
And, no, I have no idea what the extra switches under the dash do. Anyone want to guess?
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Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
It's great that you saved it!
That said, I don't think I could re-do it the original color
That said, I don't think I could re-do it the original color
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