68plymouth383
Senior Member
Love the attention to detail. I've enjoyed following the progress of your CHP rebuild.
MrMopar's 1969 California Highway Patrol restoration
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So the Imp will be finished by then...
It will not. But I'm in the middle of restoring the Ac box and will not wait and let all the parts lay around for a year or more!
bulldogchesty
Senior Member
I'm sure it will turn out as great as the other items you have restored.
68plymouth383
Senior Member
Whats your projected time line for completion of your imperial being restored by?...
It will not. But I'm in the middle of restoring the Ac box and will not wait and let all the parts lay around for a year or more!
Beep Beep Dave
Senior Member
Keep up the great work!
Dave
Dave
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
We here are some pictures of part of the car that have never been seen, and I have never really got a good look at till now.
The plan is to take care of this once the car is drivable and I can get it on a lift. I have cleaned up the forward area already enough to get the frame in (the replacement floor was done when it was put in). I was able to get these pictures because I had the car at the Muffler Shop to have the exhaust put in.
The mufflers and tailpipes were from Accurate Exhaust, the hangers were original and cleaned up. They only needed to fabricate the head pipe, they were very happy I had the original pipe to model.
They had the car out of the shop before I could get pictures of the install.
When I was under the car I noticed that the transmission was not centered in its mount, the next time I work on the car I'll need to loosen the engine mounts a see if I can shift it.
Either way it is another step closer to firing this up for the first time in 30+ years.
When the car was returned to my garage I put it in nose first so I will be able to pull the differential and clean it.
Alan
The plan is to take care of this once the car is drivable and I can get it on a lift. I have cleaned up the forward area already enough to get the frame in (the replacement floor was done when it was put in). I was able to get these pictures because I had the car at the Muffler Shop to have the exhaust put in.
The mufflers and tailpipes were from Accurate Exhaust, the hangers were original and cleaned up. They only needed to fabricate the head pipe, they were very happy I had the original pipe to model.
They had the car out of the shop before I could get pictures of the install.
When I was under the car I noticed that the transmission was not centered in its mount, the next time I work on the car I'll need to loosen the engine mounts a see if I can shift it.
Either way it is another step closer to firing this up for the first time in 30+ years.
When the car was returned to my garage I put it in nose first so I will be able to pull the differential and clean it.
Alan
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Looks very nice under there.
hotpursuit
Member
Beautiful job! What tires are those and where are they from?
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
yes, the underside is clean, mild surface rust, quick cleanup with a wire wheel.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Specialty Tires of America G78 six ply light truck tires. They have the correct overall diameter as the original.
http://www.stausaonline.com/tires/sta-super-transport/
This was a two day read for me! I lurk here for your builds (I'm an A Body guy) and I have to say you C Body guys have the most interesting threads. I've always like the retired cop cars - most likely a holdover from the first time I saw the Blues Brothers... Great job Alan, I'll follow your build.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Welcome Geo4k.
Absolutely!
Careful Geo .. when you're in, you're in
"you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
This thread is for the most part an abridged version of what I put on my website http://www.MrMopar.com/, there I have about 135 pages and over 2100 pictures. Even there I try to condensed the write-ups to a few paragraphs and five pictures with a link to the rest of the pictures I took for that update.
Alan
WOW! I'll have to check that out when I have a weekend off of work.
bajajoaquin
Senior Member
I guess it's because they are not about repop here, AMD there but about finding ways to solve problems ;)
forzav12
Member
The Polara is looking great, Alan! What is speed rating of those tires? Not an issue when cruising to shows, but I run my CHP Polara at sustained high speeds on occasion.
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