My 1970 Imperial

[300rag]

View attachment 122342 View attachment 122341 Time for a new water pump

Did you overtighten the belt??

 

[Tobias74]

Did you overtighten the belt??

I not even touched it Peter, I fired the car up and than she was running for a few minutes and I turned around and the antifreeze was pouring out.
Ya I think the belt was too tight because the bearing is okay.

 

[Tobias74]

 

[Tobias74]

Hmm Road Wheels or Hubcaps?

 

[LeBaron1973]

Be a devil and use the road wheels. You can always put the hubcaps back later. She's looking great.

 

[commando1]

Road Wheels on an Imp?
You must have used adaptors.

 

[300rag]

View attachment 122720 View attachment 122719 View attachment 122718 Hmm Road Wheels or Hubcaps?

Definitely the wheel covers. The road wheels belong on my 2 door.

 

[Tobias74]

Be a devil and use the road wheels. You can always put the hubcaps back later. She's looking great.

Ya I like the road wheel look also, I think the car stands way better with road wheels I have 255/70/15 on the back and 235/70/15 on the front.

 

[Tobias74]

Definitely the wheel covers. The road wheels belong on my 2 door.

I have another nice set Road Wheels Pete if you're looking for some.

 

[Tobias74]

Road Wheels on an Imp?
You must have used adaptors.

Yes I used adaptors.

 

[thrashingcows]

I have never seen a water pump fail like that before...WOW!

Very cool Imp you got there....congrats! I like the road wheels with RWL.....Yum!

 

[garyh]

Nice Unmolested Imp, Low Mileage Rules !

 

[Tobias74]

I like the look with the wheels.

 

[Tobias74]

The weather was alright today and I used the opportunity to drive the Imperial for his first time after more than 15years. The Imperial performed pretty good after sitting for so long.
I noticed that I have to replace the rear axel bearings.

 

[polara71]

It's been my recent experience that a long dormant car will need wheel bearings.

 

[polara71]

Great looking with the road wheels. It is unbelievable how road wheels change the personality of a car . It will be a love it or hate it addition to the car by many on this board. The white letters will also create a disturbance in the force

 

[78Brougham]

Beautiful Imperial, great score, that green interior looks fantastic. I had one bearing go bad in my '67's rear, must be all or most of the 90 weight, drains out of the bearings from sitting for so long. Not that big a deal. Good luck with her.

 

[polara71]

The bearings have grease, none of the differential "oil" gets to the wheel bearings.
It's my presumption that after years of sitting the grease dries out from lack of use

 

[detmatt]

Gorgeous!

 

[Tobias74]

Great looking with the road wheels. It is unbelievable how road wheels change the personality of a car . It will be a love it or hate it addition to the car by many on this board. The white letters will also create a disturbance in the force

Ya like the look also how the car stands now imo is way better looking now than the original Hubcaps