My new `67 Imperial Crown Coupe!

[BobK]

Sounds good! Where did you find new brake booster?

 

[detmatt]

Sounds good! Where did you find new brake booster?

There aren’t any, I sent it to the booster exchange for rebuild.

 

[BobK]

I am going to send mine to them this week. Thanks!

 

[detmatt]

Looking towards putting the hood back on and decided that now would be the best time to scrub it clean so here are a couple of before pics.
I’m hoping I’ll be happy enough with the results that I won’t need to do any painting on it but we’ll see….

 

[azblackhemi]

Well Matt I hope it doesn't need paint since if it does you'll have to wait until June for it to be warm enough.

 

[detmatt]

Hogwash desert dweller! It’s plenty warm in my finishing room!

 

[azblackhemi]

Hogwash desert dweller! It’s plenty warm in my finishing room!
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I don't have a Finishing room but I do have a giant solar heat lamp that's on almost every day!

 

[detmatt]

Sometimes all it takes is a little elbow grease and later some ibuprofen…

After.

Before.

 

[detmatt]

I also stripped and painted the air cleaner.

 

[detmatt]

And yes I did sandblast and paint the hood insulation pad clips.

 

[detmatt]

Ready to go back on!

 

[amazinblue82]

you gonna make me "beach the whale" and drag him out there so i can get an autographed picture with this movie star Imp.

seriously nice work man.

 

[detmatt]

Still a few punch list items but as of today I was confident enough to put the hood back on.

 

[BobK]

That's looking great!

 

[vdk2010]

I had a lot of catch up to do, but Man, you did awesome Work, Matt! Looks really sharp!
The "thanks" marking I did are an appreciating that you took care of some things around the "main work", like painting the Hood Latch Panel and such.
That really helped with the itching inside my head seeing the old, not restored parts around the engine bay. ;)

What engine paint did you use? I'm still looking for the correct shade of torquoise for my engine.

 

[detmatt]

I had a lot of catch up to do, but Man, you did awesome Work, Matt! Looks really sharp!
The "thanks" marking I did are an appreciating that you took care of some things around the "main work", like painting the Hood Latch Panel and such.
That really helped with the itching inside my head seeing the old, not restored parts around the engine bay. ;)

What engine paint did you use? I'm still looking for the correct shade of torquoise for my engine.

Thanks Julian! I had a full can and most of another of the old VHT SP126 in stock here.

 

[Owen11x]

You do great work, love watching progress even when slow it's inspiration to everyone to get out a get at least one thing done as you can. 67 is my favorite year imperial. Beautiful!!

 

[vdk2010]

Thanks Julian! I had a full can and most of another of the old VHT SP126 in stock here.

Thanks. The "old" means the now available one is not good anymore?

 

[detmatt]

Thanks. The "old" means the now available one is not good anymore?

No, it’s just plain not available anymore…

 

[commando1]

No, it’s just plain not available anymore…

Yes it is. Lmao