Last Friday the container arrived late in the evening. It was about 9.00 pm and it was dark outside. The truck parked in front of a ramp. We opened the container and saw the rear end of Miss Pearl. The first wires were cut and some wooden blocks that were nailed to the ground had to go. There was not much space between the Imperial and the wall of the container. Stefan (another friend of Lars) tried to get to the front end, cut the wires, moved the wooden blocks, came back and climbed through the open driver side window. We pulled the car back a little, so I could get to the front end, where I opened the hood and connected the battery. Stefan turned the key and one and a half revolutions later Miss Pearl’s engine was running! Stefan drove it down the ramp and parked it at the side. The tank was empty (as usual) and so Lars filled in some liters of fuel.
Then we wanted to do the same with the 58 Imperial, but it didn’t start. So we pulled it out of the container and with the help of a winch into Lars’ truck. After that we drove to Lars’ garage – Stefan drove Miss Pearl, Lars and I the truck. At the garage (or hall) Miss Pearl met Lars’ other 56 Imperial and the Drag-On (62 Imperial). We pulled the 58 in the garage and tried to find out, why it won’t start. At 2.00 am (!) it was running. So we took both cars for a ride to a 24h gas station. I drove Miss Pearl, Brad (an american guy from the USAF) and Lars drove the 58. After filling them up, we drove to McDonalds. After some burgers Brad and Lars drove back to the garage and I took Miss Pearl home with me, because Lars wanted to drive to a meeting on Saturday and therefore had no time to care about Miss Pearl.
I was at home at 3.15 am, parked Miss Pearl, disconnected the battery and went to bed.
The following days were also interesting but more to tell later … so stay tuned!
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Hello from Portland Oregon USA, Thank you Marco for posting these pics. I enjoyed seeing them. Please let us know if you post pictures of the ‘58 also. I think I know who owns the “Unknown VIN 9″. I will do some research and get back to you, Cheers, Michael
Hi Michael. It would be great to know, who bought “Unknown VIN 9″!
This is a page dedicated to the 56 Imperial. Maybe I will upload the pictures of the 58 to IML / yahoo photo site.
Regards Marco