[Ed. Note: Following the sale of his gorgeous 4-door, the Baroness, Prez Joe Cutler has been continuing the resurrection of his newly acquired 37,000 mile, original 6269 sedan from Colorado, The Empress.]
Joe writes: “We wet sanded the recently re-painted hood, firewall and dashboard with 2000 grit and buffed out the pieces. I masked off the hood & freshened up the under-carriage with new undercoating. My glass man swung by and installed the brand-new driver’s side windshield, and my auto body man helped me re-install the hood. Lookin’ great!
I also re-wired the back-up lights–they work perfectly—and eliminated the electric fuel pump the previous owner installed so the car will run off the original rebuilt mechanical pump.
Now for the bad news. (I thought things were going too well so far!) While running the engine and getting ready to time it, I (thank God) happened to notice the reflection of light off something shiny on the garage floor. I looked underneath the car and discovered, much to my surprise and horror, a massive puddle of fresh oil under the rear parts of the engine! I thought the rear main seal let go, as over a quart of oil was pumped out onto the floor in a matter of minutes. Luckily it turned out to only be a loose fitting where the oil pressure gauge tube screws into the upper rear of the motor, which was a great relief. Just another obstacle to overcome, and there’s been loads of those this year with all the cars! The car now runs like a Swiss watch! Here’s a recent photo
