Have plasma cutter & MIg; will travel! lol Good luck, there's nothing worse than having to undo someone else's bad work to get to the original problem in the first place. Hopefully they left you enough "good" to repair. That's what I like about mine. The work that was done is so poor that I know they weren't trying to hide something. My wife hates me till this day because most people can say or think what a nice car, but she now looks at one and says "look at those waves, bad paint, bad body work, etc..." She used to enjoy looking at cars. I know of the problems with Mopar sheet metal, that's why I like the Imp's. They really don't rust as badly as the others. The A, B, C, D, E, & F rusted with wreckless abandon, but the Y body doesn't seem nearly as bad. Maybe because they never stayed running long enough to rust! lol every car no matter what manufacturer, or model has its own inherent problems. They're in need of our TLC to really make them into something. But our time is drawing closer to the end.. Big brother is trying to kill the hobby. Many states now have inspections to check for illegal mod.'s. do what you can, while you can. We aren't saddled with many of the same restrictions car companies are. A car is designed. Then the bean counters butcher it by making it cheaper. Then the gov. wants it lighter, safer, more fuel efficient, etc.. Then back for a redesign. Then test. Then modify. Then make it cheaper. This goes on for about 5 yrs. Then we get our grubby little hands on them. I'm never satisfied with the way a car comes from the factory. The Imperial, while a great car, leaves much to be desired. Chrysler went to GM school, "We'll build what we want to build, sell what we want to sell, & they'll like it!". A REAL luxury car has REAL wood veneer, not vinyl genuine-imitation wood. The electrical system, especially the EFI is a nightmare. Time & circumstance always seems to hit Chrysler at the wrong time. They always seem to put out the right car at the wrong time. In '81, the last thing anyone wanted was a 4250 lb personal luxury car. The Arabs saw to that debacle. In '73, the '81 would've been a responsible, downsized Imperial. If the EFI & other quality control issues had been taken care of, the car would probably been a runaway hit. But hindsight is 20/20.
