Re: IML: Car Find--What about Cuba?

[randalpark@xxxxxxx]

I don't think that they hide cars in Cuba, I think that they drive them 
until the literally disintegrate. I have seen a number of Imperials in 
shots from there. None of them were what I would consider even 
salvageable for parts.

One particular '55 Sedan that I saw in a clip on T.V. no longer had any 
of its front ornamentation, except the remains of both broken grille 
halves. There were two wooden planks for a front and rear bumper. The 
Hemi was gone in favor of some unrecognizable six cylinder job. The 
seats had apparently fallen apart and were replaced with parts of old 
church pews. The original fenders were gone from the side chrome 
molding (amazingly still there!) down, with sheet metal crudely riveted 
and cut out at the wheels with mud flaps to replace what had apparently 
rotted away years before. This pathetic remnant was STILL on the road.

Cuba is a poor country that was left with a bunch of American 
automobiles to maintain with no resources or parts to do so. Nothing 
could be thrown away since it couldn't be replaced. Consequently, odd 
combinations of everything exist down there. I think the last time you 
would have found any worthwhile Imperials in Cuba would have been about 
45 years ago.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: stephen844@xxxxxxxx
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Sent: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Car Find--What about Cuba?

Cuba is filled with antique American cars too.  One has to wonder how 
many Imperials are over there hidden away?  This will be a treasure 
trove that will open up after the death of Castro.


Steve Restelli
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