RE: IML: Building an Ark for my '62

["james walker" <jamesmwxyz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Joe Strickland <jwstrick426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: IML: Building an Ark for my '62
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:48:24 -0500
>
> I live in Grayson County, TX which made the national news with associated 
> floods on Monday this week.  Our rains started on Saturday the 16th. with 3 
> inches (7.62 cm) and then on Monday we had 8.8 inches (22.35 cm) and then 
> this morning we had 1.6 inches (4.06 cm) for a total of 13.4 inches (34.04 
> cm) to date.  There is a creek at the entrance to our property and I 
> constructed my private road.  Our house is 1/4 mile from the county road.  
> The creek has gotten over my road three times so far this Spring and is 
> badly damaged.  I have a John Deere 5105 tractor with a front end scoop 
> which I used to build the road.  I have a pile of gravel that I keep on 
> hand.  This time so much damage was done to my road that I will have to 
> wait until things are thoroughly dried out to do any repairs.
>
> I laid down gravel to access a neighbor's road in order to get out late 
> yesterday.  Our private road will have to have some modifications made to 
> improve the water flow.
>
> My back-up plan is to start building an Ark.  It must house not only my 
> wife and I plus my RV but also the new '07 Dodge pickup and my '62 
> Imperial.  Lets see, just how big would an Ark have to be to house one 
> example of each year of productions Imperials?  Or, how about adding the 
> Chrysler, De Soto, Dodge cars and Plymouth from beginning to now?
>
> The '62 Imperial is still high and dry in my barn!  Ron was right when he 
> mentioned small garages in Europe.  Most modern American homes have garages 
> that an Imperial will not fit into either!  When we had our current house 
> built I specified a 24' long garage so I could park my long bed quad cab 
> pickup inside.  The Imperial would fit with room to spare.
>
> Joe S.
>
>
> Joe, I have two metros  I will trade for your Imerial, they will rake less 
> room on the ark and eat less! :)
Please take good care of the fin speciment of America  art!
James
P.S. If you feel that this Imperial would fair better in high ground  let me 
know because I live in the mountain where the Imperial would be high and dry
James

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