Re: IML: My Imperial Dilemma

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

BUT are you ENJOYING your Imperial and taking pride in it?

Æyn

--- Lupe Rodriguez <lupee@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I like my Imperial also and I would sell it for way less than I
> have in it 
> $13,000. I have been offered 5 grand for it and I probably
> should have taken 
> it since I keep adding to the 13 grand as time goes by.
> Lupe
> 60 Thunderbird Hard Top
> 64 Imperial Crown Coupe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Bogart3147@xxxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: My Imperial Dilemma
> 
> 
> You have very sad story.  I'd wanted a 1965 Imperial as far
> back as I can 
> remember.  For some reason, I just loved the taillights and
> thought the way 
> the hump is in the back with "Imperial" written semi-circular
> was so 
> attractive.  However, things happen in life and I didn't think
> about it 
> until December 2006.  I found the club and joined, then
> purchased little 
> things, like a 1965 owner's manual and the 1965 FSM on EBay,
> but didn't have 
> the car.  In March 2007, I found the perfect car for me.  A
> 1965 Crown 
> 4-door, white, with the blue, biscuit cloth/leather interior. 
> Although 
> pretty standard stuff for a 1965, it was loaded with every
> available option 
> and gadget for 1965.  That was the selling point for me. 
> Although I did 
> drive back to Chicago from New Mexico, getting lost and ending
> up halfway to 
> Nashville before figuring it out, I knew it needed a carburetor
> rebuild and 
> a new master cylinder for the brakes.  Thanks to my roommate,
> who 
> accidentally knocked out the electrical, I'm not quite sure
> where to start 
> except at the solenoid.
> 
> Being from New Mexico, like yours, a paint job and some
> interior work is in 
> order; however, after waiting about 25 years to get this car,
> and especially 
> at the price I paid for it (cheap), it would take a catastrophe
> for me to 
> part with it.  It has been sitting, waiting patiently for me to
> get started 
> on it (I had a family issue this summer that precluded me from
> working on 
> the car); however, I will say that everything the brochures
> promised was 
> true.  I had a 1977 New Yorker that, although I loved it
> dearly, was not as 
> comfortable as this car for long cruises.
> 
> I guess my advice is that if the car isn't really costing you
> any money, why 
> sell it?  If you need storage and it's not available, get a car
> cover for it 
> when not in use.  Otherwise, I'd spend the money to get the
> cosmetics up to 
> snuff and, if you're intent on selling, get the highest price
> possible. 
> They're lovely cars and should be sold to someone who will
> appreciate them 
> in the long term.  There weren't that many built when new which
> means 
> there're a lot fewer out there today.  BEWARE of demolition
> derby people. 
> The guy I bought my car from said they LOVE Imperials.  They
> can win a derby 
> in the early evening, then take the car to another derby the
> same night. He 
> told me, I'm not sure if it's true or not, that many derbies in
> New Mexico 
> won't allow an Imperial to enter because of this.
> 
> Just my nickel's worth.
> 
> Timothy Callaway
> 1965 Crown 4-door
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I've had my 1965 Crown now for a little over 13 years. In that
> time
> I've had a lot of fun with it, spent a lot of money on it, been
> in
> love with it and wanted to push it over a cliff. I was one of
> the
> earliest members of this club back in the Tony Lindsey days and
> I've
> learned a lot here and gotten a lot of support.
> 
> But now I have to decide what to do with my Imperial. I still
> love
> driving it and it's costing me very little to keep, but I don't
> have
> the motivation to do anything with it. The cosmetic work I had
> done
> to it (mainly the paint) now needs to be redone thanks to the
> harsh
> Arizona sun and some unfortunate scrapes and bruises. I have
> some
> money from insurance stashed but while it'll cover the damage
> it
> won't cover an all new paint job, much less an extension to my
> carport to give it some shade.
> 
> I go around and around with this - some days I want just to not
> have
> it any more and of course when I drive it I tend the other way,
> to
> get it refinished and proceed like I did before. One factor is
> that I
> was never a very good mechanic but I was willing to do things
> like
> replace the window and antenna motors and change all the dash
> lights.
> Nowadays I just don't feel like doing that any more.
> 
> So I've been sitting on it the last couple of years, buying
> some
> parts here and there, driving it once or twice a week, and
> thinking
> of how cool it would be if I got back into it. But that doesn't
> seem
> to be happening.
> 
> Since I've owned it I've had practically everything mechanical
> replaced and/or rebuilt except for the differential. I've had
> it
> painted and reupholstered. I've collected a bunch of spare
> parts
> including a set of flat-top .030 pistons and a pair of torsion
> bars
> which is a long story all by itself.
> 
> Right now it runs and drives really well but it sure ain't
> pretty any
> more. I could never seem to keep it pretty and running all at
> once -
> after I got it painted I had to get the engine rebuilt, etc.
> etc.
> etc. I had some bad luck choosing shops and people who made
> some of
> this much harder than it should have been. I've had good luck
> too
> with some good people, but I'm just not in the mood to turn it
> over
> to a body shop and go through that again.
> 
> The car is special to me for the fun I've had with it and
> especially
> a couple of road trips between Illinois and Arizona with my Dad
> which
> I'll never forget, and driving my best friends from their
> wedding
> with a bunch of Schlitz cans tied to the back (another long
> story).
> It's hard to think about letting it go - it's a big part of me.
> But
> nothing is happening with it and my interests are elsewhere so
> I'm
> not sure that keeping it with the idea of re-restoring it is
> such a
> good idea.
> 
> I guess you can all see where I'm leaning by now: it's probably
> time
> to sell. I wouldn't feel bad if I sold it to someone who'd pick
> up
> where I left off, someone who could see beyond its cosmetic
> state to
> all the good stuff underneath.
> 
> Anyways, let me know your thoughts and if anybody might be
> interested
> let me know.
> 
> John Meyer
> 1965 Crown
> Tucson
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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