Interesting responses.. on 56 Imperials

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Well black widows live in private garages and old Imperials, too. I once found 
a very bad nest in the air filter housing.

Paul

In a message dated 5/11/2004 5:40:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tclevenger@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> 
> 
> Here's a little secret:  If you live within decent distance of a local small 
> airport
> (especially those trying to survive), you might find a hangar cheap.  In 
> NorCal,
> we rented a 36x48 hangar for $200 a month.  That included light, power and
> 24 hour security (provided by FAA-backed airport police.)  Only downside was
> that you had to move everything out every few months to bug-bomb the
> place for black widows.
> 
> Tim
> 
> ---------
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:29:24 -0400
> From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: Interesting responses.. on 56 Imperials
> 
> Regardless of the "models or condition", it all boils down to what you want 
> for
> yourself. That could be based on something as insignificant as who was with 
> you
> when you bought a certain car, or even who you bought it from.
> 
> My experience has been to keep as many as possible. Each time I decided to 
> do
> that, a good friend of mine helped me build a carport or garage, so that the 
> car
> would not sit outside. In our area it costs about $500.00 to build a 
> carport.
> 
> Also, since I was aware of my unquenchable desire to own as many NICE cars 
> as
> possible (maybe silly to you, but very important to me)I moved from my 
> rented
> apartment and bought a house. Having five garage stalls at my old apartment
> building was the maximum that the land lady would allow. When I bought my 
> sixth
> Imperial (in 1985), I couldn't make the choice that you are now faced with.
> 
> By 1997 I couldn't build anymore covered spaces on my lot. Upon finding a 
> pair
> of '55 Imperials once again I had to chose, and couldn't. I bought another 
> house
> instead, which gave me the potential of seven more covered parking spaces.
> 
> At this late stage, I am most certainly happy that I kept all of my cars.
> Compared to what is usually available now for restoration or the cost of a 
> nice
> original, my cars were all bargains. By being so concerned about parking 
> them
> all, I made two very good investments in real estate. Chances are, without 
> the
> cars, I would probably still be renting an apartment. Since I worked really 
> hard
> to park all of them on my own property, and under cover, I haven't spent 
> away
> their value by paying for years of monthly storage.
> 
> Someday those cars and the extra house may enable me to continue my own
> independence in late retirement, which is something that each and every one 
> of
> us will eventually have to deal with. I call that a good investment.
> 
> Paul
> 
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