Thanks for the update. I have purchased your products in the past and hope to again in the future. I appreciate anyone who makes the effort to supply parts for our cars. Dennis C. On May 18, 11:04 am, Steve Charette <ste...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To roughly paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my death, lunacy, > abductions by aliens, commitment to an institution, etc. are greatly > exaggerated. > > Short Update: > We have moved to our new 12,000 sq. ft. facility in Mayville, MI. We > have had to re-organize and invest in other business interests to > enable us to continue doing what we like, which is building old Mopar > parts. We are currently developing a new marketing strategy that will > make replacement parts more readily available, but will ultimately > result in our departure from retail sales. We plan to offer "special > order" parts, i.e. those not stocked by our WD/Dealer network (such as > ratio adapters and pushbutton conversions) on eBay as they become > available. We will continue to take and fill orders until this > transition takes place. Web sales are still being discussed. > > Anyway, we're still here, albeit harder to reach than in the past. > And the work we've done the last two years ensures we won't go the way > of The Paddock, Hardens, or Crane Cams. > > I can be reached personally at steve (at) promerican (dot) com, > although I don't sit at the screen awaiting the "You've Got Mail" > alarm. I generally get to e-mail every 2-3 days, so please be > patient. > > Long Update: > It's been a long time since I've had time to take part in list > discussions. Following the decline of Imperial Services business in > 2007 it became apparent that I would have to make some changes, or > close the doors and find a job (a financial consultant actually made > that recommendation - he was summarily dismissed). > > All this took place just as my divorce was becoming final, and since > Imperial Services was based from my home, I negotiated to keep the > house. Of course, that was right before the mortgage market dried up > and the value (which I had just negotiated at an all-time high) of the > house dropped like a rock. At the risk of making this way too long to > read, we decided to move the business, sell the house, and get > involved in additional business opportunities to help finance the > Imperial Services business. > > Fast forward to February 2011. We're on our way to our new shop (30 > miles away), and I manage to miss the bottom step into the garage (the > same steps I've been traveling for 19 years) , breaking my left leg > and tearing ligaments in my left ankle. Having plumped up to a nice > round 300 lbs, recovery has been a bugger. #1 daughter Melissa is > expecting and not wanting to commute in the snow, so we just decided > to work from voice mail rather than train a new phone person. As Herb > mentioned, it hasn't worked the best. > > Fast forward again to today. I'm hobbling around fairly well, and > we're trying to catch up from brisk sales of Imperial and SpliSeal > products with a shop full of trainees. Production is starting to move > along nicely, but we realize we're still not doing a good job of > customer service. We've tentatively decided to get out of the retail > business, and let a stocking dealer network provide stock parts on a > timely basis. Special Order parts (parts the dealers don't stock or > custom stuff) are still being discussed, but we're leaning toward > putting completed components on eBay and let the market set the price. > > We're looking to make the switchover sometime before Carlisle > (beginning of July). As stated above, we will take and fill orders > until the switchover. > > The changes will; 1) ensure our survival until things pick up, 2) > serve our customers better, and, 3) allow me time to play with my cars > - time I have not had since leaving my job in 2002 to run Imperial > Services full time. We will still be manning the Schumacher Creative > Services booth with Mike Schumacher at Carlisle and the Mopar > Nationals, and look forward to getting out and around with the cars > before too long. > > On a more personal note, we've sold off the old Imperials, and are > actually making plans to get some of this other stuff on the road - we > now have the '62 Wagon, a '64 Sport Fury (future race car), a '64 Fury > driver, the '64 Savoy long term project, as well as the '68 Barracuda, > a '68 Fury VIP, and a few others. Now that I have room to work on > these, I am carving out blocks of time to get things done. The > "marital" home is finally sold, and the 100 year old farmhouse we've > been remodelling is getting close to inhabitable. > > We're sponsoring the "Peace, Love, and Sunflowers" Cruise at the > Mayville Sunflower Festival July 30th, if you're in driving distance > please join us - we're hoping for an overwhelming Mopar presence. > Watch our website (www.promerican.com) orwww.mayvillesunflowerfestival.com > for details. > > Thanks for your support and patience over the years - without the > '62-65 community we probably would have abandoned this a long time > ago. Hope to see you out there before long... > > Steve Charette > Promerican Corporation/ > Imperial Services/SpliSeal > > On May 17, 10:42 pm, Jay <shelby_...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > I just ordered a motor mount from these guys...hope I don't get the run around... > > > > Jay > > > --- On Tue, 5/17/11, Herb <zephyr9...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Herb <zephyr9...@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Imperial Services > > To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Received: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 10:19 PM > > > #yiv293691862 v\00003a* {} > > > Is there anyone on this list know or live close to Steve Charette with Imperial services? This July it will be One Year that I have been waiting for the correct cable for the pushbutton conversion he did for me. My 63 Fury with a 6.1 has been done and sitting waiting for the cable. > > > > If they answer the phone (I know I make jokes) they say O YA we will have it next week. Weeks go by and nuthin, then I call leave messages with no call back. Even said to call me collect, No Call Back. Can anyone help me on here? > > > > > > > Herb > > > > 1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 4-Sale > > 1959 Coronet 326 Poly > > 1961 Belvedere Custom Suburban 318 Poly > > 1962 Dodge Dart 225 Slant Six 4-Sale > > 1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1L > > 1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361 > > 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst 440 > > 1999 Durango SLT 5.9L > > 2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L > > St. Louis, MO. > > http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo42009.html > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. 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