Dear Henry,
You have shamed me in to belatedly
offering my thanks and congratulations for getting our favorite marque in the
spotlight, or at least the mainstream press.
I may have an explanation. I took Hemmings
for many years, but finally stopped. Why? Well, (until they adopted
a new format with feature articles) it was the same old cars and dealers and
parts vendors every month. The only thing that changed was a few new and
deleted listings. Furthermore, it was overwhelmingly Fords and
Chevys. Yes, if you are a Big Time collector, you can get it airmailed or
even Federal Expressed to your door, so you can be the first person to call on a
new listing. But for the average Joe, it simply wasn’t worth the
effort to turn literally hundreds of pages to see a few pages of things that
interest you. Hemmings figured out that they were missing a big part of
the market, so they expanded their offerings, and now I get Hemmings Muscle
Machines, Hemmings Classic Car, and now I just subscribed to yet another Hemmings
for foreign cars. Hemmings is still excellent for finding parts vendors
and specialty suppliers, and if I need to find something along those lines I
will buy it.
Maybe that explains why our fellow IML
members didn’t overwhelm you with compliments, but I have seen your work
and you do deserve some.
Sincerely,
Brandy Elitch
From:
mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Henry Hopkins
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:12
PM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML:
AUTOWEEK/Hemmings
Don't be too surprised that IML folks have not noticed the
article in Autoweek. I say this because my 60 Imperial is on the cover of
the July Hemmings Motor News with an accompanying article on 60 to 63
Imperials. One person mentioned the article. Two friends on the IML
sent me congratulatory notes and there may have been one other
mention. Of course, it is a really big deal for me. I guess IML
folks don't buy or subscribe to Hemmings. I expected there would be quite
of few reactions ranging from "Way to go!" to positive and/or
negative opinions about the article to "How did you get your car on the
cover?" and "Can I do that?" and "How?" etc.
I thought getting the word out about what great cars
Imperials are would be of interest. Ah well, I sure got a big kick out of
it.
Henry Hopkins, Richmond,
CA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 01,
2005 11:45 AM
Subject: RE: IML: AUTOWEEK
Did the article have a photo of the '57?
-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jan Harmonson
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:21
AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: AUTOWEEK
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the article in AutoWeek
magazine about Imperials. It was a column by the publisher, Rich Ceppos about
the recent Orphan Car Show in Yspilanti,
Michigan. He and other AutoWeek
people judged the "Orphans of the Big Three" class and gave the
trophy to ".....a showroom-perfect flesh-colored 1957 Imperial with only
12,000 original miles on it. It's big-finned optimism shouted 'Detroit at it's
peak' ".
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