Re: IML: Survey for 67-68

Mark,

First of all, let me point out that my sole contribution to the OIC web site has been scanning a single magazine advertisement, and while it did feature a green 67 Imperial, it wasn't haze green! Hopefully you will have at least done as much before calling other's terms frivolous! The 67-68 pages were upgraded after I joined the IML, but by people that were around long before I came. It's easy to come along after the fact spouting criticisms and drawing aspersions onto people's thoughts, however, the real work was creating something from nothing, hour after hour and for that, my hat is off to all those that contributed their sweat and toil for the greater good, and not just on their personal car! YOU are correct in your assumption that I DO NOT CARE how many more sovereign gold Imperials you have seen than haze green ones! I DO NOT CARE what little faith you have in newcomers thinking that "Haze Green Era" is an official designation! I DO NOT CARE that you and the others so concerned about this term are so insecure in the standing of the 67-68 in history. I own a 67 Imperial, know it intimately and I am not put off by any description put upon that model. Whatever bias toward it that I may have developed over time, does not make it the best Imperial ever made, indeed there is no "best" Imperial, rather they are all equal in their glory! I DO HOPE that those in charge of this matter stand their convictions and do not bough to this late summer boredom in bringing up such a FRIVOLOUS exercise in semantics!

Roy

67 Crown FDHT

In a message dated 8/21/2005 7:49:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Roy,

The fact that's it's been there since the page was created is no reason
to keep it there. If it's wrong it's wrong, and it needs to be
changed, the sooner the better. I've also put plenty of sweat and toil
into my Imperials, and I don't like seeing them demeaned by such a
frivolous term. I'm not asking for change for the sake of change, I'm
asking for change because the term "Haze Green" is the least flattering
and least accurate of any of the descriptive terms used on the website.
I've personally seen about ten times as many Sovereign Gold Imperials
as I have green ones, and I don't see any reason AT ALL why the 67s and
68s should have to suffer with this label any longer.

What's even worse is, the people who have joined this site since you
created that page now believe it is the "Official" designation of those
years! Did you give ANY THOUGHT at all to how this term would be taken
by others??? No, apparently not. And now that you know how many of us
feel you STILL don't care. The whole list of names you provide--
"Stamped Wheel Wonder"-- shows just how little you respect those years.

Let's treat the website and the owners of ALL years of cars with equal
respect, how 'bout that? The name needs to be changed.

Mark