I see you have a 63 conver in boxes. I just recently aquiered a 63 convert that is rusty and in need of a total restoration. Would like to hear more about your 63. thanks! --- Brooks Harkey <vm.dude@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I might as well tell this here, or it?ll never get > told. I?ve never owned a > ?56, but I do admire them and would enjoy having > one, so this story is for > all you ?56 owners out there. > > > > In the mid-late 1960?s (this story comes from > somewhere between 1965 and > 1972) my sister (born 10/1954, HS class of ?72) had > a friend whose father > was a dentist in Irving, TX ? a Dr. Givler. That?s > all I know. (his > daughter?s name was Karenlea). > > > > Her mother drove a ?56 Imperial. The Dr. had tried > for years to get her to > trade it in, get a new car, but she would not part > with her black ?56. She > LOVED the ?56. She liked the styling, the way it > drove, etc. My sister > would relate these stories to me and say ?You and > Mrs. Givler would get > along so well? (unfortunately, I never met Mrs. > Givler, just knew who she > was; my sister is deceased, and had long lost track > of Karenlea). Of > course, Karenlea and my sister both ridiculed the > car ? it was an ?old car? > to them and they were on the Dr?s side ? get a new > car! LOL! But Mrs. > Givler would have none of it. > > > > Anyway ? I would always admire that car if Mrs. > Givler brought Karenlea over > to our house, or when I would see it on the road. > Then the unthinkable > happened: It got rear-ended. I even saw the car > after it had happened, > before it was towed away. It just made me sick. > Crunched pretty bad in the > back, while at a stop sign. I knew it was totaled. > All I could think of > was ?Oh, NO, not the IMPERIAL!? Again, this would > have happened somewhere > between 1965 and 1971?. So I?m sure they probably > totaled the car and > crushed it. > > > > But Mrs. Givler pined for that car. My sister would > tell me stories of how > Mrs. Givler was more concerned about the car after > the accident than if > anybody had been hurt! She reportedly kept > lamenting ?Oh, no, my Imperial! > My Imperial!? > > > > Of course, then they had to get a newer car, don?t > know/remember what kind, > but my sister would always tell me Mrs. Givler was > never satisfied with > another car after that ?56. Nothing else ever > measured up. > > > > So there ya go ? for you ?56 owners out there. > That?s all I got. > > > > > > --Brooks in Dallas > > ?61 Custom > > ?63 Crown Convertible in boxes (shut up, George > (:-D) ) > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.2/422 - > Release Date: 8/17/2006 > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.2/422 - > Release Date: 8/17/2006 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm