Re: IML: That yarn car

[joestill1@xxxxxxxxxxx (Joe)]

 

The north Texas contingent of the IML needs to get together sometime.  Tim is in Richardarson,  Harvey & Peggy are in Euless, Nancy & I are in Allen, Brooks is in Pilot Point.....we should get together sometime....

 

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Joe

1961 Crown 4D Southampton 

 

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From: Tim Klein <iml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Since I mentioned the Yarn Car (my '67 Imperial art car) here
> recently, a number of IMLers have written to me off-list. Thank you,
> to those who sent compliments and/or support! I didn't really think
> my weird car would make much of an impression with this crowd, but I
> guess Imperial owners necessarily must have a few nonconformist
> genes, eh?
>
> The big question on everyone's mind seems to be, what reaction does
> my car get at car shows? So here's a response that I was going to
> send privately to my fellow Dallas-dweller Harvey Wells, but I'll
> post it here instead...
>
> >Tim,
> >
> >Where do you live in the Dallas area? I'd love to see the yarn car
> >if you have it at a local area show give me a holler and maybe I
> >could have my 68 sit beside it as a point of reference..lol
> >
> >We live in Euless and to be honest I haven't seen too many Imperials around.
> >
> >Harvey & Peggy
> >68 Convertible avocado green with white interior
> >93 Imperial white with blue interior
> >harveys68imperial@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi Harvey! I'm in Richardson [a northern suburb, for the
> non-Dallasites tuning in]. I agree, it's a rare treat to see any
> sort of Imperial in these parts. I'd be quite happy to get a photo
> of our two Imps together sometime, but I don't usually take mine to
> car shows. I must admit it's kind of pleasant to spend the day
> talking to the other attendees' girlfriends, who inevitably gravitate
> to my car rather than trudge along to look at yet another '57 Chevy...
>
> But in the end, my car doesn't really belong there. It *is* a
> classic car, uncustomized other than its, um, unconventional paint
> job, so technically they can't really turn me away as long as I pay
> the entry fee. But an art car is the opposite of what a classic car
> show is all about -- and although I don't mean for my car to be any
> sort of mockery of the other cars (heck, I love classic cars), it's
> just too easy for people to interpret it that way. It's kind of
> funny that the public in general loves my car because it's so
> "original", while the classic car crowd in general hates it because
> it's NOT original! But I understand where they're coming from -- the
> old car scene is about conservation, and conservationists are by
> definition conservative.
>
> So someday when time and money allow, I'll get that '60 Imperial that
> I've a lways wanted, and I'll fit right in at car shows. Well, OK,
> maybe not, since it'll probably be the only Imperial there... but at
> least I'll be playing by the rules. :-)
>
> In the meantime, I'm in the Houston Art Car Parade every year (won
> 2nd place out of 250 cars my first year, losing out to a guy who
> built his own car from the ground up -- out of wood!), and I'll be in
> the Austin Art Car Parade next month (http://www.austinartcar.com),
> so I don't totally lack for car shows to be in...
>
> Hope to meet you in person soon! [And that goes for anyone else
> reading this too!]
>
> Tim
> http://www.yarncar.com
>
>
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>
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