Re: IML: ebay experience and second thoughts

[randalpark@xxxxxxx]

If the front fender emblems that you need are the plastic ones over the 
head lights, they are available via George Laurie or Emblemagic. There 
may be more vendors listed in the OIC web site.

Paul W.


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From: stephen dilley <stephendilley@xxxxxxx>
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oops! 1960 crown





 steve.
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From: "stephen dilley" <stephendilley@xxxxxxx>
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i have had the same ebay ting, and can  say that after spending many 
£££sss on my babe , she repays me 10 fold , so keep da faith fred...

p.s, can any one help out with front fender emblems and a speedo cable, 
many thanx 


 steve.

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From: "Tom Scott" <shelbyguy@xxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:14:28 -0400


Well said!!!   ...and very much true.

Tom

60 4dr Crown Southampton


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Fellow Imperialist Fred,

 

    I would hope you find yourself letting those second thoughts 
pass.....the associated costs and work of these cars are 'certainly not 
for the faint hearted' as I have seen mentioned here in the past, as 
even an apparently simple fix can turn into a never-ending 
quest.....when I bought my first vintage car, it was a driver of sorts 
and needed some work to be, politely, 'more safe' and I swore I was 
going to fix EVERYTHING on that car to ORIGINAL.......but, as my 
stewardship of the car progressed, I realized how unrealistic that is 
for a tradesman such as myself, 'limited means' and all, to achieve and 
slowly I came to accept the cars foibles' from being 50+ years old and 
then I came to appreciate the car and all its personality all that much 
more:  yes, the gas gauge doesn't work, but the mileage does.....the 
power windows rattle like heck sometimes, but they work.....the paint 
chips which used to loom so large to me, are now looked at as proud 
scars from a storied past.....I began to accept the fact these issues 
could be addressed in due time....in addition, the more car shows I 
attended, the less I came to like the "redo's"{NO OFFENSE TO THOSE 
BEAUTIES} as the perfection achieved that I saw, was a double edged 
sword, as NOW these people did not drive the cars--they looked at them, 
and that is not for me!!!.....Fred, I guess all I am saying is it IS 
hard owning one of these beauties and every time I swear I have had it, 
a few minutes, or sometimes a few hours go by and I come back and see 
her, so old and so shiny, I ask myself, how could I abandon her? For no 
matter the flaw, she does want to run........and the experience of 
owning these Rolling American Icons is a pleasure one has to live to 
know.....don't give in !!!!!

 

Jack

1956 Imperial Sedan In Driving Condition and Proud

 

 

 

In a message dated 6/17/2007 7:26:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
fljoslin@xxxxxxxx writes:


I am a little disappointed, but more in human nature than anything 
else. Would the tail lights have made my car worth more? Probably not 
so realistically I am about $80 better off.

I have been having second thoughts about owning a vintage car, 
especially an Imperial,  with the associated costs and work. This just 
reinforces those thoughts.   



Fred Joslin





 




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