Re: IML: old dealership research

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK.  So the dealership research that we've got
archived so far is limited to what has been "easy" on
a more general basis. -Things that fell into the trap
while searching for bigger game, in other words.  

That would be the items that have appeared in the
regular process of seeking out information on our
favorite car, without doing any intensive searching
for dealership info or individual dealerships per-se.

Currently the crown jewel is:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1958/Normandin/index.htm

I say that because we got a little "hate mail" last
week about it from some old biddy that was mildly
offended that we only listed 2 of the 8 relatives
involved in the operation and not her buddy that was
the smartest and hardest working of all of them.

Google is a funny thing, and it drops people straight
out of orbit into a particular page, and I guess that
it is somehow against human nature to bother to check
the surroundings before going to town on the messages
sent in.  The people with manual-gearbox chevvy LUV
pickups writing in and asking for clarification on our
repair archives would be another good example of this,
and we've had 2 of THOSE in the last decade.  

So anyway, back to the dealership thing:  We've
managed to snag other images of dealerships, and
postcards seem to be the only tangible artifacts that
are floating around.  The criteria that we use for the
website is that it must say the word IMPERIAL or show
a car somehow to qualify, and we've so far come up
with the following:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Articles/Postcards/index.htm


If you're on board with this thread and find it
interesting enought do do some of your own sleuthing,
I have a favor to ask:  Would you mind sharing the
results in a way that will allow us to add to our
records so that we can put what you find in the
library?  

This would essentially be a written record and any
photos that you can scare up sent to the club website
email address (see "CONTACT US" buttons on site).

We don't have the time to filter through the IML
messages to capture things, and the banter that we see
on the IML often isn't enough to hang one's hat on
regarding creating useful reference material on the
site.  

It's tough to do this effectively with so few
volunteers in the Webmonster section, so anything that
you can offer us is a huge help. 

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Also want to put a plug in for our currently empty
"IMPERIALS IN THE MOVIES" job.  People spot stuff all
the time and write in.  We hang onto these notices,
and we think that grabbing the clips and posting them
is a fun resource, but there's nobody to do this right
now.

Would you consider renting some movies with Imperials
in them?  If so, we'd really like to hear from you.

Here is what we have so far:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Movies/index.htm

I "think" that the list of potential donors is
probably up to 40+ other titles, so we're getting past
due for some attention there....







 
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