Re: IML: And you think YOUR driveway is tight.

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

I lost that battle and put up one of those tent car ports for my 69 Coupe for the winter time. It goes in there with two covers for hibernation.

Our garage is plenty long enough at close to 30' but barely wide enough for two newer vehicles and certainly not wide enough for an old Imperial an any newer vehicle.

 

There is an additional garage in the plans to go infront of the existing one for a two front / two back configuration. I guess I need to pull my thumb out and get it done!    

 

Note on a bad "carma" side.

Last Friday I was all set to do some work on the Imperial and was pretty psyched about it. I started the day off by cleaning the garage, putting tools away etc. On the way into work that morning I drove over most of a semi truck tire on the freeway in my 99 Imtrepid at 65 mph. It was between lanes right where I was changing lanes and hit it right in the middle of the car. Probably went a little air borne. Ripped off the air dam and most of the DS inner fender well. I spent the rest of the weekend and Monday getting parts and fixing this and now need an alignment. I was lucky that the damage was as minimal as it was, but it sure took the steam out of my Imperial plans. 

 

Better luck next time I hope.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Durrer"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: And you think YOUR driveway is tight.
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:58:57 -0700 (PDT)


Hi Mark,

I live out in Springfield Virginia and have a similar
problem with my 73 Imperial. Except in my case it is a
small carport that my wife and fight over for it's
use. She says her 99 4Runner is newer therefore it
should be on the carport And I maintain my #2 Lebaron
is a classic and should be stored as such.

It's a tough hobby but its worth it! BTW, in case you
are wondering she has been informed if the car goes so
do I!

Tim Durrer
73 Blu Sky

--- Mark Jefferson wrote:


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Hi All:

My neighbor is a film-maker, and a few years back,
shot a video of myself taking my '67 LeBaron from the
garage to the mean streets of Washington, DC. An
exacting maneuver to be sure, which is easier to
perform these days now that the front end has been
rebuilt. Watching it makes me envious of folks in the
burbs/countryside. Such is life in the big city I
guess.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGlarqSrkBc

If the link doesn't work, search Youtube on "Jeff
Krulik"

Hope you enjoy -








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Subject : IML: Interesting "Intel" from CAR COLLECTOR
Mag re: Auction Valuations

Date : Mon, 9 Jul 2007 03:16:45 EDT

From : RCAJazz1@xxxxxxx

To : mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



In the April issue, Rick Carey, longtime editor of
Auction Forum, notes among

other significant cars, a restored 1960 Pontiac
Bonneville Convertible in

Condition 2, hammer sold for $87,000 (after
commission) at a recent RM Auction.

RM is a leading auctioneer for classic, milestone and
muscle cars. The Pontiac

exceeded RM's own High Estimate of $85,000.



Carey cites the car's previous sale at auction in 2005
for $52,000, and again

in 2006 for $57,200 - quite a remarkable jump in
itself. He further states:

"The jump this year is indicative of the move that's
taking place in fullsize

GM, Ford and MoPar convertibles. This transition is
the crest of a wave that's

building. Next year look for high performance fullsize
convertibles like this

to be in the heart of the auctions' sale order and
getting four-page

descriptions."



In the July issue Auction column titled "Only Good
News" Carey describes

overall car auctions sales heading into summer as
"being on a roll. Sales

percentages are healthy. In fact, the prices in some
of the transactions from RM's

Ponder collection are breathtaking....In the
aggregate, the market is getting

bigger and bigger."



While citing some weakness in the muscle car segment,
especially Mopars and

Hemis, the case can be made, it seems, for a
long-overdue RUN of the large

luxury 50s/60s Imperials, Cads and Lincolns, while
these cars are still very

affordable. While they'll likely never approach the
screaming ascents (and

descents) of the Ferraris, Mustangs, muscle cars and
more recently vintage Corvettes,

one can find few other segments poised to make their
"run."



While acknowledging that auctions differ from
consignment and individual

fixed-price sales, if Pontiac and similar examples are
representative of a trend,

this may be The Moment. For those selling our
Imperials, let's hope it is.



Rex Allen

Novato, CA







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