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Re: IML: Please Welcome Jim Brawders



Can we blame you? And if anyone can help us out with a green/black
leather( or preferably cloth with inserts) interior for a 65 4-door, drop us
a line.

p.s. we live in the netherlands        Percy
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From: "Steve B." <Imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:23 PM
Subject: IML: Please Welcome Jim Brawders


> New Subscriber(s): Jim Brawders
> Email Address is: classiccars4ny@xxxxxxx
> Member Location: New York
>
>  Car(s) owned: 2 1966 Le Barons (black/white, navy/white), 1966 Crown
> Sedan(turbine bronze/white), 1966 Crown convertible (black/red)
>
>  Self-Introduction: Hi There - Cannot explain fascination for 1966
> Imperials - but you all get the Idea. I am originally from Southern
> California (partially explains the car thing)and now live in New York. I
> have a 1965 Chrysler New Yorker Town and Country Station wagon that is all
> original, a 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport, and a 1973 Mustang convertible
> that I have had for 30 years.
>  When I went shopping for a 1966 Imp, I found a navy/white Le Baron in a
> barn upstate. I stupidly bought it because of the color combination, still
> have never seen another one - was told that Joe Kennedy gave the exact
same
> one to Rose in 1966? It had been there for 22 years, had 65K when parked
and
> had deteriorated quite a bit, siezed engine, etc. but with a beautiful
white
> leather interior. I bought it, then bought the other LeBaron to use in the
> restoration - and the black one runs perfectly and has a like - new
pit-free
> interior, so it stays intact! (It is an amazing car - only has 80K -but
has
> some rust issues) Meanwhile, I found the convertible in Northern
California,
> rust free and all there, but in need of some work. I only have one
> restoration in me, so the convertible gets the nod, the Le Barons have to
go
> (it kills me to part out the blue one)- because I bought a Turbine Bronze
> (rare color!)Crown sedan with only 50K from the original owner, totally
> original! It is just amazing. I look forward to getting my convertible
> finished and living with it and the Crown. A long road just to get a
couple
> of mint condition cars - and this is only part of the story.
>
>
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