IML: Imperial Encounters of the Best Kind/ Imperial Highway

[PAUL WENTINK <randalpark@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jack,

I intended to make this private, but changes to AOL have confused me 
beyond comprehension. At least my posts are still showing up in plain 
text!

I am in Burien, Washington which is just south of Seattle and within 5 
minutes (or a $12.00 taxi ride) from the Seattle-Tacoma International 
Airport. Anytime you are headed this way, let me know and we can 
arrange to meet. I don't plan to travel east for a few more years, but 
would love to meet other members.

I input my profile to the Imperial Highway back in 2003, but have now 
discovered that it isn't there. I'll do it again soon so that I am "out 
there" on the road with the rest of you, along with others that are 
still listed that I know are no longer with us.

Thanks for sharing your story and hope to meet you some day.

Paul W.


-----Original Message-----
From: YBSHORE@xxxxxxx
To: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 4:32 pm
Subject: IML: Imperial Encounters of the Best Kind



Fellow Imperialists:

 

    There shall be no answers to any inquiries in this post, only the 
relation of a planned Imperialistic encounter with a fellow member as 
created by the camaraderie which is, to me, just as much a part of this 
list as the information which we all share.

 

    I was not an "Imperial" guy when I purchased my '56 'Turq', but 
only came to know the cars, then respect the cars, then marvel at 
the engineering, and then lust for aesthetic marvels they are, 
as direct result of my membership in this community.  I had never 
before this considered 'chat rooms', as I saw these on-line groups to 
be, nothing more than the lazy youthful exchanges of another 
generation, however this repartee and minutiae of detail shared upon 
every inquiry at this site was mesmerizing.  And after a few 
months came the evolution of paying attention to the particular guru's 
we each have for our year Imperials, and then those who are just plain 
informative upon every post.

 

    These member's who know their year's so well and share that 
knowledge openly are so greatly appreciated!!!  And in the 'off-grid' 
exchanges which occur between our fellow year member's --and member's 
of the like, really-- we are privileged to have virtual conversation 
and inevitably share more than the pleasantries of our cars and 
develop friendships along the way.  Some of the member's are physically 
close enough, or have been around long enough, to have seen each other 
'around the circuit' as it were, and are/have become quite friendly 
over time.  Although I am aware there are member's here in New England, 
I have yet to have the honor of a meet for a myriad of reasons:  mostly 
due to my own time constraints.

 

    That all changed when a fellow '56'er from the Heartland of America 
who has relatives in Boston and I made arrangements in the last week to 
meet today for a spell prior to his imminent departure back home and 
around my family obligations.  I thusly had the absolute pleasure of 
meeting Gary Kitterman today along with his divine wife as they came to 
my home north of Boston and we shared Imperial cares as only 
Imperialists can!!!  I refer to him now as my first 'cosmic friend' as 
without the Internet and the OIC we surely would never have crossed 
paths, and also because I had never 'done anything like that 
before'...LOL...  Our families enjoyed the brief respite and agreed of 
course to do it again when they are in town and hopefully when the 
weather here is more accommodating so we can tour this coastline of the 
North Shore.

 

    Down the road I am quite looking forward to that dream ride about 
the country with wife in Turq as we enjoy this great and glorious land 
of ours in the wonderful Salute to America that our Imperials are, and 
in that Great Spin won't I look forward to sharing time with other 
member's of this club who will have me!   For knowing Mr. Kitterman 
is the type of individual this list is made up of, I will assure one 
and all, now and even back to the marketer's of days-gone-by, that they 
hit the nail on the head when aiming for the driver's of these 
powerful, luxurious and most, shiny delights, as indicated by today's 
member's as driver's:  considerate and refined we all are indeed! 

 

    Thank you all for your considerable time, volunteer's and poster's 
alike.  And if any Imperialist is looking for a 'Rest Area' north of 
Boston, please look me up.

 

Respectfully To All,

 

Jack




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