Phil, I find that I ask myself that a lot also. Why do I spend so much of my money on these cars ? Simply for the enjoyment that they provide and the engineering put into the fine automobile that they are. Dave Brown 64 crown coupe 66 lebaron > From: pbrust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: IML: 82 Imperial driving impressions > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:38:54 -0500 > > > For the first time in probably a year, I took my '82 on a road trip to an > Athens body shop where we discussed a thorough repainting. The car impressed > me with its quiet, solid feel and absolute comfort. I have a very nice 5th > Ave of the same vintage but it does not compare to the Imperial. > > Despite all the bad things said about them, and the dismal failure in the > marketplace, these are special cars and I have a renewed appreciation for > mine. Dave, the body man who usually repaints only Mercedes, really couldn't > understand why I wanted to spend so much money on the car but he did concede > it had "nice lines". > > Phil Brust > Jefferson GA > 73 & 82 Imperial > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > |