Demolition Derby - Sorry I Can't join you... more high road thoughts

[Chad Brown <clutchfan2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Most tracks don't allow Imperials anyway. Bottom line,
is people need to, as you say, keep their eyes open
and if you have an Imperial that needs work, don't
sell it to just anyone. The phrase "Put your money
where your mouth is" comes to mind here....I've seen
many nice restoreable old cars get derbied, and the
derbier always says something like "nobody else wanted
it". It's one thing for us to gripe about cars getting
derbied online, but what's it's all about is that
Imperial sitting in someone's yard for the last 6
months, the one sitting behind the bodyshop because
someone didn't pay the bill, the widower who "just
wants to get rid of that old car", I could go on and
on here. 
--- ImpSvcs@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Thad,
>        I understand how you must have felt seeing
> these knuckleheads destroy 
> good cars for no reason.  Sometimes bad things
> happen to good cars.
> 
>        I think that's why we need to use the power
> of our numbers to locate 
> good cars and make sure they go to good homes.  We
> won't be able to control 
> the destiny of each and every vehicle,  but if
> everybody were to just keep 
> their eyes open, share the information with the
> group and try to find good 
> homes for these cars, we can preserve  what cars and
> parts are left.
> 
>        There are many people on the list who suffer
> from "the sickness" (as 
> it's being called in another current thread), and
> have multiple projects go
> ing, or have purchased cars just for parts or for
> resale to others... these 
> cars could very well have seen the same treatment as
> many other Demo cars or 
> the cars that you saw...  I think all we can do is
> to continue to spread the 
> word and do the best we can.
> 
>        I would love to take people who just hack up
> old cars because they 
> think it's funny and roll their noses up in the
> driver's window of my 
> Imperial (ow ow ow!).  I have a feeling that's
> probably illegal, though...
> 
>        One thing we could do (quietly of course)
> would be to contact as many 
> racetracks, fairgrounds, and other entities that
> conduct Demo Derbies and 
> inform them that, as Derby Drivers ourselves, we
> will not enter derbies where 
> Imperials are allowed, since there is no way we can
> compete using lesser cars 
> :)
> 
>        Maybe we could establish a page on the site
> with brief listings of 
> endangered (underpriced or deteriorated) cars and
> try to get them to good 
> homes.
>        
>        If anyone has a better plan or additional
> ideas, let's get them on the 
> table! 
> 
> Steve Charette
> Imperially Optimistic
>  
> 
> > Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 22:05:28 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Thad <gentrysgarage@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: IML: Demolition Derby - Sorry I Can't
> join you on the high road
> > Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sorry guys I can't join
> you on this one.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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