Great parade today. I had the pleasure and honor of driving City Supervisor
Mark Leno in my 61 Imperial convertible. A rather hot day, but the car
performed well. The Temp. gauge kept edging over but never got way up.
Whew! My rider is currently running for a State Assembly seat this coming
November and will probably win.
Always a pleasure to drive the car and especially today having the chance to
show the car off to 80,000 plus people.
Henry in Berkeley, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: Wm. R. Ulman <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: IML: Pride Parade & my '66 Convertible
> Well, today was Gay Pride day in Seattle, WA and I had the honor of
> driving our Mayor, Greg McNichols. I drove him last year as well, and
> now am his "Official Parade Car", with a few more coming up this summer.
> The weather was ok, and the car "Doris Day", or "Ms. Day" if your nasty,
> did great, even though the gear selector assembly on the column is
> currently broken, we tried to get the replacement one in Saturday night,
> got the paint matched, the part off the parts column (Tilt-O-Scope no
> less), but my friend, and mechanic realized the whole column that is in
> the car would have to come out to get at the broken part. So, today he
> just shifted the car from under the hood at the start, and off we went.
> I hope to have it fixed by next weeks, Cascade Loop, but if not he is
> going with me anyway, so from under the hood it will have to be.
> "Doris" got a bit warm with all the sitting, but never went above 3/4
> luckily, and cooled right down as we got moving afterward. Hope
> everyone is well, and having a great summer with each Imperial out there
> respectively!
>
> Take care,
>
> Bill Ulman
> Seattle, WA
> '66 Crown Convertible
> Midnight Blue Metallic, White Pearl coat Leather interior, Firestone 721
> wide whites
>
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