Congratulations Kenyon! We will all be hoping that you get that Imperial. Take
lots of pix! We wanna see!
Paul
In a message dated 1/23/2004 11:05:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> OK, things took a wrong turn. I can't deliver pictures this weekend, so I'll
>spill the beans now.
> I have 4 cars, 2 1960's, Impeiral Margarine (73), and King George the 64.
> My house is a 4-Imperial house before stuff starts to show from the street,
>and the other day, my neighbor who is decidedly NOT a car guy demonstrated
>that at least some of me is wearing off on him by telling me that he'd seen 2
>Imps that day. I was impressed that he'd picked up on them at all. I doubt
>that he'd know a Cad from a Lincoln, so he's coming along pretty well if I do
>say so myself.
> He also said that one was for sale and was only about 5 miles away - looked
>ok to him. I invited him to lead me to it, and I was floored to find that it
>was pristine. I mean there was a shaft of light coming through the clouds and
>a pot of gold and all that. It was dirty frm sitting, but looked like a 2
>year old car. The interior is perfect, the body is perfect, the chrome is
>brilliant. Everything. This is the sort of situation that you dream about.
> It took a little while to get ahold of the seller, and we went back awhile
>later. I opened the hood, and it was perfect. Opened the air cleaner cover
>and the carb was so clean that it looked NEW. No varnish, no discoloration.
>Wow. Looked inside and the odo was at 29,900. Original. I began to
>salivate. It smelled like 1964. Previous owner was an aunt. Uncle bought it
>for her to learn to drive in. She wasn't much for driving, I guess. It got
>put into the garage and she gave it to the guy that has it now. The thing is
>frigging mint!
> The lady (seller) started talking price and I knew that she was not even
>close to the market value (high by 4 thousand) so told her how valuable the
>car was and all that but that I just couldn't afford it. I decided to leave
>it be. If you love something and all that....
> Called back in a few weeks and the car hadn't sold yet - it was off on a side
>residential street and nobody was going to see it there anyway unless I told
>you sharks on the IML, and I at least know better than that.
> Seemed like they had no clue about how to go about selling it.
> I wound up getting her dad's number and we haggled back and forth and settled
>on a price and I still couldn't afford it at the moment, so we agreed that the
>last $500 could be spread out over time. Good enough. Done deal.
> Well, I went out and bought the parts that I always put on a car that's new
>to me:
> Matched fan belts
> Radiator hoses
> Power steering hoses (!!!)
> Brake: wheel and master cylinders and flex hoses
> Trans rear seal
>
> I was to pick the car up and drive it home tomorrow (Saturday) on its STOCK
>tires, but the guy's wife got to him and he subsequently bagged the deal over
>the $500 in payments and didn't bother to call me as he decided to go out of
>town on impulse and would have probably had me knocking on his door at 9am
>without so much as a phone call to tell about the fact that I was now $500
>short and I'd have to await his return monday and all. Bummer. What the hell
>is it with guys' wives where they get em to go back on their word after the
>make a DEAL? It was good enough on the phone and all, but I digress....
> I have the $500 hidden away for rainy days, so I can pony up, but I'm
>starting my own business right now, and spending money is really
>irresponsible, but what does one do in this situation? Go for the car! I
>know that I can get my money back out of it because the lady's initial price
>wasn't all that far from what the car could fetch if sorted out and presented
>properly, but I didn't buy it to flip it. I want to DRIVE her!!!
> We'll see what happens. That guy said he'd call me monday, robbing me of the
>weekend, but I made it this far in life without the car and I guess that I can
>wait a few more days.
> Man that car was Tip-Top. I hope I get it. You'll see what I'm all gaga
>about when you see pictures of it.
> That's the reason that I'm bestowing King George on a newly found friend from
>the list.
>
>
>
> Kenyon Wills
> San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
>
> 1960 Chrysler Imperial -->http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page01.htm
>
> 1973 Chrysler Imperial --
> >http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1973/Wills/index.htm
>
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