Chuck, This car was for sale in Vermont in the winter of 2003. I was interested in seeing the car in person, but the owner said a man from New York was also interested in it, and I couldn't get to it before he did. I assume he bought the car and is now re-selling it. The lady in Vermont said it had been her late fathers car. He ran off the road with it and ended up in a ditch and that's how the right side rocker moulding came off. She said he was in his nineties and still driving, although very occasionally. She said he took it to Florida when he was in his 80's, but after his death it was put away in a barn for several (?) years. I imagine the Vermont winters were not kind to this car, nor the barn environment it had to endure. She said there were a ton of extra parts for it also, which makes me skeptical for several reasons: 1. Why so many "extra" parts for a car with so few miles, 2. Why an engine switch for a car with so few miles, and 3. Why haven't either owner just put back the rocker strip if they "have the part". The ad sounds like the present owner has done a bunch of work on it, which is interesting, because when I talked to the woman in Vermont, she said she'd be looking for something in the 9K to 10K range. Either the present owner is losing his shirt on this one, or he got it for a song. For $6000, it's either a real bargain or a real rat trap. She never mentioned that there had been an engine swap; perhaps the present owner swapped the engines or there was a major problem earlier on in the cars life that she wasn't aware of. I imagine that she told the present owner that someone in California was also interested in purchasing the car, and that's why he mentioned that the car "could make the drive to California" specifically in his ad on e-bay... Bob Trepanier ----- Original Message ----- From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 3:49 PM Subject: Re: IML: 56 Coupe Ebay > This seems to be a pretty nice car. The last time he listed it, I asked the guy if it was the same one that sold on Ebay earlier this year. He did not respond. > > There was an identical car that sold back in January or February in the same area. It had wide whites and looked pretty sharpe in the pictures. They usually do. There aren't that many of these left. I am 90% certain that it is the same car, yet the guy makes it sound like he has had it longer. Or more accurately, he doesn't say that he just bought it. I am very curious why it is for sale so soon if it is the same car. I also think that it is odd that he didn't respond to my question. > > I want want a lot more information before bidding, but with a buy it now price of $6,000 you wouldn't go too far wrong. If you do buy it, it would be easy to tell from the date on the title when he actually bought it himself. > > Paul > > In a message dated 7/17/2004 5:36:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chuck milverton <chuck_milverton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >Does anyone have an educated opinion on this baby? It > >seems fairly reasonable. Thanks > > > >Chuck > > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2484868990&rd =1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! > >http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ > > > > > > > >----------------- 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 webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > > >