Don't enlarge the photos unless you can stomach a '65 in the throes of
mortal combat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/30/automobiles/30DEMO.html
You may have to register with the NY Times to view this. I've been
registered for years and have had no spam problems from them.
For those of you who don't view, here are three pieces of good news:
1. One veteran champion driver says Imperials are banned at 90% of the
event venues in the country. He also said "It's got a solid chassis that
just don't bend."
2. One lying Imperial crusher is exposed -- beware of a guy named Bob
Genovese, who claims to restore cars. If you already sold him one, too
bad. Quote from the article:
"Compounding the difficulty of obtaining the old-iron V-8's is the
widespread reluctance of sentimental car owners to sell their beloved
jalopies knowingly to anyone who intends to smash them. To skirt this
roadblock, Bob Genovese, a Riverhead regular known as Bobby Whiplash,
softens up prospective sellers by presenting them with a bogus Chrysler
Club card he created on his home computer. "I say I'm going to restore the
car, that I've put them in museums," Mr. Genovese said."
3. Riverhead will probably stop holding 8-cylinder events in four or five
years, according to the track owner, due to dwindling participation.
Riverhead is in New York.
-- David
'91 K-Imperial driver
'66 Crown Coupe project
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