Re: IML: Imperials and other silly passtimes. Was: Selling my '66Crown Coupe

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Hi All....Hugh & Therese said it VERY well! While it's hard to even try to put a $$$ amount on the peace of mind that one gets from being able to work on your 'old car' its probably the best way to destress after a bad day (or a bad wekk!) that I know of! ....those who know what I, and others, are talking about do not need further words to try and explain it. Those who do not understand, and are peobably not members of this IML list anyway, will probably never get the idea which is OK since that leave more "old cars" for us car-nuts! The next thing that has to happen to get our Imperials up there on the 'demand' list (maybe not such a good idea if you are looking to BUY as I now am) is for Tom Cruse when doing Mission Impossible 4, 5, 6 and 7 to have different year Imperials as his chauffered vehicle in the movies.......anyone have contacts that can work on that? (just kidding)
Dan Melnik/former home of Brandy & Cinderella/'66 convertible
---- Hugh & Therese <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Yep,  that just about covers it.  Most hobbies are expensive and, if 
> examined rationally, make no sense at all.  Take fishing.  You buy a boat 
> and a motor and insurance or you just drive to some old riverbank and stand 
> there getting bitten by flies and then, when you do catch something, you 
> throw it back.  But it's fun, right?  Like buying a car for $1,000.00, 
> investing countless hours and enough cash for a whole year at a pretty good 
> school into fixing up the engine, the transmission, the interior, the 
> exterior and, having at the end of it all, if you own an Imperial, a car 
> that hardly anyone recognizes, won't win at a car show because it ain't a 57 
> Chevy and is not worth much more than the initial price you paid for it.
> 
> As my mother loved to quote, "It's foolish but it's fun."
> 
> Hugh, San Antonio
> 
> The idle thoughts of an idle fellow, but, hey, the Spurs won yesterday and 
> somehow life's possibilities just seem a little brighter today.
> 
> 
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> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:08 PM
> Subject: RE: IML: Selling my '66 Crown Coupe
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> 
> Dear Chris:
> I just wanted to assure you that it is normal to live paycheck to
> paycheck to support the cars you own.  Furthermore, if you restore a
> car, sell it, and lose money, this is also normal.  If you actually make
> money on the deal, you are doing something wrong. At least, this is the
> experience that I have had over the last 30 years, some of that with my
> 5 Imperials, and some with other marques.  Don't feel bad, it sounds
> like you are doing everything right!
> Best Wishes,
> Brandy Elitch
> Sonoma County, CA
> 
> 
> 
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