Cool story! Sounds like you found some future Imerialist lovers too. Another note - Drive thru?? Now that is a cool thing to do & a cool place to bring your car. Too bad we don't have any more here in NY. --- Tom Scott <shelbyguy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Just a light human interest story, > > This morning the local pee wee football team and > cheerleader squad was having a car wash fund raiser > about a mile from my home. We're heading to the > local drive in tonite so I fgured I'd take the 60 > Crown back to have it washed. Besides, $5 to hand > wash an Imperial...that works out to about 1/10 of a > cent per pound!! Well I pulled in to the car wash > area and there were about 15 nine and ten year olds > washing to pick up trucks. When they sawthe > Imperial, they literally threw down the hoses and > sponges and migrated towards the car. One little > guy poked his head through the window and asked if > he could wash the car. > When I pulled the car into the washing area, there > were 10 kids helping out, none of which could reach > more than a quarter of the way across the hood. On > kid came up to me and asked if it was my car and I > said it was. He said, ' Cool car, you must be > rich'. Another kid asked me how old it was and told > him 1960. He said, 'That's ancient, my dad was born > in 1965'. Another kid wanted to know if the car > came 'with the tail lights like that?' > Then the team photographer posed all 15 or 20 kids > around the car with their CAR WASH sign and took a > picture. I don't know who was more excited about > the car, the kids or the parents that were there > helping out. > Anyway, neat experience and the Imp is clean and > ready for The Ballad of Ricky Bobby tonite at the > drive in. > Tom > > Very Popular 60 Crown Southampton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- 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