Re: IML: No chryslers/Imperials at local car show?

[Tom H <tom_in_a2@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's true, you don't often come across many Imperials
at the shows and cruises, even at events like the
Walter P. Chrysler show:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~thubbard/Chrysler-09-03.htm
or the "Orphan Car Show" in Ypsilanti:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~thubbard/Orphan-car-show.htm
although the latter had a nice sampling of Imperials.

I agree with you about the driving experience.  I have
had a chance recently to drive a couple C-bodies from
the mid-sixties, and I can't believe how well they
ride and handle!

When I acquire an Imperial or other big Mopar I'm
definitely going to be a regular at some of these
events!
--- randalpark@xxxxxxx wrote:

> What has been pointed out is not a new phenomenon.
> The reason that there aren't any now is because they
> were never widely known in the first place. This
> prediction may seem accurate when considering the
> local "car shows" which to me are a ghost of what
> car shows used/should to be. If I expect to see an
> Imperial there, 90% of the time, it came out of my
> own garage. To find us, one needs to look to the OIC
> and the list of members and their cars. This is part
> of what it means to select an Imperial as one's
> collector car of choice.
>  
> The Northern California group of a couple of decades
> ago came the closest to getting our cars back on the
> map. Many of the cars that were part of that effort
> are resurfacing as beautifully restored examples.
> Others have yet to be rediscovered.
>  
> Imperial owners have always been a somewhat small
> and obscure group. If its popularity that the old
> car buff is looking for, then a Mustang, Corvette,
> or customized 1964 Impala would be more appropriate.
> What we are preserving here is the surprise that
> awaits anyone who for the first time has the
> experience of driving the finest superbly appointed
> road car ever built in the United States of America.
> Seeing one is a store parking lot is fine, but the
> real fun comes while driving down the highway. Under
> the right set of circumstances, that surprise can be
> as enlightening today as it was when the cars were
> driven off the show room floor.
>  
> Paul W.
>  
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mamrom@xxxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 5:28 PM
> Subject: IML: No chryslers/Imperials at local car
> show?
> 
> 
> Hello fellow Imperialistic members. Here's the beef!
> I go to a local shopping center every week to see
> the classic car show. What I see are many muscle
> cars and few classic Caddys or Lincolns. I've never
> saw any Chrysler Imperials ,but tonight I did see a
> 1957- 300. It made me think either these cars did
> not stand the test of time or they are just not
> desirable enough to keep them alive. I even went to
> a local booth there where he sold toy cars (Hot
> Wheels/ models). I asked him if he had any Chrysler
> Imperials and he said  no I don't- youâ??re the
> first person to ask for them in a long time. Looking
> around for myself he did have one on the table - the
> "Green Hornet" imperial- pathetic or what!! I'm so
> disappointed to this end- that no one knows of an
> Imperial or Chrysler as a Classic American car. And
> fellows, as we go to meet are maker so too will the
> Legacy of our Imperials. -Unfortunately and a sad
> TRUISM - Anthony
>  
> P.S. Let's face it , 40 years from now or soon the
> classic cars at these shows will be Toyota's, Lexus
> and Honda's, Volvos, Infiniti etc.
>
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