Hola Jim
I too have an Gla Blue car. Mine is an 1963 CoachWorks Le
Baron.
The story of the car is very good and I hope that all the others will enjoy
it as much as I just did.
Being an member of this site means that you will learn enough about any
Imperial to cross any state and still be informing the others as you go into the
next state.
Uncle Rodger & Aunt Gabby
COS
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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:57
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Subject: IML: Please Welcome Jim
Lorenzen
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> New Subscriber(s): Jim Lorenzen
> Email
Address is: jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Member
Location: Portland, OR
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> Car(s) owned: 1960 Crown 4dr
Southampton (Glacier Blue with white leather)
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>
Self-Introduction: I bought this car in 1970 from the local (Portland, OR)
Mercedes-Benz dealer for $300. It was originally from the SF Bay area
and had a little over 55,000 miles on the odometer. I was 22. In 1972 I
was coming home from a party in Beaverton and as I was coming around a bend I
found a 1968 Chev Impala in my lane (the far right) I tried to jump the curb
but it was too high and we hit. Even though the Imperial had factory
seat belts, I wasn't wearing them (for the last time) and I flew all over the
inside of that car and wound up in the hospital. A week later my dad
took me out to the lot where my car and the Chevy both were. The 68
Impala was a mess. The front end wasn't recognizable and the
engine had been shoved back to the front seat. Fortunately the driver of
the Chevy WAS wearing his seat belt and walked away. As for the 1960
Imperial.... If it wasn't for the fact that the motor mounts had broken
alowing the fan to chew into the radiator I could have dri
> he bill
came to (needless to say his insurance was the big loser) the only thing that
needed to be done to the Imp was a new front bumper, grill, left front fender,
radiator and (of course) motor mounts.
> That Imperial was more or less
my daily driver until about 1982. The only reason I got something else was the
tailights got vandalized a couple of times and I became concerned about
replacement body parts. That car was/is truly amazing. It only "broke
down" a couple of times and both times it was minor and it got me home.
> In 1994 I put it into storage in a friend's barn where it has sat
ever since. But this Spring, I think I bring her home start work on the
restoration I "promised" 37 years ago. I was going to start a year or so
ago but "life" intervened. Now I think (I hope) the time is
right!
> I found out about this website from an article in Hemmings
Classic Car magazine. I am blown away!
> Thanks
>
Jim
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>
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