Chris Strohmeyer 67 Imperial Convertible----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hawkins" <imperial1966@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:32 AM Subject: RE: IML: '59 Imperial on Speed
No kidding! I saw the car at Barrett Jackson, and I was not particularly impressed with it. The car was nice and straight and shiny, but that's about it. At it's stratospheric selling price, I feel justified being very critical about it. Just about everything about it was wrong - starting with a paint color not found in any 1959 paint chart. The interior was wrong, also, and not simply because of the non-factory color. Flat, featureless seat padding and incorrectly stitched biscuits - using cheap straight stitching rather than the correct (and expensive) fold-ever style was used. And the embossing of the crowns on the upper bolsters was so slight you couldn't see it unless the light caught it just right. And the leather - oh my. Instead of using the factory correct gleaming white pearlized leather, there was this yellowed ivory leather used throughout that had the gloss level of oxidized rubber. Outside, the addition of a 1953-54 eagle hood ornament was bad enough but it was compounded by the gold plating on the bird's body. Gold plating also added bling the "Imperial" hood letters. Really garish. Then there were those silly wire wheels which were not available from the factory on any Mopar after 1956. I understand the high bid came over the phone. Hope the new owner is not too disappointed when he gets a car that has had so many liberties taken in its restortion - to the point that there is not a visible surface that is factory correct. Chris H. --- Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:The buyer must be on Speed also! Dick Benjamin _____ From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James carter Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 8:08 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: '59 Imperial on Speed it sld for 130,000 "D. Howland" <howlands@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Just an FYI. A '59 Imperial is coming up on Speed Channel coverage of the Barrett-Jackson auction. Daryl____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail ----------------- 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
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