Hi Everyone -
Thank you all for such a warm welcom!
Mike, please do keep me posted about any get
togethers in the Portland Area.
I plan on going out to Colton to check on my
"Imperial in the barn" an make plans for unearthing it. While I'm
there, I'll take a couple of pictures and post them.
Thanks again, everyone
Jim Lorenzen
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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:31
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Please Welcome Jim
Lorenzen
Hi Jim,
Welcome to the List.
Nice to see another Portlander here.
I am in Portland also, and I have 2 '57's and a '58.
I'm trying to organize a regular get together for this area, I'm trying
to set it up for Springtime.
Feel free to email, and I'll keep you posted on the get-togethers.
Cheers,
-Mike in Oregon
On 1/24/07, Steve
B. <Imperial59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> >
New Subscriber(s): Jim Lorenzen > Email Address is: jdlpdx@xxxxxxxxxxx > Member
Location: Portland, OR > > Car(s) owned: 1960 Crown 4dr
Southampton (Glacier Blue with white leather) > >
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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