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Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:14
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Please Welcome Jim
Lorenzen
Welcome Jim,
It is good to hear that don't heart yourself in
that car accident you described! And luckily you and the Imperial did survive
:)
I wish you good luck with the restoration, these
cars are really fun to work at!
Please feel free to email me if you need any
help, cause I am also a proud owner of a 1960 Crown Imperial
Hardtop.
All the best,
Robert
Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:31
PM
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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