Re: IML: Imperial represented at the Art Car Parade.

[Tim Klein <iml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Can an Imperial be art? Is this the result of the Daimler-Chrysler 
> Marriage? You Decide!
>
> http://images.chron.com/photos/2007/05/11/6241562/600xPopupGallery.jpg
>
> The front of this car is a '62 Imperial. The rear is a 70's Mercedes 
> 300 series. It's all part of the annual Art Car Parade in Houston. 
> Hoped to see Tim's beautiful Yarn Car. At least part of an Imperial 
> was represented!
>
> Mark Evans
> 1963 Imperial Crown Convertible
> http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyImperial/index.html
> 1968 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible
> http://www.imperialclub.org/~maevans/MyPolara/index.html

I didn't make the newspaper story this year, but I was there!  Sorry 
we missed each other, if you were there too.  Among 250 wild cars and 
a quarter million people milling about, it's easy to overlook things.

That colossal Imperial-fronted Frankenstein car is called the 
"FinnJet", from Florida.  It's quite amazing!  I never did get to 
meet the creator, but it looks as if he must have won a bet about how 
many auto parts he could attach to a single car.  The collection of 
rear view mirrors alone is staggering.

Reportedly at least two of the three axles are steerable.

A banner across the back reads "Thank You Lord For Humor".

Unfortunately I could never work the logistics so as to get a photo 
of my '67 alongside it.  I'll bet they're the only two Imperial-based 
art cars in the world.  ("And for that, the world gives thanks," I 
hear some of you muttering.)

My photos of the FinnJet:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarncar/517955231/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarncar/517957991/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarncar/517962193/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarncar/518098157/

And for dessert, a shot of my '67 posing with a roller skating neuron:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarncar/517916256/

The Houston Art Car Parade is always the second weekend in May.  The 
public is welcome to mingle among the cars and creators for a few 
hours beforehand, so it's really more of a long, thin car show that 
happens to end with a parade.  My car won 2nd Place the first year I 
went.  The spectators are amazingly enthusiastic.  Even the owners of 
beautiful, dignified, monochromatic Imperials might have a good time 
visiting the opposite end of the car culture spectrum for a day... 
If you're there next year, stop by and say howdy.

Tim Klein
Dallas, Texas
http://www.yarncar.com




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