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Fellow Imperialist Fred,
I would hope you find yourself letting
those second thoughts pass.....the associated costs and work of these cars are
'certainly not for the faint hearted' as I have seen mentioned here in the past,
as even an apparently simple fix can turn into a never-ending
quest.....when I bought my first vintage car, it was a driver of sorts
and needed some work to be, politely, 'more safe' and I swore I was going to fix
EVERYTHING on that car to ORIGINAL.......but, as my stewardship of the car
progressed, I realized how unrealistic that is for a tradesman such as myself,
'limited means' and all, to achieve and slowly I came to accept the cars
foibles' from being 50+ years old and then I came to appreciate
the car and all its personality all that much more: yes, the gas
gauge doesn't work, but the mileage does.....the power windows rattle like heck
sometimes, but they work.....the paint chips which used to loom so large to me,
are now looked at as proud scars from a storied past.....I began to accept the
fact these issues could be addressed in due time....in addition, the
more car shows I attended, the less I came to like the "redo's"{NO OFFENSE TO
THOSE BEAUTIES} as the perfection achieved that I saw, was a double edged
sword, as NOW these people did not drive the cars--they looked at them,
and that is not for me!!!.....Fred, I guess all I am saying is it IS hard owning
one of these beauties and every time I swear I
have had it, a few minutes, or sometimes a few hours
go by and I come back and see her, so old and so shiny, I ask
myself, how could I abandon her? For no matter the flaw, she does want
to run........and the experience of owning these Rolling American
Icons is a pleasure one has to live to
know.....don't give in !!!!!
Jack
1956 Imperial Sedan In Driving Condition and
Proud
In a message dated 6/17/2007 7:26:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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