Tom----- Original Message ----- From: "john sadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:45 PMSubject: Re: IML: 1960 Imperial Sighting/Is this why they are called Imperials?
A year or so ago, I saw a 60 like mine here in town. go by. It looked so much like mine that I checked to be sure it was still in the gararge.John----- Original Message ----- From: <randalpark@xxxxxxx>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 5:33 AMSubject: Re: IML: 1960 Imperial Sighting/Is this why they are called Imperials?That thrill manifested itself in my lack of ability to notice if it was a Custom or a Crown. I was quite displeased with myself when I realized it was too far down road for me to ever find out. I hope to see it again. The sight of these cars on the road has always inspired the "thrill" you mention. There never were many '60 Imperials in the first place, so seeing another one was always a treat, particularly one that was gleeming! Growing up in Southern California I always was on the look out for any year of Imperial. I suspect that I inherited that from my father. I barely remember looking at brand new 1955's in the show room. He must have been very impressed, since from then on even I (at three years old!) was looking for them on the road. At the time we had a 1946 Oldsmobile, and our family was not in a position to maintain a new Imperial. My parents were in process of buying their first new home, and very much needed a new car. When they finally settled on one, it was a black 1958 V.W. Karman Ghia. These were special ordered, and the car was great. The reasoning that convinced my mother about the extravagent Karman Ghia over a regular bug, was that in spite of its good looks, it had the economy of a V.W. That was a win/win for my parents. Dad got his fancy new car and mom got her economic maintenance. Even so, dad still pointed out every Imperial on the road, and usually I was already looking at them when he did. We had a game that he would pay me a quarter for everyone that I guessed the correct model year. We weren't good enough to know the differences between Customs, Crowns, and LeBarons on the road, until 1960 when they finally bought their new Imperial. Dad fell in love with the 1961 Lincoln Continental, so my interest broadened at that point, and I may still own one of those cars yet someday. In the meantime, I very much enjoy my fleet of Imperials, and remembering the early years when our very young family was looking for their first new car. Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: Billimp68@xxxxxxx To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:46 pm Subject: Re: IML: 1960 Imperial Sighting/Is this why they are called Imperials? Paul, Doesn't that give you a great thrill to see another Imperial on the road? Does me. Bill/Imp, 68's ------------------------------------------------------------ Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =0 ----------------- 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 iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- 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 theAdministrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxxTo UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm
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