Hugh,
You were quite fortunate to acquire that '57 Imperial Crown 4dr. Southampton
from Conquest Models for only $150.00, as I paid $180.00 for mine and
$195.00 for the 2 door version. Currently, there is another company,
Legendary Motorcars, that is doing a beautiful 1/43 scale handbuilt 1956
Crown Imperial limousine that retails for $275.00!Sure it was expensive, but
it looks great on the shelf between my '55 Imperial Newport and the
'57...........
Ross Klein
'Life's too short to drive 'ordinary' cars"
----- Original Message -----
From: "hugh hemphill" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>
To: "imperiallist" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 10:12 AM
Subject: IML: Of Imperial Models ans such
> Car model collecting is obviously a popular way to indulge the old car
> passion. What fascinates me are the prices people are prepared to pay for
> them. Any half decent 1958 promo is going to be sold for a healthy bundle
> of cash. I don't know who all the collectors are but there are a lot of
> them and they either have deeper pockets than me or those containers have
> not been strip mined by actually trying to run one of the full size
> versions. I'd love to get one but cannot justify, even to myself, let
alone
> my good lady wife, spending $70 for a model which seems to be
significantly
> warped, like something heavy sat on it and all the corners are turned up.
>
> I did buy a lovely, hand made 1957 4 door hardtop, which turns out to have
> been hand made in England. I sent off the money, $150 or thereabouts as I
> recall, and was put on a waiting list. When it was time for the small
> company building them to turn their attention once more to this particular
> model, I received mine in due course. Its a quite lovely thing, and is on
> display at the transportation museum I am involved with. Which is fair
> enough, since their full size 58 is sitting in my garage.
>
> Hugh
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