you said it the best..im with you 100% cars are cars..i dont have everthing
original on my 1964 imperial and i dont care...it might not be the best but
it is mine and i would never sell it..im working class so i dont have alot
of $$ to have everthing original on the car,i just use and buy to have the
car running to get me to work..its going to take time for me to get
everthing working and fixed on the car but thats the fun of it and thats
that!
Punkdad :)
>From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: IML: Nasty replies
>Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 05:26:18 EDT
>
>I agree with the Imp. Cops that people are getting too negative on this
>list.
>I do not post here unless I am truly looking for an answer about something
>on
>my 1959 Imperial, and although it was a subject I decided to drop sometime
>ago, I still get replies with negative feedback about the Chevy alternator
>I
>had installed in my Imperial. Sometimes I feel like I have been black
>listed
>just because I made this improvement to my Imperial, which by the way is
>doing fantastically. I have since installed an overflow canister which was
>definitely something not on the '59, and heard nothing about it. Even the
>mechanic I bring my Imperial to is being attacked, and he probably knows
>more
>about cars than anyone on this list, since he works on only classics, but
>also builds and races funny cars. He will also only work on American made
>cars, and they have to be old. In this day and age, there really is no
>longer
>Chrysler, Ford, and G.M. Chrysler now partners with Mercedes, Ford partners
>with Jaguar, and I forget who G.M is partnered with, and I don't really
>understand how all the business relationships work out. My point is, cars
>are
>cars, and no matter which parts you use to keep them running, best of luck
>to
>you. Do I really care if a Chevy alternator is going to hurt the resale
>value
>of my Imperial? In the first place, I wouldn't have bought a 1959 Imperial
>if
>I were worried about resale, since I know I will never get out of it what I
>put in. In the second place, a 1959 Imperial certainly has an extremely
>specific market which makes it hard to sell at best. Finally in the third
>place, I never intend to sell my 1959 Imperial. It has been my childhood
>dream machine, and now that I've finally got one, I have no intention of
>letting it go. I just want to drive and enjoy it as much as I can, in the
>mean time showing at least Southern California what beautiful cars were
>turned out back then!
>Bill '59 Crown
>
>
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