No news is bad news in this case. I have received some fun stuff to add to
the 1958 page but do not feel it is a suitable time for it to be added.
As we all know accessing our website is becoming very, very difficult.
Behind the scenes a lot of discussion has gone on about why this is and some
solutions have been attempted. There is some very good news this weekend, in
as much as the site will be moving to a different server with much greater
bandwidth. Right now, access to the site is restricted to twenty people at
a time.
Our site gets a phenomenal amount of traffic and its popularity and size are
in fact what seem to be the problem. We all need to exercise a little
patience. The site is run and maintained by volunteers and the huge amount
of space it occupies is given freely by a wonderful man by the name of
Manuel.
What we are experiencing is growing pains. When you are asked to pay for
access to sites smaller and less informative than ours, there is a good
reason for it. It takes a lot of time and effort to provide such a huge
resource. We have volunteers like Leslie, and the Trettins, and Brad Hogg,
to name a few, who could count their contributions by thousands of hours,
and who have acquired material at their own expense which they have
willingly shared with us all.
I myself have "donated" all of the 1958 stuff I have come across with, I
think, just one exception, and, even then, it was only a size and minimal
content issue that made me think I should not have it added. It is, in
fact, quite a cool piece, and I may change my mind, although I do not have a
scanner, or the technique, to do it full justice.
We also have Kenyon, a guy who seems to just as fired up about 1960 stuff
and who is also adding tons of stuff to the list at his own expense and on
his own time.
So, bear with us as we try to fix our wonderful site properly. We are just
as committed to getting the situation corrected as you. Maybe even a little
more so. As we all know there are very few books about Imperials, and I
think it could be honestly said that the badge is one of the least well
known in automobile history. Packard or Studebaker owners don't, I'm sure,
have to explain ad nauseam, who made their cars. Our site is one of the
best car sites in the world. It is huge, comprehensive, growing and
popular. We intend for it to stay that way.
Hugh Hemphill
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