Robert Soule and I were talking on the LONG trip back
to Dixie (750 miles for him plus another 100 on to
Huntsville for me) that Carlisle would be an absolute
MUST ATTEND if we were anywhere within 300 miles of
Carlisle. That covers a lot of country and a lot of
Imperials. We only had 13 preregistered which
accounted for the small space they set aside for us.
Hopefully next year we will have a much bigger turnout
and get more space.
Perhaps we could do an 'eat' next year. Someone could
bring a grill and we could cook some hot dogs and
burgers or something, maybe around 6 Saturday evening.
Traffic is horrible anyway. I saw some other groups
doing that and it looked like they were having some
good fellowship. It would also give us more time to
get acquainted. Seems like a bunch of folks gathered
for the photo at 11 on Saturday but it seemed that by
the time my eyes had recovered from the flash bulbs
everyone had disappeared
We are actually thinking about leaving Wednesday so we
can check out bargains in the flea market when the
vendors unload Thursday.
Kerryp
--- Imp1983@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a couple of notes. First, the as I said before
> it was my first long
> trip in my Imp so I was a bit wary. But she
> performed admirably.
>
> I found that it really likes to run at about 70
> miles an hour. She smoothes
> right out and purrs along. What fun to sit back,
> put the Automatic Temp A/C
> on about 68 degrees, pop in a few CDs (using my
> cassette adapter) and cruise!
>
> We travelled a total of 761.5 miles, and overall got
> 20 MPG. About the only
> complaints I have is the high truck traffic around
> Scranton, PA with only two
> lanes, and route 81 being in it's usual state of
> disrepair. At least on this
> trip it wasn't under construction for more than a
> few miles.
>
> I enjoyed seeing the older Imps for the first time.
> I really loved that
> green 59 two-door hardtop. What a car!! We also
> had an 81, 82, and 83 next
> to each other. Cool.
>
> Don's young friend Andy did a great job of restoring
> his 81 for his senior
> project in school (with lot's of Don's help). Andy
> told me it didn't seem
> like work because he knew that he would have a cool
> car when he got done.
>
> His car was cool. That four-barrel sounded perfect.
> Smooth and just enough
> throatiness to it through the dual exhaust. His L O
> U D subwoofer did cause
> the Chrysler rep to pop out from around the tent
> behind us though'. She was
> having a hard time speaking to show-goers!! ;-)
> All in the fun.
>
> It was great to go to an all MoPar show and talk
> with people actually LIKE
> MoPars!
>
> Well, enough I guess. I don't want to bore too many
> . . .
>
> Dan Wing
> Imp1983@xxxxxxx
>
> 83 Imp, beige, Turbine wheel covers,
> factory/dealer carb conversion
>
>
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