Mr Ulman
I own a 63 Imperial Crown Convertible, the one in the DD movie car wash
scene, not the actual one! but the same comments so far from peasants (
which one of you is Ethel Merman????) At traffic lights a woman of uncertain
age who had been blocking my road for miles in her horrible whatever
Japanese thing asked and I quote ( how many miles per gallon do you get out
of that eco unfriendly monster?) my reply-- I don't know and I'm to rich to
care. Niether statement is true but it stuffed her back in to her parralell
universe.
I live in London England.
David Munson
>From: "Wm. R. Ulman" <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: IML: Imperial. Period.
>Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:41:59 -0700
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>When I went to register Doris Day, or Miss Day if you wish, my '66 Crown
>Convertible, I had previously owned 2 Imperials, a '63 Custom 4dr, and a
>'60 Crown Convertible. I had just acquired the '66 and went to the
>Washington State DMV. The kind women behind her desk asked me the make
>of the car, and I told her Imperial. She looked up Imperial under
>Chrysler in the Old Car Value Guide that they now use to value old cars
>so you can't just present a bill of sale for $100 anymore. She then
>asked me the condition of the car! I knew instantly where she was
>going, so I said it did not run, and would be parted out. I got a #5
>value for tax payment purposes. Anyway, she then does the Chrysler
>thing on the new title & registration. I corrected her. She did not
>like that. I said it needed to be corrected, and she gave me the "It is
>time for my break" government worker look. I said I needed to see a
>Supervisor, she hummed, and hawed, but I held my ground. She called
>over the Supervisor, and low and behold, it was the woman who issued me
>my plates for the first Imperial 7 years earlier. She recognized me, we
>laughed that I still had the plates (FIT4AQN), and instructed the
>subordinate to change the registration, and title to reflect Imperial as
>the make of the car.
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>My title and registration now say Imperial as the make, but there is no
>mention of model being Crown, just 2dr Conv.. I'll take it. Just as I
>stood up, I looked the women who had been corrected in the eye, she
>glared back at me with venom in hers, and I said rather sweetly to her
>in a whisper "It is good to be the queen, I like it", and walked out.
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>Have a nice weekend folks!
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>Bill Ulman
>'66 Crown Convertible
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