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> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: IML: Imperial. Period. >Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:41:59 -0700 > > > >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. > >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. > >Have a nice weekend folks! > >Bill Ulman >'66 Crown Convertible > > > >