1964 for FREE in Bay Area

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Gee, that sounds like one that I ran across in Northern California in 1971. It 
was in Etna, and parked in front of the house next door to some friends at the 
time. My friends had a '64 Lincoln Sedan and it was really nice, but the 
Imperial next door had seen much better days, and it wasn't even that old! The 
exterior was beat, the interior was in tatters, it had no wheel covers, and the 
exhaust system was nearly gone. I didn't know that it was still being used 
until one day the woman that lived there drove it away. Later that day it was 
back, amazingly! It was a Crown Four Door, White with a Blue fabric and leather 
interior. Months later my friend's mother told me that one day she had gone for 
a ride in it. She reported that it rode as bad as it looked. Her exact words 
were that "it rode like an old truck". She knew what that meant, too. Her 
husband drove a 1948 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup and it was SHOT! I was always sad 
that that poor old Imperial had deteriorated to the point where it was being 
compared unfavorably to a worn out 1948 Chevy truck, and it was only 7 years 
old!

Paul

 

In a message dated 1/22/2004 12:05:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> Car is free to a good IML home.  White Crown 4D.      
>  
> Runs, but barely and has many needs.  
> It is sitting on the fence between parts car, rough-part-of-town driver, and 
>resto candidate.  When I saw it I thought that it would make a great tow car 
>with a rebuilt engine and no other apologies.  Gauranteed to intimidate people 
>if used to merge aggressively.     
>  
> Not much in the way of rust - a solid California car.  
> I drove it home 70 miles and it's down on power but probably has more miles 
>left as-is.
> Large shallow dent in one rear quarter.
> Trailer hitch.
> Complete except for hood ornament.
> Interior is rough, but that's why they make seatcovers...
> rebuilt brake booster (forget if the whole brake system was done, but the guy 
>seemed like a part by part type)
> Chrome still silver but aged.
> Needs love.
> Name: King George the 64 - must remain with car or no deal.
>  
> Previous owner bought it from a used car lot in 68 with the express intent of 
>wringing every last nickel of use out of the car.  He's now in an assisted 
>living facility and the car's still running, if barely.  I think that the car 
>won, personally, although when he passed it to me they both looked like they 
>had about the same number of miles on them.
>  
> Please contact me off list at imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx if 
> interested.
> 
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