A road trip to Pilot Mound...sounds like fun. I grew up at the first town
south of the border from there. Made many a trip to "The Mound" Alas, not in
an Imperial, but being 18 in the early 70's, it was actually for the
O'keefe's Extra Oldstock!
Dave
67 Haze Green Sedan
Covington, Wa.
>From: Brad Hogg <roadhogg@xxxxxxx>
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>To: Imperial Mailing List <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: IML: Auction Day
>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:36:36 -0500
>
>This was a rather nice spring morning in Winnipeg. The wind was picking up
>some but the temperature was moderate and the cloud cover minimal. My
>neighbour, AL met me behind my garage where I was doing some last minute
>tinkering on the 78 Newporker. Fellow IML member, Darryl Kippen also met
>us
>there. The other guys made a run to Tim Horton's for coffee while I
>buttoned up the Newporker and preparted for our little adventure.
>
>We headed away from my house about 10:15 AM, filled the Newporker with
>fuel,
>filled ourselves with McDonalds breakfasts and off we went to the farm
>auction. The auction was being held East of Pilot Mound, Manitoba, about
>200 km from Winnipeg. The Newporker performed flawlessly. Al did the
>driving as Darryl rode shotgun and I lounged in the comfy expanse of the
>back seat of the Newporker. Actually, it was a little cramped for my 6'4",
>350 lb frame but lets seeya do that in any OTHER car today! We arrived at
>the auction at about 12:30 PM, about 90 minutes before they were scheduled
>to auction the item of our interest. This item was a very respectable 1947
>Chrysler Imperial Crown Limousine. This car is powered by a flat head
>straight eight power plant that was brought to life with an apparently new
>six volt battery. When the man started the car our jaws dropped. This car
>ran as smooth as one could ever imagine!
>
>The bidding started......"Ten thousand!" the auctioneer shouted! "Ten ten
>ten ten lets hear ten.....eight eight, gimme eight!" he relented. "Give
>me
>four thousand for this beautiful automobile! The lady of the house used
>this car to fetch her groceries up until about two years ago!" The bids
>finally started. Four, five, fifty five, six, sixty five, up they went
>with
>the auctioneer becoming more and more excited as the numbers rang higher.
>"Gimme seven!" he demanded...."Seven!" he cheered. Seventy five! Eight!
>"Gimme eighty five...eighty five...we got eight, gimme eighty five!" over
>and over the auctioneer chanted. "Eighty five? eighty five?" he pleaded.
>"SOLD! For eight thousand dollars!"
>
>I was unable to see who the buyer was but having had a close look at this
>car, IMO it was worth 50% again that much...a real bargain for someone. I
>can only hope it will be treated well so that many more people can enjoy
>this fine example of automotive engineering.
>
>The three of us waited around to see a few more items sell and then we
>climbed into the Newporker and headed off home. The car ran great! The
>auction was rather fun. The day was almost perfect (very windy) and the
>company was enjoyed. I hope everyone gets to have "old car days" like this
>once in a while. Sure, it cost me about $65 in gas but it was worth every
>dime IMO.
>
>Please see the pictures I've placed on my home web server. Some of these
>will be displayed on the 1947 section of the OIC site.
>
>http://imperial.point2this.com/misc/CarStuff/1947CrownImperialLimo/
>
>
>
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