Here's a little secret: If you live within decent distance of a local small airport (especially those trying to survive), you might find a hangar cheap. In NorCal, we rented a 36x48 hangar for $200 a month. That included light, power and 24 hour security (provided by FAA-backed airport police.) Only downside was that you had to move everything out every few months to bug-bomb the place for black widows. Tim --------- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:29:24 -0400 From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Interesting responses.. on 56 Imperials Regardless of the "models or condition", it all boils down to what you want for yourself. That could be based on something as insignificant as who was with you when you bought a certain car, or even who you bought it from. My experience has been to keep as many as possible. Each time I decided to do that, a good friend of mine helped me build a carport or garage, so that the car would not sit outside. In our area it costs about $500.00 to build a carport. Also, since I was aware of my unquenchable desire to own as many NICE cars as possible (maybe silly to you, but very important to me)I moved from my rented apartment and bought a house. Having five garage stalls at my old apartment building was the maximum that the land lady would allow. When I bought my sixth Imperial (in 1985), I couldn't make the choice that you are now faced with. By 1997 I couldn't build anymore covered spaces on my lot. Upon finding a pair of '55 Imperials once again I had to chose, and couldn't. I bought another house instead, which gave me the potential of seven more covered parking spaces. At this late stage, I am most certainly happy that I kept all of my cars. Compared to what is usually available now for restoration or the cost of a nice original, my cars were all bargains. By being so concerned about parking them all, I made two very good investments in real estate. Chances are, without the cars, I would probably still be renting an apartment. Since I worked really hard to park all of them on my own property, and under cover, I haven't spent away their value by paying for years of monthly storage. Someday those cars and the extra house may enable me to continue my own independence in late retirement, which is something that each and every one of us will eventually have to deal with. I call that a good investment. Paul _________________________________________________________________ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/