Re: Re: IML: 67 Convertible on eBay

[<tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will tell you that I've seen this car and the engine sounds as smooth as any 
Imperial I've 
ever heard.  It is not a 10 cosmetically, but it does look very good, and you 
can bet it is 
one of the most mechanically sound cars you'll ever buy.

Mark M

> From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/05/17 Mon PM 05:04:51 EDT
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: IML: 67 Convertible on eBay
> 
> I've sold cars with no reserve quite a few times on eBay in the 5 or 6 years
> I've been cutting down my collection.  I always start them at $100, and no
> reserve, and I always get fair market value (or more than that!) for them,
> so I trust the market place.
> 
> We'll see, maybe I'm crazy, but I believe in eBay as a way to present one's
> goods to the widest possible audience, and that a good value will bring a
> fair price.
> 
> The fact is, I am selling these cars because I am too old to start any more
> major projects, and now that the fire has given me probably a year of
> cleanup work to add to my worry list, I am going to sell off the cars that I
> am satisfied are as good as I think they should be.  Once there is no need
> for my ministrations anymore on a car, I begin to get involved with other
> cars and lose interest in the completed ones.
> 
> Besides all that, the fact is that I am not in need of the money, just the
> feeling that I don't have to feel responsible for the car anymore.   Call me
> strange, but that's the way it is.
> 
> Dick Benjamin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <DONALDDICKINSOND@xxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: 67 Convertible on eBay
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 5/17/2004 11:54:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > dickb@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> > > Just to let you know, the 67 Imperial Convertible now running on eBay is
> > > mine - and it is closing in on $1000 now.  Wow!    In case anyone wants
> to
> > > look:
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&;
> > > item=2479122175
> > >
> > > Dick Benjamin
> > >
> > Dick you are certainly brave (or foolhardy), selling this car on e-bay
> > without a reserve.  The condition including "everything working" should
> bring at
> > least $15,000 but who knows on e-bay.....lots of luck to you.
> >
> 
> 
>