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Merry Christmas all!
I have collected "Imperialthings" in many year. I
have Imperialsoap,Imperialcologne,Imperialcandy,
Imperialtea,Imperialsugar,Imperialrice,
Imperialvodka,Imperialbeer,Imperialchocolate,
Imperialcigars and Imperialbed. That Imperialbed
are a old bed from 1890.
Elisabeth from Sweden
60 Custom
61 LeBaron
75 Town&Country
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 2:10
AM
Subject: IML: Non-Car Imperial Landmark
Gag Page?
I
have had 3 Imperials over the last 11 years (4 technically, but the first
was short lived, and was a basket case '62 Crown. Pity, I love the
'62's), a '63 Custom, with rare, I am told in a Custom, power
windows. A '60 vert, and my current '66 vert. I live in Seattle,
and have driven down to Portland on several occasions, each time staying at
the "Imperial Hotel". A old world charm hotel. Each time I visit,
they always want a picture of the car in front under the Hotel
awning. It's kinda fun!
Bill
Seattle, WA
'66
Crown convertible - Doris Day
Daniel M Wing <imp1983@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think it would be kinda fun. I MIGHT be able to
maintain the page.
Just a thought. Maybe it's too dumb an
idea.
Dan Wing
Well, if it's a dumb idea, then small minds think alike. I had
the idea of taking my camera and a car around to local landmarks with
Imperial in the name. I think I've seen about 5 so far.
A few years ago there was someone that swiped a lawn gnome from
someone's yard and took it with them on their world travels, mailing the
owners photos of the gnome placed in various poses in front of the Eiffel
Tower, Vatican, Berlin Wall, etc. Made the news and was a real
hoot.
I had fancied something like that under the "Oddities" page.
Let's do it. I nominate Dan to set things up. Maybe come up
with some "rules", like there has to be both an Imperial car and the word
Imperial in the photo, preferrably with the owner pictured as well as a
tag line expaining what is in the picture and its' location?
Such as:
Dan Wing with 1982 Imperial in front of Imperial Bank, (address to
allow pilgrimmages?), NY, USA
There's only the Imperial Valley, Imperial Palace, Imperial Bank,
Imperial Margarine (gotta be a billboard or something to put the car next
to?), Imperial Towing svc. and so forth, but there have to be streets and
other places with the name. Chinatown in San Francisco has a bunch
of places referring to "back home" where they actually had Imperial
dynasites that were not both car names. Considering some of the
arcane topics discussed here, I'd bet that there are a few people with
time for this sort of thing when they're not out trying to reinvent
the legendary, lost-to-science "300 MPG carburetor" or
trying to invent cold fusion or whatever.
Let's go!
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