Re: IML: Non-Car Imperial Landmark Gag Page?

[Christian Walter <cdubya2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Chris Walter pauses along HWY 1 to enjoy an Imperial
Optimo Cigar  [box in hand]  and appreciate the finer
things, but most of all his 1965 Imperial Crown." 
[Owner with hand on trunk lid,  I M P E R I A L  half
circle script clearly visible in the fading rays of
the sunset.] 

Now all I need is the picture...

Happy New Year to all...

CW
Modesto, CA
 
--- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> I think it would be kinda fun. I MIGHT be able to 
> maintain the page.
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> Just a thought. Maybe it's too dumb an idea.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I had fancied something like that under the
> "Oddities" page.  
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> 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?  
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> Dan Wing with 1982 Imperial in front of Imperial
> Bank, (address to allow pilgrimmages?), NY, USA  
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> 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.
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> Let's go!
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