Hey Terry and Andree -
I'm in Connecticut! What should I be looking for (what
color is your car) and what city are they headed to ? I
ask because the biggest CT show of the year is coming up
the second week in Sept.
Ron
> Sold off my duplicate 55 NY StRegis hardtop and the enclosed car hauler came
> to pick it up for the trip to its new owner in Connecticut on Monday.
>
> What a day!!!
>
> The carrier showed up at 11 in the morning and left around 8 in the evening
> and was working to rearrange his load to get all the cars in the whole time.
> Comedy of errors all day it seemed but the 55 got on safely in the end.
> Ferrari got small hole punched in front fender though.
>
> Was delighted when he open the trailer to find the back end of a 58 Imperial
> smiling at me. Imperial Convertible no less. Original owners 70 year old
> daughter is moving from Oregon to Connecticut and was having it trailered.
> Sure it wouldn't make the trip by itself although it ran ok but was pretty
> tired. Had been sitting outside in Oregon and had lots of rust poorly
> repaired over the years but passed the 25 foot test pretty well. Dripping
> tranny fluid all the time and got parked over a 50 or so MG which had
> plastic on it at least.
>
> MY 55 sure looked great next to it though and they made a neat pair. the
> guy had to pick up a 69 Charger also before heading east. Amazing to see so
> many Mopars on an enclosed trailer.
>
> As luck would have it Bob Hoffmeister , my friendly local Imperial
> dismantler, and his son stopped by in the middle of the project and got to
> drool over the 58. He thought I had bought it at first but then we had to
> hold him off so the car stayed complete. Actually most parts needed
> replacing and bob had lots of the parts available but I bet it will be a
> long time till it gets any help.
>
> Made a long but interesting day with all of the mopars on the trailer
>
> Look for some new Mopars in Connecticut this weekend!!
>
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