Re: IML: Someone Save this '63 Crown!!!

[Joy <jecny75@xxxxxxxxx>]

I live in NY, but I know a few people in FLA who would
be willing to look at it for me.  I'm going to get in
touch with Wally/Jimmy.  Thanks!  

Joy


--- pnkmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I haven't called them in awhile.  Joy, you want to
> do it?  The numder is 
> below.  PEM
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joy" <jecny75@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:41 AM
> Subject: Re: IML: Someone Save this '63 Crown!!!
> 
> 
> > anyone know what happened with this car??
> >
> > --- pnkmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> Someone needs to save this '63!!
> >>
> >> My brother sent me an email about two weeks ago
> >> about a '63 "Chevrolet Imperial" that was for
> sale
> >> at the garage where he and his wife buy all of
> their
> >> gas and get their cars serviced in Fr.
> Lauderdale.
> >> I immediately assumed it was a chevy, but wrote
> him
> >> and asked for clarification.  He ran an image
> search
> >> and confirmed that it was an Imperial.  $2000.
> >>
> >> I called, but they'd sold it.  A few days ago my
> >> brother called again and said the car was back on
> >> the lot, for sale.
> >>
> >> I called again and spoke to both Jimmy and Wally.
> >> Here's the story as I pieced it together from
> them:
> >>
> >> It's a '63 Crown four door, 85k miles. 
> Cream/camel
> >> colored.  It was purchased new in Illinois and
> the
> >> couple who owned it moved to Ft. Lauderdale in
> 1965.
> >>  They had it serviced at this same gas station
> ever
> >> since.  Mr. Owner died in about 2000 and Mrs.
> Owner
> >> stopped driving it in 2002 and died soon
> thereafter.
> >>  It sat for the next four years in their garage,
> >> where it was always stored.  Now the kids are
> >> finally closing up the estate and have put it up
> for
> >> sale.
> >>
> >> The previous buyers were two.  One guy heard
> about
> >> it from a local friend and called from Atlanta. 
> He
> >> was going to come down and trailer it back.  He
> >> never showed, never paid any money, etc.  While
> he
> >> was still expected, a second guy wanted it and
> asked
> >> to be "second in line" if the Atlanta deal fell
> >> through.  When Atlanta didn't show and they
> called
> >> No. 2, he got cold feet and didn't buy it. 
> That's
> >> about the time I called for the second time.
> >>
> >> Condition: Jimmy told me that it had some rust on
> >> the rocker panels because the owners drove it
> near
> >> and around salt water and didn't rinse it off. 
> The
> >> floors and trunk pan are rusted too, but not all
> the
> >> way through.  He also said the front seat needed
> to
> >> be re-upholstered.  Air was operable when Mrs.
> >> stopped driving it, and Jimmy told me the AC
> system
> >> was still holding a full charge but needed a new
> >> expansion (?) valve to cool again.  He also said
> the
> >> brake cylinder and bellows were shot, and the
> tires
> >> had sat too long.  It runs strong, shifts
> properly
> >> and  they are driving it in and out of the shop
> at
> >> night but will not allow anyone to test drive it
> >> without the brake repair.
> >>
> >> I really, really debated with myself over this.
> >> It's a cool car and is plainly teetering between
> >> reclamation and disaster.  I have two play cars
> >> already, my '58 Imperial project and my very
> >> operable '69 Electra ragtop, and I've got too
> much
> >> going on with the two of them (and our two daily
> >> drivers)  to take on a '63.  I thought about it
> all
> >> weekend, of course, but finally came up with the
> >> conclusion that it should go to someone else.  It
> >> irks me because I do have the room or it, just no
> >> more time right now.  If my son was 15 instead of
> 9,
> >> I'd be arranging the shipping right now.  It
> would
> >> be a great car for he and I work on together. 
> Right
> >> now between he and his two sisters, my wife, the
> >> mortgage, tuition, cub scouts, aging parents,
> swim
> >> team, job and everything else going on, I've got
> to
> >> draw the line.
> >>
> >> Gary Luedtke very kindly went and looked at it
> for
> >> me over the weekend but wasn't able to touch it
> >> (locked in the closed shop).  He sent me two
> pretty
> >> good pictures of the rear end taken through the
> shop
> >> window.  I'll happily share those with anyone who
> >> wants to ask off line.  He also sent me the
> >> description that I've copied in below.  One of
> our
> >> IML pals (Sharp-eyed Joe!) noticed that one of
> >> Gary's pictures showed a fancy Shriner's badge on
> >> the gas tank door, and we got all excited for a
> few
> >> minutes until I pretty much confirmed that all
> >> Shriner vehicles were parade cars, i.e.
> >> convertibles.  Maybe this is "The Lost Shiner
> >> Hardtop?"  Who knows?
> >>
> >> If it can't be me, I hope some cool IML person
> can
> >> save and enjoy this lovely car.
> >>
> >> Patrick E. Moore
> >> Covington, LA
> >> Car is at: the Citgo Station at 2366 E Las Olas
> Blvd
> >> Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
> >> (954) 463-8329
> >> ask for Wally or Jimmy
> >>
> >>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary
> luedtke"
> >> > <poppers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <pnkmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:31 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: IML: Can anyone look at a '63
> Crown
> >> Ft. Lauderdale
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Patrick,
> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> i found the crown in one of the
> >> >> inside bays...
> >> >> and could only see its hind-quarters thru the
> >> window. JPG pix attached.
> >> >> it's a tasteful "light caramel" in color, and
> yes
> >> has rust.
> >> >>
> >> >> i'm the third owner of a 67,000-mile '63,
> stored
> >> on my driveway 5 years,
> >> >> and it has not a spot of rust on its
> >> undercarriage. the crown has rust
> >> >> behind the wheels on the bottom, which
> indicates
> >> it got a lot of water
> >> >> thrown up behind the wheels.
> >> >> i would thus doubt the mileage figures quoted.
> >> >>
> >> >> it also has the back edge of the trunk worn
> thru
> >> the paint.
> >> >> the whole car's paint looks like it never got
> >> waxed, having
> >> >> permanent-looking differences, which maybe a
> real
> >> good application of
> >> >> the
> >> >> three MaGuires wax procedure would bring back
> to
> >> some life.
> >> >>
> >> >> but i'd say a body shop would need to
> eliminate
> 
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