Re: IML: Finding a good Imperial exit strategy

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hugh,
   No matter what condition our Imperials are in, we will always
find minutiae to pick over.  I have found that to do the MOST
important things to keep it going is easiest; THEN with all of
everything else providing, to fix the items to fine tune the
appearance and you will evidentially find that the only things
left are those to be optional flares.  I have A LOT of things
going on otherwisse, but I try to set an half hour weekly
appointment with each of our Imperials to do things on them or to
research or order their parts.  Thing could get OVERWHELMING
otherwise.

Æyn & Patrick

--- "Hugh, 58 Imperial" <imperial58@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When you get into Imperials and, maybe by accident, in small
> increments, 
> become very committed to them, I guess many of us do not think
> about 
> graceful exit strategies.  There was one guy on here, a real
> sticker for 
> accuracy who really went off the deep end and ended up killing
> himself.  He 
> had attended several shows and folks on the IML had met him. 
> I'm sure he 
> had any amount of serious issues in his life other than the
> Imperial but, 
> evidently, the car did not provide enough relief.  Over the
> years, 
> evidently, I have seen many people come to the end of their
> Imperial trip. 
> There are certainly easier points of entry into the old car
> game but none, I 
> suspect, that are more ultimately satisfying.
> 
> Many of us here, and I count myself among them, consider
> driving our 
> Imperials as a truly effective form of therapy.  There a;ways
> comes a point 
> when proceeding with the cars becomes less enjoyable than it
> once was.  The 
> old car game is best played by the young and unmarried and the
> retired but 
> still very active.  Middle aged folks like me, with college
> looming for our 
> kids, etc, etc, etc, just can't devote the time, money and
> energy to these 
> bottomless pits of wants and needs the way we might like to.
> 
> However, I came away from my 58 today feeling pretty good.  The
> rust of the 
> floor of the car does not seem to be structural.  The steering
> wheel is 
> still two-thirds intact.  I think I can fudge a band aid repair
> over the 
> remaining top third while I try to resolve many other issues. 
> I don't think 
> my time on this ride is over yet.  I hate being further behind
> than when I 
> started, that's for sure, but I think I can, with some effort,
> get the car 
> to where I want it to be.  Then I'll allow myself to think
> about retiring!
> 
> Hugh Hemphill
> 58 Imperial
> San Antonio, Texas 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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