Re: IML: My Imperial Dilemma

["Lupe Rodriguez" <lupee@xxxxxxx>]

Oh yes, I enjoy my Imperial. I just spent another $125 on it 
for some spare window motors and switches. I really hate 
that it only gets about 6 mpg. A carburetor is probably in 
order. A tech here in San Diego will do it for $160.
Lupe
60 Thunderbird Hard Top
64 Imperial Crown Coupe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "aeyn" <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: IML: My Imperial Dilemma


BUT are you ENJOYING your Imperial and taking pride in it?

Æyn

--- Lupe Rodriguez <lupee@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I like my Imperial also and I would sell it for way less 
> than I
> have in it
> $13,000. I have been offered 5 grand for it and I probably
> should have taken
> it since I keep adding to the 13 grand as time goes by.
> Lupe
> 60 Thunderbird Hard Top
> 64 Imperial Crown Coupe
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Bogart3147@xxxxxxx
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: My Imperial Dilemma
>
>
> You have very sad story.  I'd wanted a 1965 Imperial as 
> far
> back as I can
> remember.  For some reason, I just loved the taillights 
> and
> thought the way
> the hump is in the back with "Imperial" written 
> semi-circular
> was so
> attractive.  However, things happen in life and I didn't 
> think
> about it
> until December 2006.  I found the club and joined, then
> purchased little
> things, like a 1965 owner's manual and the 1965 FSM on 
> EBay,
> but didn't have
> the car.  In March 2007, I found the perfect car for me. 
> A
> 1965 Crown
> 4-door, white, with the blue, biscuit cloth/leather 
> interior.
> Although
> pretty standard stuff for a 1965, it was loaded with every
> available option
> and gadget for 1965.  That was the selling point for me.
> Although I did
> drive back to Chicago from New Mexico, getting lost and 
> ending
> up halfway to
> Nashville before figuring it out, I knew it needed a 
> carburetor
> rebuild and
> a new master cylinder for the brakes.  Thanks to my 
> roommate,
> who
> accidentally knocked out the electrical, I'm not quite 
> sure
> where to start
> except at the solenoid.
>
> Being from New Mexico, like yours, a paint job and some
> interior work is in
> order; however, after waiting about 25 years to get this 
> car,
> and especially
> at the price I paid for it (cheap), it would take a 
> catastrophe
> for me to
> part with it.  It has been sitting, waiting patiently for 
> me to
> get started
> on it (I had a family issue this summer that precluded me 
> from
> working on
> the car); however, I will say that everything the 
> brochures
> promised was
> true.  I had a 1977 New Yorker that, although I loved it
> dearly, was not as
> comfortable as this car for long cruises.
>
> I guess my advice is that if the car isn't really costing 
> you
> any money, why
> sell it?  If you need storage and it's not available, get 
> a car
> cover for it
> when not in use.  Otherwise, I'd spend the money to get 
> the
> cosmetics up to
> snuff and, if you're intent on selling, get the highest 
> price
> possible.
> They're lovely cars and should be sold to someone who will
> appreciate them
> in the long term.  There weren't that many built when new 
> which
> means
> there're a lot fewer out there today.  BEWARE of 
> demolition
> derby people.
> The guy I bought my car from said they LOVE Imperials. 
> They
> can win a derby
> in the early evening, then take the car to another derby 
> the
> same night. He
> told me, I'm not sure if it's true or not, that many 
> derbies in
> New Mexico
> won't allow an Imperial to enter because of this.
>
> Just my nickel's worth.
>
> Timothy Callaway
> 1965 Crown 4-door
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've had my 1965 Crown now for a little over 13 years. In 
> that
> time
> I've had a lot of fun with it, spent a lot of money on it, 
> been
> in
> love with it and wanted to push it over a cliff. I was one 
> of
> the
> earliest members of this club back in the Tony Lindsey 
> days and
> I've
> learned a lot here and gotten a lot of support.
>
> But now I have to decide what to do with my Imperial. I 
> still
> love
> driving it and it's costing me very little to keep, but I 
> don't
> have
> the motivation to do anything with it. The cosmetic work I 
> had
> done
> to it (mainly the paint) now needs to be redone thanks to 
> the
> harsh
> Arizona sun and some unfortunate scrapes and bruises. I 
> have
> some
> money from insurance stashed but while it'll cover the 
> damage
> it
> won't cover an all new paint job, much less an extension 
> to my
> carport to give it some shade.
>
> I go around and around with this - some days I want just 
> to not
> have
> it any more and of course when I drive it I tend the other 
> way,
> to
> get it refinished and proceed like I did before. One 
> factor is
> that I
> was never a very good mechanic but I was willing to do 
> things
> like
> replace the window and antenna motors and change all the 
> dash
> lights.
> Nowadays I just don't feel like doing that any more.
>
> So I've been sitting on it the last couple of years, 
> buying
> some
> parts here and there, driving it once or twice a week, and
> thinking
> of how cool it would be if I got back into it. But that 
> doesn't
> seem
> to be happening.
>
> Since I've owned it I've had practically everything 
> mechanical
> replaced and/or rebuilt except for the differential. I've 
> had
> it
> painted and reupholstered. I've collected a bunch of spare
> parts
> including a set of flat-top .030 pistons and a pair of 
> torsion
> bars
> which is a long story all by itself.
>
> Right now it runs and drives really well but it sure ain't
> pretty any
> more. I could never seem to keep it pretty and running all 
> at
> once -
> after I got it painted I had to get the engine rebuilt, 
> etc.
> etc.
> etc. I had some bad luck choosing shops and people who 
> made
> some of
> this much harder than it should have been. I've had good 
> luck
> too
> with some good people, but I'm just not in the mood to 
> turn it
> over
> to a body shop and go through that again.
>
> The car is special to me for the fun I've had with it and
> especially
> a couple of road trips between Illinois and Arizona with 
> my Dad
> which
> I'll never forget, and driving my best friends from their
> wedding
> with a bunch of Schlitz cans tied to the back (another 
> long
> story).
> It's hard to think about letting it go - it's a big part 
> of me.
> But
> nothing is happening with it and my interests are 
> elsewhere so
> I'm
> not sure that keeping it with the idea of re-restoring it 
> is
> such a
> good idea.
>
> I guess you can all see where I'm leaning by now: it's 
> probably
> time
> to sell. I wouldn't feel bad if I sold it to someone who'd 
> pick
> up
> where I left off, someone who could see beyond its 
> cosmetic
> state to
> all the good stuff underneath.
>
> Anyways, let me know your thoughts and if anybody might be
> interested
> let me know.
>
> John Meyer
> 1965 Crown
> Tucson
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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