Re: IML: Is it just me?

["john sadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

I don't think the list is complete yet. There is a 31 listed.  One rare car 
listed I'd really like to see is a 59 Windsor wagon. It has swivel seats, 
A/C & the rear facing 3rd seat.
John
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Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:08 PM
Subject: IML: Is it just me?


Hi All...Last week my January issue of Hemmings Motor News arrived and with 
it, not surprisingly, enclosed in the plastic wrapping, were a coupe of 
catalogs filled with 'Car Guy' stuff for Christmas presents! Again, this is 
nothing I'd call 'new'! Also included was a booklette referring to the 
upcoming ('07) Barrett-Jackson auction in Scotsdale, AZ. Usually I would 
look through this type of auction brochures with 'curiosity' more than 
anything else, since unless I hit the lottery I could no way afford to even 
think !! about affording one of these cars! Yes, there are always vehicles 
up for auction that i would LOVE to own, but I have to ask myself "If I 
bought a $100,000.00 GTX with only 250 miles on it, would I even take it out 
on the road??'......Sure there are less expensive cars out there but USUALLY 
the best ones (I realize that the term 'best' here is relative!) go to 
auctions such as the Barrett-Jackson ones since there are usually lots of 
folks with the big bucks attending these functions. Now, after looking 
through the brochure that came with my Hemmings, I saw a number of great 
vehicles I would love to be able to own, but!!! although I may have missed 
it, I SAW NO IMPERIALS AT ALL listed for the upcoming auction! After 
thinking about this for a bit I guess its a good news/bad news thing, cause 
if  the IMPERIALS were as in-demand as, say, Dodge Daytona's, Roadrunners, 
Chrysler 300's or any of the muscle cars, there would be no way that someone 
like myself could ever have bought one in the first place! ...and I have 
been fortunate enough to currently own two! I must admit though, it is 
beyond me why IMPERIAL's in general are not MUCH more in demand then they 
currently are! I think they were built so much better then other cars of 
that era, they certainly are not a vehicle you are liable to see passing you 
on the road whenever you DO go out for a drive, the production numbers are 
certainly not high enough for them to have been called 'commonly seen' even 
when they were new!! If I had a 10 car garage ( and the $$ to fill it up!) 
I'd surely have 10 Imperials in it (OK, maybe only 9 with one Hemi, 4-speed 
GTX!). I know it sounds corny and allthat, but I truly enjoy owning my 
Imperial(s) even if I just stand there and look at them! So, its GOOD NEWS 
that these cars not not skyrocketing in price (so far) so we can all afford 
to own one! The BAD NEWS (if you want to call it that) is that because they 
are not in great demand, the parts are not as easy to find as, say, parts 
for a '57 Chevy or a Roadrunner might be. I guess thats what EVERY old car 
owner has to deal with....and, the more I think about it, thats part of the 
enjoyment of owning an old car in the first place!...that, along with the 
looks you get when taking the car out for a drive! I just know that some of 
those folks are saying to themselves "I sure wish we had kept Grampy's old 
Imperial! what a car that was!!".......But I'm still disappointed that there 
were no Imperials going to the Barrett-Jackson auction! (that I know of)
I hope everyone has a GREAT Holiday ...stay safe and have a Happy!
Dan Melnik



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