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After messing up my first post on production numbers
I went back and added the figures for all models made by
Cadillac, Lincoln and Imperial in 1967 for clarity.
Our cars captured about 7% of the market.
(6.7%)
Dan Collins
67 Crown Coupe
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:20
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Another Just Me
comment
Henry, that EBay price was NOT a record, but just where the
market has been going. Look at last year's B-J auction:
Still rare puppies, our Imps, but definitely beginning to get some
greater respect.
jc
On Dec 11, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Henry Hopkins wrote:
True Imperials are few and far between on the big
auction circuit. Big
exception, Jan 05 Barrett-Jackson light blue 57 cvt purported to have a
Howard Hughes lineage that went for $300??? or am I still dreaming. Anyway, recently a 60 Imperial cvt
in silver and red went on ebay for $60,100, to my mind a new auction
high. Yet not a word from
anyone on IML unless I missed the posts. Is it that when a big price comes
up, IMLers don't talk about it or mention it because they hope no one else
does to keep the prices down for hobbyists who love Imperials just for
themselves? I wonder. Guess IMLers don't follow
ebay??
All seems curious to me.
Henry Hopkins, 60 cvt.
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Is it just me?
Check the Barrett Jackson web site. There is one Imperial listed, a
59
convertable.
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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