Re: IML: '59 Imperial on Speed

[Chris Hawkins <imperial1966@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Henry,

Yes, it was dazzling, without question.  So much so
one almost can overlook its errors!!  And since it was
a '59 Imperial - one of my favorite years - it was
surely one of the prettiest cars there.

Hope you, Richard and the Buick made it home without
incident.  See you at West Coast Meet!

Chris



--- Henry Hopkins <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Henry Hopkins" <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Chris Hawkins" <imperial1966@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: IML: '59 Imperial on Speed
> 
> 
> > Well, what a devastating critique!!!!!!  As I read
> your note, I recalled 
> > each detail you mentioned and of course, you are
> correct.  I admit I was 
> > dazzled by its looks, so different from most of
> the other cars.  I wasn't 
> > thinking of authenticity as much as its startling
> good looks compared to 
> > the others.
> >
> > Thanks for the critique.  It was great seeing you
> at the 300 meet and 
> > having a chance to have a good visit.
> >
> > See you at the next one,
> >
> > Henry
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chris Hawkins" <imperial1966@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:32 AM
> > Subject: RE: IML: '59 Imperial on Speed
> >
> >
> >> No kidding!  I saw the car at Barrett Jackson,
> and I
> >> was not particularly impressed with it.  The car
> was
> >> nice and straight and shiny, but that's about it.
>  At
> >> it's stratospheric selling price, I feel
> justified
> >> being very critical about it.
> >>
> >> Just about everything about it was wrong -
> starting
> >> with a paint color not found in any 1959 paint
> chart.
> >> The interior was wrong, also, and not simply
> because
> >> of the non-factory color.  Flat, featureless seat
> >> padding and incorrectly stitched biscuits - using
> >> cheap straight stitching rather than the correct
> (and
> >> expensive) fold-ever style was used.  And the
> >> embossing of the crowns on the upper bolsters was
> so
> >> slight you couldn't see it unless the light
> caught it
> >> just right. And the leather - oh my. Instead of
> using
> >> the factory correct gleaming white pearlized
> leather,
> >> there was this yellowed ivory leather used
> throughout
> >> that had the gloss level of oxidized rubber. 
> Outside,
> >> the addition of a 1953-54 eagle hood ornament was
> bad
> >> enough but it was compounded by the gold plating
> on
> >> the bird's body.  Gold plating also added bling
> the
> >> "Imperial" hood letters.  Really garish.  Then
> there
> >> were those silly wire wheels which were not
> available
> >> from the factory on any Mopar after 1956.
> >>
> >> I understand the high bid came over the phone. 
> Hope
> >> the new owner is not too disappointed when he
> gets a
> >> car that has had so many liberties taken in its
> >> restortion - to the point that there is not a
> visible
> >> surface that is factory correct.
> >>
> >> Chris H.
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The buyer must be on Speed also!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dick Benjamin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   _____
> >>>
> >>> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>> Behalf Of James carter
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 8:08 PM
> >>> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: Re: IML: '59 Imperial on Speed
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> it sld for 130,000
> >>>
> >>> "D. Howland" <howlands@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Just an FYI. A '59 Imperial is coming up on
> Speed
> >>> Channel coverage of the
> >>> Barrett-Jackson auction.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Daryl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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