Hello all Imperialists!
My wife and I bought an
Imperial Crown 1965 from Mr. Jim Gesswein, Gesswein Motors in South Dakota a month ago. We took the car
during a 14 days trip from Milbank via Minneapolis
(where we met the Chrysler Club and Mr. Kristian Oeyen, a fantastic guy!!!), the
region north of Minneapolis where Swedes once settled down, to Detroit for a visit
at the Chrysler Museum and the Henry Ford (museum), and finally to Newark, where
we left the car for transport to Sweden. We hope to go to Gothenburg to pick up
our green beauty on Wednesday and take it home to Kristianstad in southern Sweden. Our
trip from Milbank to Newark
was about 2200 miles.
The car run fantastic! It was really reliable, we drove between 65 and 80 mph on roads never seen
before and in heavy traffic, and on two days the trip was somewhere abut 450 miles each. We were
not tired at all from trip in the car! Our backs did not complain! Imperial is
really a fantastic car!
Best regards to all of
you
Bertil Olsson,
Krokvägen 15,
291 44 Kristianstad
SWDEN
Tel. +4644127070
mobil+4670877 38 13
Skype Plymouth1934
e-post bertil.olsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Dr David G Briant
Skickat: den 10 juni 2007 22:03
Till: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ämne: Re: IML: "Do All Time
Machines Have Fins"?
Excellent description of the Imperial
idea in action! Our 66 Crown Coupe made 27-30-day driving vacations coast
to coast and border to border a marvelous time for helping
educate three children. Privileged parking was offered frequently
based on the impressiveness of the car--including San Francisco, Butte, MT,
Albany, NY and others.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: IML: "Do All Time Machines Have Fins"?
My 1965 doesn't have fins, but is still a total pleasure to
drive. My mother's 2005 Mercedes-Benz cannot glide across washboard
surfaces with the disdain of my Imperial, nor does it have nearly the roominess
and comfort. My Imperial feels like sitting on an expensive living room
sofa with a steering wheel and controls in front of me. I drove it 2,100 miles in one shot
and didn't feel any back pain or anything from lack of support. It is,
without a doubt, the most luxurious car I've ever had in my life, plus it gets
good gas mileage for a car that large with such a huge engine.
I
see people buy and sell and understand that they have many cars and this is
their hobby, but, hopefully the day my Imperial goes on the block, I'll be
dead, as I have no intention of ever getting rid of her. Not only does
she turn heads on the road, but I smile every time I walk into the garage and
see her.
What
kind of amazes me is that when I see the options on my car and look at new
ones, I don't see that much difference. Aside from the standard features,
I have the power door locks, automatic headbeam changer, Auto-Pilot, AM/FM
radio with reverberator and power antenna, push button trunk lid release,
six-way power seat, dual unit A/C, etc. My mother's Mercedes-Benz has
versions of the same options. Granted, she has heated seats, which in
South Texas you never use, plus the Sentinel type headlights, that she doesn't
use because in the city, the lights won't come on at night because of the
street lights and the rear, powered head rests. However, her car doesn't
ride nearly as nice as mine and, frankly, it's a bit claustrophobic. The
beam that runs from the roof to the front fender is so wide that it creates
it's own blind spot in the front. Finding a comfortable driving position
is difficult, at best. You're either comfortable and can't see over the
hood, or you can see over the hood and you feel like you sitting on the
roof. Good thing it has the hood ornament.
Anyway,
I know how you feel about taking your car out and enjoying taking her for
rides.
This
afternoon I spent under my '60 re-installing the gas tank, blowing out the line
with compressed air before hooking it up to the fuel pump and finally
giving the little two gallon red plastic tank back to its rightfull owener: My
lawn mower.
After
getting cleaned up enough to head to my friendly gas station to fill two six
gallon cans with premium, I lifted up the lid and put twelve or so gallons into
the car's own tank.
Turned
the key and she started right up as usual and I gunned the engine a little to
provide as much suction from the pump as possible. There was a slight
hic-up or two but then she settled down to her normal quiet tick over.
By
now it was almost dusk and common sense told me to wait until tomorrow morning
to take her out for a drive. But then, if I had any common sense I
wouldn't be doing this in the first place and besides I personally think common
sense is over rated.
I
pressed "D" and slowly pulled out of the garage, down the alley to
the street. Moved the turn signal lever over to the right and headed off
down the street. I had intended just to go around the block but I thought
f*** that and kept on going.
I
passed a local side walk cafe where we caused quite a stir; some people even
standing and pointing but I didn't care.
For
suddenly, it was 1970 and I was 22 again! My back didn't hurt, I was
filled with energy and optimism and all things seemed possible. My
fingers gripped the wheel without any sign of arthritis - all that was years
away. I switched on the headlights and the soft green EL glow bathed my
eyes. Life is Grand!
It
didn't last all that long, but long enough. I headed for home and one of
the things I always enjoyed in my Imperial - backing up. My head turned
over my right shoulder and looking back with the view framed by the fins
and the glow of the brake lights reflected in the rings of the
"Sparrow Strainers" as Uncle Tom of Mechanic's Illustrated used to
call them. I pushed the "N" button and put on the parking brake
and switched her off.
Do
all time machines have fins? Well I don't know the answer to that.
I
just know that mine does...
Jim
L. in OR
'60 Crown 4dr Southampton
'62 Crown 4dr Southampton
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