Re: IML: My Imperial Dilemma

[Bill Longest <billlongest@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now that the mechanics are done, I'll bet if you
painted it you would "love" it again, and feel
energized.  It would be running good and looking good
at the same time!!  I was going to sell mine because
it needed work.  I bought a newer car to replace the
Imp, and then someone hit the Imp.  I did not think I
could sell a damaged car do I fixed it and repainted
the entire car.  It was no nice I sold my newer car
and kept driving the Imp.



Bill
--- jmeyer75 <jmeyer75@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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