2nd Place for Imperial
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2nd Place for Imperial



Hello Mark and List,

         Congrats on the win!  I've nabbed a couple of first place finishes 
for just entering.  Of course, that's in the FWD class with the '85 T&C 
convertible.  I looking forward to the entry of a '90's Imperial at one of 
these events.

Greg Gryczan
West Palm Beach, FL
U.S.A.

At 12:10 PM 6/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey, hey, woo, woo, just gotta brag.
>
>Thanks to Greg McDonnell of this list, I was able to participate in a
>fairly big Mopar show that was held in Pensacola yesterday.
>
>It was a beautiful setting under the trees in a park near the
>waterfront.  As Greg and I expected, it was mainly muscle cars (but I
>don't mind Chrysler muscle cars), and there were a few interesting and
>unexpected cars, like a '76 Cordoba in good condition and an amazingly
>clean 1964 4 door Dodge Polara.  I believe there was one later New
>Yorker as well (1990?), along with a '66 300, a '68 Newport, and some
>50's Plymouths.
>
>Anyway, I really haven't spent much time on my '71 LeBaron coupe, but
>since it has the best paint of any of my cars I decided to enter it in
>the show.  Well, to my surprise I took 2nd Place in my class!  I was
>expecting 3rd at best in a group like this.
>
>The car that won was a 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst, which was a limited
>edition with fancy paint, a spoiler on the rear deck, and a TNT engine
>(there may be some other differences).  Anyway, my point is, I think
>it's encouraging that an Imperial could place so high in a group of
>muscle cars.  There is hope!
>
>I think if I had had time to detail my engine compartment I might have
>won first.  (Next year!)
>
>MM
>
>
>


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