the 64 that I just almost got. will get.

[theswainsons@xxxxxxx]

Kenyon,

You better step up before his wife kills the deal all together. You said earlier

this was a great find. That doesn't happen to often so don't let it get away over

what is probably less than 10% of the price. A 64 with less than 30,000 miles!

What's their Phone # again......LOL!

Peter.

67 convert.----- Original Message -----

From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx

Date: Friday, January 23, 2004 9:53 pm

Subject: Re: IML: the 64 that I just almost got. will get.

> Congratulations Kenyon! We will all be hoping that you get that 
> Imperial. Take lots of pix! We wanna see! 
> 
> Paul 
> 
> In a message dated 1/23/2004 11:05:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx writes: 
> 
> > OK, things took a wrong turn. I can't deliver pictures this 
> weekend, so I'll spill the beans now. 
> > I have 4 cars, 2 1960's, Impeiral Margarine (73), and King 
> George the 64. 
> > My house is a 4-Imperial house before stuff starts to show from 
> the street, and the other day, my neighbor who is decidedly NOT a 
> car guy demonstrated that at least some of me is wearing off on 
> him by telling me that he'd seen 2 Imps that day. I was impressed 
> that he'd picked up on them at all. I doubt that he'd know a Cad 
> from a Lincoln, so he's coming along pretty well if I do say so 
> myself.> He also said that one was for sale and was only about 5 
> miles away - looked ok to him. I invited him to lead me to it, 
> and I was floored to find that it was pristine. I mean there was 
> a shaft of light coming through the clouds and a pot of gold and 
> all that. It was dirty frm sitting, but looked like a 2 year old 
> car. The interior is perfect, the body is perfect, the chrome is 
> brilliant. Everything. This is the sort of situation that you 
> dream about. 
> > It took a little while to get ahold of the seller, and we went 
> back awhile later. I opened the hood, and it was perfect. Opened 
> the air cleaner cover and the carb was so clean that it looked 
> NEW. No varnish, no discoloration. Wow. Looked inside and the 
> odo was at 29,900. Original. I began to salivate. It smelled 
> like 1964. Previous owner was an aunt. Uncle bought it for her 
> to learn to drive in. She wasn't much for driving, I guess. It 
> got put into the garage and she gave it to the guy that has it 
> now. The thing is frigging mint! 
> > The lady (seller) started talking price and I knew that she was 
> not even close to the market value (high by 4 thousand) so told 
> her how valuable the car was and all that but that I just couldn't 
> afford it. I decided to leave it be. If you love something and 
> all that.... 
> > Called back in a few weeks and the car hadn't sold yet - it was 
> off on a side residential street and nobody was going to see it 
> there anyway unless I told you sharks on the IML, and I at least 
> know better than that. 
> > Seemed like they had no clue about how to go about selling it. 
> > I wound up getting her dad's number and we haggled back and 
> forth and settled on a price and I still couldn't afford it at the 
> moment, so we agreed that the last $500 could be spread out over 
> time. Good enough. Done deal. 
> > Well, I went out and bought the parts that I always put on a car 
> that's new to me: 
> > Matched fan belts 
> > Radiator hoses 
> > Power steering hoses (!!!) 
> > Brake: wheel and master cylinders and flex hoses 
> > Trans rear seal 
> > 
> > I was to pick the car up and drive it home tomorrow (Saturday) 
> on its STOCK tires, but the guy's wife got to him and he 
> subsequently bagged the deal over the $500 in payments and didn't 
> bother to call me as he decided to go out of town on impulse and 
> would have probably had me knocking on his door at 9am without so 
> much as a phone call to tell about the fact that I was now $500 
> short and I'd have to await his return monday and all. Bummer. 
> What the hell is it with guys' wives where they get em to go back 
> on their word after the make a DEAL? It was good enough on the 
> phone and all, but I digress.... 
> > I have the $500 hidden away for rainy days, so I can pony up, 
> but I'm starting my own business right now, and spending money is 
> really irresponsible, but what does one do in this situation? Go 
> for the car! I know that I can get my money back out of it 
> because the lady's initial price wasn't all that far from what the 
> car could fetch if sorted out and presented properly, but I didn't 
> buy it to flip it. I want to DRIVE her!!! 
> > We'll see what happens. That guy said he'd call me monday, 
> robbing me of the weekend, but I made it this far in life without 
> the car and I guess that I can wait a few more days. 
> > Man that car was Tip-Top. I hope I get it. You'll see what I'm 
> all gaga about when you see pictures of it. 
> > That's the reason that I'm bestowing King George on a newly 
> found friend from the list. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Kenyon Wills 
> > San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area 
> > 
> > 1960 Chrysler Imperial -- 
> >http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page01.htm> 
> > 1973 Chrysler Imperial -- 
> > >http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1973/Wills/index.htm 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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