Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Hello,
Been around Mopars, (mostly C-bodies) and the Interwebs for decades yet somehow never visited this site.
Someone cross-posted a thread about an E-body in Europe :yawn: over at Moparts, but I clicked because I do find Mopars in exotic lands to be... exotic. Then I realized I was on a site about c-bodies! So for the next X hours, I read the entire site.
I also saw a discussion on the '66 Imperial convertible that was at the big 127-car sale in Dearborn. I saw that car at least a month before, but passed it over because it was way overpriced. Not a bad car, but crazy money for a car with terrible paint and a lot of missing details. So I did something I would never usually do... I sent an email to the seller and said (politely) "No offense, but that car is overpriced. Here is a link to completed eBay auctions for the same car, blah, blah... Here is my offer." I expected to hear nothing. Or "go screw yourself."
Surprisingly, the seller understood and appears to be a pretty good guy. He said "bring cash". So I did, and now I supposedly own that car (deposit and waiting for paperwork). Also met Hemitheus while he was there buying the '68 LeBaron. He said, "great to see other people interested in these cars" and I said "Great to see other people under 80-years old interested in these cars".
I'd like to show some pics, but I imagine I need more posts until I have permission? (At least it's telling me I don't have permission?)
So here goes, first post.
Been around Mopars, (mostly C-bodies) and the Interwebs for decades yet somehow never visited this site.
Someone cross-posted a thread about an E-body in Europe :yawn: over at Moparts, but I clicked because I do find Mopars in exotic lands to be... exotic. Then I realized I was on a site about c-bodies! So for the next X hours, I read the entire site.
I also saw a discussion on the '66 Imperial convertible that was at the big 127-car sale in Dearborn. I saw that car at least a month before, but passed it over because it was way overpriced. Not a bad car, but crazy money for a car with terrible paint and a lot of missing details. So I did something I would never usually do... I sent an email to the seller and said (politely) "No offense, but that car is overpriced. Here is a link to completed eBay auctions for the same car, blah, blah... Here is my offer." I expected to hear nothing. Or "go screw yourself."
Surprisingly, the seller understood and appears to be a pretty good guy. He said "bring cash". So I did, and now I supposedly own that car (deposit and waiting for paperwork). Also met Hemitheus while he was there buying the '68 LeBaron. He said, "great to see other people interested in these cars" and I said "Great to see other people under 80-years old interested in these cars".
I'd like to show some pics, but I imagine I need more posts until I have permission? (At least it's telling me I don't have permission?)
So here goes, first post.
