Alice,
I thought you might appreciate this testimonial from a proud Excalibur
owner.
Three years ago we found our Excalibur, a Series IV Phaeton, at a
consignment display of classic and antique automobiles. MaryAnn said, "I
want that car!"
Since then our Excalibur has been in an automobile show, three weddings and
a parade, with high school cheerleaders as decorations.
Whenever we go to "snooty" functions, where tuxedo or coat-and-tie are
required, we take our "snooty" car, for example to The Mansion on Turtle
Creek, the five star hotel in Dallas, where the parking attendant says, "Don't
worry. I'll take special care of it," and parks it in the most prominent place.
But our Excalibur isn't just for weddings, parades and snooty functions. It's
been driven from our home in Texas to Georgia, to Alabama twice (once in
the vestiges of a hurricane) and all over Texas, without a problem.
We love our Excalibur!
Grant C.
Gainesville, Texas
Dear Alice, Gordy, Sheila, Scott and the rest of the Excalibur Family....
The Best car in the world
I know this thank you is long overdue...but YOU are at fault...You not only worked in the Excalibur Corporation, you decided to keep the BEAUTY alive! The full off-frame restoration on our Phaeton was/is WONDERFUL! The style of the car in design is glorious to begin with...especially with today's vehicles all looking like one another! You folks did a perfect job...well worth the year's wait and every cent it cost....We will never sell this automobile...Bill says we're old enough to have toys ! As Baby Boomers...we have worked hard and now deserve to play hard! This car is so attention-getting and such a morale booster that each spare moment has been spent riding around! When the rain comes, I sit in the garage admiring this beauty . While it has a hard top, I think the convertible mode is the most racy...and the most striking! The paint job you did is without compare and the air horns, the stainless grill and the side spares all speak VA_VOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am overdue for knee surgery...but giving up the great feelings from driving this gorgeous automobile just outweighed the pain.....What a way to go! Young or old, the waves, the smiles, the questions, the looks.....HOW WONDERFUL! So you see...I haven't had a moment to write....all because of YOU!!!!!!! Seriously, this is the most spectacular car and we have sung your praises to everyone! This is definitely AGING with STYLE! I am glad that you have kept the Brooks Stevens Dream alive!
Love, Peggy and Bill
Winchester, CT
Hello Alice,
Our car is wonderful! You and your crew are wonderful!
Arrived back in Austin, Texas safe and sound without a single problem. Traveled about 1300 miles.
The car performed beautifully. She is now home, in Texas, without a mark on her. Lots of heads turned but no one sideswiped us.
Part of our trip was extremely cold---she started in the morning without hesitation.
The lock on the gas cap would not open one time at a gas station so we had to force it and broke the lock. The cap still turns on and off it just won't lock. Is this a special cap? Do we get a new one through you or can we get it in an auto parts place?
Thanks to you and Scott and Sheila for all your help. Your professionalism, your ethics and your desire to do the best job you can came through loud and clear. We appreciate each of you.
Our sincerest thanks for providing us with a fine automobile.
My daughter came by today. She is also a car nut and said that she thought it was much more beautiful in person than in its pictures. She drove it and said it was wonderful. (She will probably inherit it, so she should like it)
If you ever get long sleeved t-shirts let me know.
I am sure we will be in touch from time to time.
Your Most Satisfied Customers,
Judye and Joel
Dear Alice,
What a joy it has been to communicate and do business with you over the last 3 years.
It is so refreshing to find a person who is not only witty but also highly efficient and knowledgeable in their business. Alice, you make life so much easier for those who want to buy an Excalibur from you, but for whatever reason can’t visit you during the process.
The journey to buy and import a vehicle from overseas is an extremely arduous and daunting one, let alone an Excalibur given that they are such mysterious cars to most people. The costs themselves can be daunting. How do you know if what you are being charged is a fair charge, given that there’s not much precedent certainly in Australia.
There are so many issues to consider before even entering into an agreement to purchase such a fabulous vehicle from overseas given that each country has it’s own set of laws and duties that do keep changing let alone the different laws which apply in different states of a country such as Australia.
Importing a vehicle into a country is a major task, but that’s the easy part. Understanding the requirements and processes that must be undertaken for an imported car to become legal to drive in a foreign country like Australia is a whole other process.
Alice, without your efficiency and knowledge of each Excalibur the whole long importing experience would have been a whole lot longer – you made my 36 year dream of owning an Excalibur become a reality. Thank you very much.
With very kind regards,
Diana Todd-Banks
Queensland, Australia