This is a really interesting story... "Occasionally, though, he can¹t resist a bargain, even if it means venturing outside his stores. In 1982 he and two other liquidators bought 2,800 De Lorean cars, parceled them out to dealers around the country and sold them all in 18 months. He bought them so cheap, in fact, that the court-appointed receiver for De Lorean Motor Co. is suing to recover some of the profits." http://www.shenk.net/sol.htm Greg -----Original Message----- From: erikgeerdink <erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx> [mailto:erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:42 PM To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Big Lots giveaway? Rick, you never stop amazing me with your knowledge. Thanks for the answer! Erik --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "twinenginedmc12 <twinenginedmc12@xxxx>" <twinenginedmc12@xxxx> wrote: > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "erikgeerdink <erikgeerdink@xxxx>" > <erikgeerdink@xxxx> wrote: > > Ok, if anyone you know about the stored "Big Lots" you know that > its > > a pretty cheap place. 5 year old jars of pickles for $.50 and > > imitation G.I Joes in the toy isles. I know there were 2 Gold > > Deloreans made by AMEX. And then another one made with spare parts > > which turned out to be the last Delorean made (we all saw it in > > Cleveland). > > Whats up with this delorean? > > > > http://bigtexas.com/dmc/gold/ > > Big lots is a Sol Shenk enterprise. Sol Shenk was the guy who bought > the entire inventory of the DeLorean Motor Company when it folded. > I'm sure he had more cars than he knew what to do with at that time, > so plating one up must have seemed a fun thing. I admire that guy. > He started out with very little, and made a fortune by buying low, > selling medium, paying cash and being fiscally shrewd. > I suppose he probably has the distinction of having had the largest > private collection of DeLoreans at any one time. > > I'm no expert. I just read about him in Stainless Steel Illusion, > and on the internet. > > Rick Gendreau To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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