[DMCForum] Re: Big Lots giveaway?

[<erikgeerdink@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does anybody know how much he bought the cars for?  How much he sold 
the cars for?
2800 Deloreans?  Wow, now thats a hell of a car show.  Try picking 
yours out in that crowd.  

Erik

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> 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@xxxx>
> [mailto:erikgeerdink@xxxx]
> 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


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