Recent readers of DeLorean World might remember an article I wrote last year (issue 16.1) about the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum here in Cleveland. Not only does the Crawford's collection contain the first production DeLorean (VIN 500) with 6 miles on its odometer, it also contains a stainless 1936 Ford coupe and a stainless 1967 Lincoln Continental. Undoubtedly the Crawford has the world's best collection of stainless cars. BTW: The Crawford Museum will be the location for the Friday night banquet at Ken Koncelik's DeLorean Car Show June. My DeLorean World article mentions production of pre-DeLorean stainless cars as: six 1636 Ford Coupes, two 1960 Ford Thunderbirds, and three 1967 Lincoln Continentals. Over the years Allegheny Ludlum made all of these cars in conjunction with Ford Motor Company to promote the benefits of stainless steel. To date, John Z. DeLorean is the only car maker to follow their example in a production model. When I wrote the article, two of the three Lincolns and both of the Thunderbirds were in storage in an Allegheny Ludlum warehouse. Except for those two Thunderbirds, all of these important stainless cars were represented in the Crawford's collection. Yesterday, my wife Patti and I visited the Crawford doing a bit of research for Ken's show. While we were there, museum workers rolled in one of the stainless Thunderbirds! They placed it prominently on the main banquet floor, right where we will have dinner in June. Assuming the Crawford chooses to display them all, this June will be your chance to see all of these stainless cars in one place. Be sure to make it to Friday night's banquet! - Mike Substelny