--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Ian Stewart <istewart@xxxx> wrote: <SNIP> > The auction says, and I quote: > > Very rare car, preproduction unit chassis #20. Excellent condition. <SNIP> > The exterior photos look exactly like a production car (other than the > fact that it's black), so is this just embellishment? > > Ian Stewart The only thing that I can see that indicates that this was a lower production car is the early type throttle spool. Althogh the lack of a factory VIN plate on the door sill is quite evident. It appears to be an assigned VIN #. So, there's one of 2 possible senarios here: 1. This was a "black" car that the workers practiced and trained on. So the panels were painted seperately, then added on. or 2. This was a wrecked car, painted to conceal damage, and in the process it had it's VIN# removed. The only way to try and find out would be to remove the headliners & check for VIN#'s. Just a thought... -Robert vin 6585 "X"