James, I am STILL not clear about a fourth car.....all STORIES have said that it was decided at the factory in Ireland to use the one spare set of gold panels on the last car and they claim this was done.......so the question, I guess, is were there TWO spare sets of gold plated panels then? I have never heard that one before. Also had never heard that a fourth gold plated D was assembled in the States at some point later? At one point one of those was offered for sale and I called the gentleman....he told me he had thought to use the car for a more or less traveling display and charge for looking at it, but the insurance was astronomical and he decided against it. He didn't say anything about it being the 3rd car or the 4h car. I assumed it was the 3rd car as nothing had ever been said about a 4th car at that point. I spent a day talking to my wife about it and got her permissionto buy it, called back and the car was sold! I wont lose any sleep over this, but am still the curious type after 82 years! Murray Vin:05962 Lic: DMC-XII