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 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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