Re: [DMCForum] Re: "Where are they all?" [was: pre-production]

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Mark V
On Monday, March 15, 2004, at 07:52 PM, fivetwofive wrote:

> Ok,Now you are understanding what I was saying,these cars were never
> to be SOLD,just used for what they were intended,for Company
> purposes,testing,R&D,big wigs,training,THEN dismantled or destroyed.
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> That was their intended purposes,BUT can you account where they are
> today,chances are a lot of them were Destroyed or used for parts.
> (before the factory close down)
> The ones that are around today,are the ones that were either still
> being used,or off site of the factory(ie: Legend cars)or were shipped
> to foreign countries for show purposes ect.Evading their fate because
> they Just happened to still be around When the factory shut Down.
> They then became,Vehicles to Liquidate,rather than Destroy.
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> Does this finally clear about the first  cars off the line?
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> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> 551 went to Saudi, now in UK. Automatic.
>>
>> 569 also in UK.
>>
>> Does anyone know who Olson Engineering were? One of our customer's
>> pre-1000 vin cars also went there,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> Farrar Hudkins wrote:
>>
>>> Since you asked "Where are they all?" Here's a partial answer
> gleaned
>>> from the dmcnews.com website. Location, where reported, is given,
>>> current as of 15 March 2003.
>>>
>>> 500 = A museum in Cleveland, OH.
>>> 502 = Australia.
>>> 514 = Ulster transport museum.
>>> 515 = Indiana. Purchased by Department Of Transportation. Crash
> tested.
>>> 517 = DOT.
>>> 520 = Company car.
>>> 528 = Dearborn Heights, MI. Legend Industries.
>>> 530 = Legend.
>>> 531 = DOT.
>>> 532 = Company car.
>>> 537 = DOT.
>>> 538 = BKM, Inc.
>>> 543 = G.M. Harrison Div.
>>> 548 = Company car.
>>> 549 = Olson Engineering.
>>> 550 = Company car. (T. Schnurr.)
>>> 558 = Legend.
>>> 559 = Company car.
>>> 560 = Company car. (M. McClung.)
>>> 561 = Company car.
>>> 562 = Company car. (J. Charles.)
>>> 568 = Company car. (E. Wrightsell.)
>>> 569 = Company car.
>>> 570 = Windsor, CT. Company car. (F. Rzernek.)
>>> 573 = Company car. (R. Patrick.)
>>> 575 = Company car. (G. Wagenhauser.)
>>> 577 = NJ.
>>> 608 = Newark, OH.
>>> 614 = Fort Lauderdale, FL. Company car. (R. Wemple.)
>>> 615 = Company car. (V. Capitanio.)
>>> 627 = Company car. (R. Bailey.)
>>> 628 = Company car.
>>> 635 = Manifest 10, warranty card.
>>> 643 = Company car.
>>> 647 = Company car.
>>>
>>> Many cars after VIN 647 were also company cars, including 816,
> proving
>>> false the assumption that company cars were "pre-production" or
> not
>>> intended for the public.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps somebody.
>>>
>>> - Farrar
>>>
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