[DML] Re: Where are the 397 missing first production Deloreans ??

["cbl1739" <cbl302@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well to partly answer my own question,as i read along in SSI on page 
93 it clearly SHOWS Vin 910.M (manual) coming off the FIRST load of 
Shipped Deloreans coming off the boat,according to SSI quote:the 
first Deloreans shipped to the US by boat are unloaded in Long Beach 
California.With a pic of 910 clearly shown,which was if going by vin 
897 being the first one being unloaded the 13th car off the boat 
which is vin 910 as pictured.So that means anything before vin 897 
was not a shippable car or a nonsellable  car. So were vins 500 
through vins 896 those Black shells(made whole) since it equals about 
the same amount of preproduction black shells produced?


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cbl1739" <cbl302@...> wrote:
>
> 
> While reading my digital copy of SSI,I came across a puzzling 
> question...
> 
> 
> Question...In July of 1981 the enthusiastic workers posed for a 
picture 
> of the 1000th Delorean made (see pic on page 84 of SSI)which has a 
vin 
> of 1897-A-(automatic) so doing simple math that means that Vin 897 
is 
> the First car(at least to be shipped) and 397 cars are unaccounted 
> for,we know that they were made,but according to Assembly line 
records 
> vin 1897 and NOT vin 1500 IS the 1000th car made..either the FIRST 
397 
> cars starting with vin 500 were NOT taken into the VIN count as 
actual 
> production cars(sell-able cars)or Vins were skipped EARLY in the 
> production(which I would NOT think so)So just WHERE were these 397 
cars 
> skipped over to get vin 1897 to become the 1000th car.That is a 
awful 
> lot of cars or vins to skip over into early production.
> 
> Claude
>




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