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

["ksgrimsr" <knut.s.grimsrud@xxxxxxxxx>]

A couple shipping manifests were discovered in the DMC archives. 
The "Manifest 10" notation on a VIN entry indicates that a 
particular VIN was recorded as having been shipped (in your case the 
10th shipment).

  Knut


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Lawrence Lormand" <lawrencesr@...> 
wrote:
>
> what is this manifest 10 they refer to in the Vin Listings?
> SAMPLE - 1981 538 Dearborn Heights MI Black 5 Speed F Engineering 
Car 
> (BKM Inc., indicated as automatic), Manifest 10
> 
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Erik Geerdink <dmcerik@> wrote:
> >
> > I believe they are mostly accounted for.
> >    
> >   http://www.dmcnews.com/faq/img/news/n_vinlst.pdf
> >    
> >   Many went to Chestnut Fleet Rental.  I'm sure it is possible 
that 
> the first shipment wasn't necessarily the first cars off the 
line.  
> Maybe the build quality on the first few hundred were bad enough 
that 
> they didn't want them to go out to individual customers.  Sounds 
like 
> perfect contenders for leased cars though!
> >    




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