RE: [DML] Re: Useless History - was Source for Struts

[<rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Claude,

 

Why is it a ?Big question?? Does anyone really care besides your self? I
don?t recall avoiding this question before or saying I was ?great?with
Delorean?s? either but in any case there was no conspiracy on GM?s part. You
are probably right that they weren?t thrilled about us selling Delorean?s
however. Actually your question does pertain to my family history as well as
business but I have no problem sharing the information. In 1979 when the
second fuel crisis hit the states we had the misfortune to be sitting on a
couple hundred four wheel drive trucks in our inventory. These vehicles went
from ?hot? to definitely not almost overnight and our ?floor plan? (finance
rate) was in the mid teens at the time. That worked out to a few hundred
dollars per vehicle each month. A recession followed and we lost money for
several years as a result. In 1982 another dealer who was making money
selling fuel efficient Japanese cars made us an offer for the franchise and
we felt it was in both our and our employee?s best interest to accept it. So
there you have it, no conspiracy, just dull economics. Maybe now we can put
the topic to bed?

 

Rob Grady,

 

P.J.Grady Inc.

 

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From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
cbl1739
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:31 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Re: Useless History - was Source for Struts

 



The Big question is what happened to the Chevy part of the 
business...seems GM did NOT like the Grady's being in the DMC 
business or something like that...or?? This question was asked before 
but No answer was given, Grady himself,ran around the question and 
just answered with how great he is with Deloreans,but the question 
was never answered.

--- In HYPERLINK "mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Tom Tait" <TTait@...> wrote:
> Anyone wanting to explore the comment I made, and my lackluster 
logic
> (and apparently mathematical skills) follow on then...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "PJ Grady is a family owned and operated business that had been 
located
> in West Sayville, New York since the early 1900's, when it was a 
Chevy
> dealership. PJ Grady is now solely dedicated to the preservation ad
> restoration of DeLoreans and has developed a reputation as one of 
the
> best shops to have your DeLorean restored to its original beauty."
> 
> 
> 
> In 1901, as Vice President, Roosevelt succeeded President William
> McKinley <HYPERLINK
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley"http://en.wikipedia-.org/wiki
/-William_McKinley> after
> McKinley's assassination. He is the youngest person ever to become
> President. He served as President until 1909.
> 
> 
> 
> Rob isn't the founder of PJ Grady, and Rob's decendents did not (to 
my
> knowledge - how old could they be? 10?) sell any chevys, but his
> ancestors (you see, I used the opposite word there!) did. 
> 
> 
> 
> While the Delorean motor car or company did not exist when FRD was
> president, John did - he was 20 when FDR died. So my friend - 
DELOREANS
> DID EXIST! - Hah!
> 
> 
> 
> Now - No one is sure if Doc Brown ever met Benjamin Franklin, but 
it is
> widely held that the entire Time Traveling Delorean may actually be 
a
> myth, making such a meeting impossible (although these guys have a 
lot
> in common - hair, lightning, inventions etc.). There was however 
actual
> film footage of Doc Brown in the presence of John F. Kennedy 
(another
> President, really, look it up if you are interested) accidentally
> included in the preshow footage of the BTTF ride. Once Kennedy 
(who is
> not really dead because Doc saved him) learned of this footage, he 
had
> the BTTF Ride closed to hide the link between Doc and himself. The 
best
> cover story they could come up with was an ill conceived Simpsons 
Ride -
> but not even Universal is really that dumb, it may never open.
> 
> 
> 
> Why am I wasting your time with any of this? Well - I'd rather 
write
> this than have to keep reading about angry flamers who hate some 
vendor
> or whether someone should be allowed on the list without a car.
> 
> 
> 
> Maybe if we didn't all take ourselves so seriously this forum 
wouldn't
> occasionally turn so bitter and mean spirited.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm gonna go play scrabble now with Doc, Kennedy, and Einstein - who
> always kicks my butt (you see - your wondering if I mean the actual
> Albert Einstein, or the Dog - because losing to one of those would 
be
> totally embarrassing while the other would be understandable IF you
> allowed German words on the board).
> 
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> ____________-_________-_________-__
> 
> From: HYPERLINK "mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:HYPERLINK
"mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf
> Of cbl1739
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:24 AM
> To: HYPERLINK "mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DML] Source for Struts
> 
> 
> 
> You really mean since somewhere around 1981,As Before that his 
> decendents were running a Chevy Dealership ,since of course 
Deloreans 
> were not around in Franklin's days.And of course his decendants 
were 
> in the Chevrolet car business,otherwise that would make Grady 
> himself...what.-.Like 100 years old? ;-)
> 
> --- In HYPERLINK
"mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%
40yahoogroups.-com> , "Tom
> Tait" <TTait@> wrote:
> > 4 Struts from PJ Grady, the last remaining Delorean Dealership, in
> > business since ??? Roosevelt? Maybe Teddy and certainly Franklin -

> $100
> > 
> > 
> > This goes to show me that despite nearly having a niche market by 
> the
> > ball-joints, our vendors are doing a great job of keeping costs 
> fair.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> > 10902
> > 
> > ____________-_________-_________-__
> > 
> > From: HYPERLINK
"mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmcnews%-40yahoogroups.-com>
> [mailto:HYPERLINK
"mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%
40yahoogroups.-com> ] On 
> Behalf
> > Of David Teitelbaum
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:00 PM
> > To: HYPERLINK "mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com"dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmcnews%-40yahoogroups.-com> 
> > Subject: [DML] Source for Struts
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > This just came up over on a Lotus forum. It appears to be a place 
to
> > order all kinds of struts for ANY car. They have the struts for 
the
> > bonnet and the doors for Deloreans. 
www.autopartsbylou.-com/index.-php
> > I can't say if they are any good, just that they have a listing 
and
> > the pricing looks good. It would not surprise me if some of the
> > Delorean vendors get their struts from a place like this.
> > David Teitelbaum
> > vin 10757
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

 


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