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From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
Date: Sun Mar 9, 2003  3:22 pm
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: McLaren's in Canada

Body:
The VINs all begin 1FAPB40 indicating a 1988 Ford Mustang LX V-8 2-
Door Notchback Sedan.....Noooo Problem OKed for sale in Canada!!
S A N D Y


--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "InfoSysSec" <infosyssec@i...>
wrote:
> Hmmmm... so the McLaren's that slipped into Canada were not
originally destined to go to Canada... and therefor the ones that
happened across the border were most likely part of that auction
batch.
>
> The other thought struck me as I was looking at the 'Approved' list
for vehicle to be imported in to Canada, and I could not find
McLaren's listed. The Gov't of Canada would have requested a couple
of vehicles to smash into a wall ( for testing purposes ) for the
vehicles to have met the Canadian Dept of Transport rules... and I
don't think McLaren or Ford would have wanted to bash two cars in
order to get the permit to market them in Canada. So according to
that theory, the McLaren's that probably did make it into Canada are
probably titled or registered as Mustang convertibles ( as those
vehicles had passed the Dept of Transport's smash em into a wall
testing program ).
>
> That $16k would have been an irresistable bargain back in 88/89.
Don't yeah sometimes wish you had a time machine, so you could go
back in time and take advantage of little quirks like that ;)
>
> Marq
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sandy Block
> To: ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:45 PM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: McLaren's in Canada
>
>
> Here is a question for that trivia packed mind of yours...
> V
> V
> V
> V
> Actually not only do I know the answer, I also know the entire
(sad)
> story!! R U Sure you wanna hear it?? ?? ?
> V
> V
> V
> V
> V
> V
> V
> > > > In 1987 ascMcLaren ONLY built cars AS THEY RECEIVED the
order.
> This created a little problem. Dealers are a VERY impatient
bunch !
> (Know this!!) Dealers would call ascMcLaren and they would have
seen
> one of our cars on ANOTHER dealer's lot (HORRORS) and they would
then
> want one, YESTERDAY. They were not happy with a 8-10 week wait,
and
> got somewhat nasty, 'ya know the old "XYZ Motors has it and I
WANT
> ONE, N*O*W." So ~ come 1988, ascMcLaren decided to "overbuild"
> thusly making SOLD To DEALER cars, and when there was some slack
(or
> downtime) they'd just keep on pumpin' them out. Well....... this
is
> not a good idea. (Chrysler did it in the mid to late 70's and
that
> was a primary cause of their near bankruptcy! They called it
> a "sales Bank") Anyhow, ascMcLaren over built some 99 1988 cars.
> 1989 Mustangs were rolling into ascMcLaren rail-yard and were
bing
> unloaded. Suddenly, nobody wanted a 1988 !! They wanted 1989s!
The
> 1988s were getting weather-beatin' sitting outside into December-
> January of 1989. So, ascMcLaren made a deal. They sold them all
to
> a dealer in Michigan called Dick McQuiston Ford. He took them
over
> the boarder to Canada, and ran them thru an AUCTION up there,
where
> they all sold ! They sold at OUR USA equalivent of $16,000 !!!!
> Many, but not all eventually would up BACK in the USA when Ford
> Dealer from Michigan, Minnisota, North Dakota and Upper New York
> State heard about the "Good Bargins" and ran up north & got in on
the
> action, oaying $16,000 for them and selling them back in the
states
> for $ 23,000 (HOME RUN) ! Others stayed in Canada. There is
no
> way of knowing how many came back home to the USA. I have come
> across many of them, however...I'd say about 20-25 or so that I
know
> of are here in the USA. I do, however have all 99 of their
serial
> numbers (VINs)....
>
>
>
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "InfoSysSec" <infosyssec@i...>
> wrote:
> > Hey Sandy....
> >
> > Here is a question for that trivia packed mind of yours...
> >
> > My older brother up in Toronto Ontario mentioned that he
thought he
> had seen an 88 McLaren roaming around the streets of Toronto.
This
> got me to wondering whether McLaren's were 'officially' sold up
in
> Canada through dealerships or whether any McLarens that are
presently
> in Canada are simply US units that have migrated up north over
the
> years ?
> >
> > Marquis
>
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