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Number: 2161
From: tasmaniac1
Date: Sun Mar 9, 2003  7:30 pm
Subject: Re: McLaren's in Canada

Body:
Yup I remember you telling me this story Sandy as I have one of the
99 that went to Canada #1345. It is back in the USA living
comfortably in NY.

-Nick > > > > 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)....