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Number: 2475
From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
Date: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:49 pm
Subject: Re: The plot thickens...
Body:
Get me some real interior shots & a sho of the area occupied by the
tonneau cover on our McLarens and I'll find it!! I cannot make heads
or tails from that pic. I have no idea what I am looking at and from
what angle!
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> Well, the guy at FEP posted a pic (admittedly a tough one to see)
of
> the place where the back seat should be:
>
> http://www.foureyedpride.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2391&start=15
>
> The Cabrio by Intermeccanica had a back seat didn't it?
>
> So this car must be another conversion. No?
>
> -Mike
>
>
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...>
> wrote:
> > Sandy,
> >
> > I read your letter that you sent and was posted on The Four Eyed
> Pride site
> > about this car.
> >
> > The company that you had mentioned as "Carson Concepts" is in
fact
> Cars &
> > Concepts, they were based in Brighton, Michigan and were very
much
> like ASC
> > in that they did a lot of prototype work for the "big three".
> >
> > They actually did the finish work on the production Mustang
> convertibles for
> > Ford from 1983-1993. In 1994 Ford went back to making convertibles
> > completely in-house on the assembly line in Dearborn.
> >
> > They also did some other conversions that they themselves
marketed
> including
> > a Lincoln Mark VII in the mid eighties called the GTC.
> > (I always wanted one of these cars too) :)
> >
> > If you have a December 1985 issue of Car & Driver, there is a
road
> test of
> > this unique Mark VII. This car was no doubt the inspiration for
> the special
> > edition Mark VII LSC's that were all monochromatic that were made
> in the
> > last couple of years before the change to the Mark VIII.
> >
> > Cars & Concepts was integrated with Creative Industries which was
> later
> > integrated with Masco Tech. I doubt that anyone that originally
> was with C&C
> > is there anymore but in the mid-eighties the company president
was
> Dave
> > Draper.
> >
> > I hope this helps you in your search.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "negusm" <negusm@y...>
> > To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 2:59 PM
> > Subject: [ASC McLaren ] This is a bit off topic...
> >
> >
> > > I know that this is a bit off topic but a guy has a 1982
> notchback
> > > (converted to a vert) that has a weird almost asc top on it.
> Is it
> > > a cabrio?
> > >
> > > http://www.foureyedpride.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2391
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
>
> > >
> > >
> > >