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Number: 4530
From: "Sandy Block"
Date: Wed Feb 18, 2004  11:31 pm
Subject: Re: HERE'S THE ANSWER

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Re: HERE'S THE ANSWER

Picture of the 1986 piece. Allthough the written info was altered
for 1987-1989, the herewith pictured "frame" remained. This was
omitted from the 1990s, but many people with '90s have bought them
and put them on. With all but 65 cars geting this, or something
similiar in that right rear quarter spot, 1990s looked like it had
fallen off, so many have put the "missing emblem" back on.
Click this to see an example of a 1986
http://www.ascmclaren.com/PARTS/designemblem.jpg


--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
wrote:
> I contact Hank, who has seen far more ascMcLarens "in the flesh"
than
> I have. (I don't recall ever seeing a 1984 - 50 made!!) But,
here's
> Hank's reply that just came through to me:-
>
> HISTORY OF THE PLAQUE
>
> Sandy,
> Got your phone message last night, tried to call you but couldn't
get
> through.
> Anyway to get to your question the 84 Convertibles had a genuine
> brass plaque on the right rear quarter of the car that
said "Design
> Concept by Peter Muscat" with the limited edition "serial" # of the
> car engraved in it. They also had a thicker and slightly longer
> engraved brass plaque on the right side of the dash that
> said "Limited Edition" _ _ of 50. In 85 they used the same brass
> engraved plaque on the rear quarter with the serial (limited ed) #
> of the car but did not use the dash plaque. In 86 they again used
> the brass engraved plaque on the rear quarter but this time it
> said "serial 86 - _ _ _ _" . Also they began setting the plaque in
a
> black plastic frame highlighted with a red painted border. At
some
> point in 86 they switched to a plastic version of the brass plaque
(
> I guess the price of brass went to high!) but still retained the
same
> information of the brass plaque but the information was silk-
> screened on a gold-metallic looking piece of plastic. In 87 they
> retained the same plastic frame with the gold plastic emblem
> saying "Design Concept by Peter Muscat" but with no reference to a
> serial #. This was the final design of the Muscat emblem and was
used
> in 88 and most of 89 but at some point in 89 and into 90 there was
> no longer a Muscat emblem on the car because of some disagreement
or
> falling out of the contract deal they had with Peter Muscat.
> You can see a picture of the later 86 version on my website. I
will
> take pictures of the other versions and post them on the site as
> well. Hope this helps clear up some of the mystery.
> Thanks
> Hank
>
> --