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Number: 4964
From: "Sandy Block"
Date: Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:30 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Please Read / History of PRE-McLarens
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Re: [ASC McLaren ] Please Read / History of PRE-McLarens
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What charter? Guys with 'Stangs always know other with 'Stangs.
Make a regular time & day that's good for everyone and begin to
always meet there at that time & date. 3 becomes 6 becomes 9 becomes
12 and before you know it, you'll have 20 showing up! Word of mouth.
Word of warning...when you get large, fights will break out. Better
to keep it at 20 or under !!
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, T D <blklistd@y...> wrote:
> Want to start a 5.0 club in Durham N.C. ... does anyone know how i
go about getting a charter or even if I need one... I have an '88
McLaren and most of my friends/partners have 5.0's
>
> Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...> wrote:All of the sales brochures from
all 1980-1983 aftermarket convertor
> Mustang Convertibles have arrived, and I've made a study of each.
> Herewith the findings:-
>
> Each were substantially different, allthough upon a glance they all
> looked very, very similiar.
>
> Bivouac (Bivouac - P.O. Box 279 - Vandalia, Michigan 49095 (616)-
476-
> 9794). There car was the only 2-seater of the bunch. It sported
the
> 3-window rear top design, but the small triangular small wrap
around
> windows were considerably larger than what was used on the
> ascMcLaren. The cars were 1981 & 1982s, from what I can tell. The
> working of the roof was similiar, but different! There was a
fairly
> large "chest-type" of a storage container behind the front buckets
> that had chrome chest-type clamp closures on top of it, near the
hard
> fiberglass tonneau cover, that was very, very similiar to our
> ascMcLarens. The convertible top appears NOT to have the power
pull-
> down, but rather to snap on snaps on the tonneau cover to hold it
> down. (Seems easily broken into, since thesnaps were on the
> exterior)!! Overall it looks more "Back-yard made" than does the
> ascMcLarens, that look more professionally designed.
>
> automobili intermeccanica C`abrio (a.i.c.) - 18475 Bandilier
Circle,
> Fountain Valley, California 92708 (704)-556-1011
> Factories also in: Sacramento, Calif. / Hillsdale, Michigan /
> Toronto, Canada and Monterey, Mexico.
> The C`abrio is easily mistaken for the Bivouac. However there are
> many differences. The C`brio leaves the rear seat intact, therby
> making it a 4-passenger car. The convertible roof has the large
rear
> center window of the Bivouac, BUT the C`abrio lacks the two corner
> small triangular wrap around windows. The "C" pillar of the
> convertible roof is solid vinyl, very traditional. Like the
Bivouac,
> the "C" pillar area features chrome snaps to snap the convertible
top
> down onto. This car was made between 1980 & 1982. A handfull of
1983
> may have also been made. Total Production was around 1,200 units.
>
> "The Pony Convertible" by A.H.A. (Andrew A. Hotton
> AHA Manufacturing / 5309 Manigate Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W
1G6
> Canada (416) 625-6860.
> Sad to say, compared to the high quality, factory looking stretch
> sedans and limousines and Continential convertibles that were tour-
de
> force impeccably made by AHA, this here Pony Convertible was a mess!
> It sported AHA made vent windows, but they did NOT open.
The "boot"
> was 10 miles long in looks and bore maybe 30 snaps. The
convertible
> roof (when in the "UP" posistion, also snapped onto the 30 snaps!)
> In an attemp to cut down on the blind spot created by a
gigantic "C"
> pillar area, AHA actually placed in that area a clear plastic
window
> in the shape of an upside-down pyramid. The rear window was large
> plastic. Being kind, the total effect of the car was "unusual and
not
> balanced in appearance". 1980-1983. Unknown # made.
>
> In a prior note, I mentioned the "Swift Edition by Tomaso" as well
as
> an "American Pullman" Edition. Since that time, I have learned
> exactly what this was. Neither company had anything to do with the
> making of these cars. They were mearly middle-men or thinly
> disguised vendors masquerading as manufacturers. They, (probably
> along with many others that I have not found) were merely fronting
> for a company called "Classic Coachworks, Inc." of Orlando
> Florida. "C.C." was the actual manufacturer of this product that
went
> by whatever name the vendor decided to call it. Tomaso of America
> (11125 Arcade / {POB # 5692} of Little Rock, Ark 72216 (501) 227-
0284
> was one of the dealers down south. The President at the time was a
> Russell E. Swift as well his brother Tom Swift. Therefore they
> called theirs the "Swift~Edition". Another vendor was a limousine
> convertor in New York City, named American Pullman. A.M. was known
> for their Cadillac Limousines. They too were a vendor for the C.C.
> product. All orders filtered thru Sun State Ford (Owner: Bill
> Krebs). Sun State Ford was at 3535 West Colonial Drive, Orlando,
> Fla. They were the closest Ford dealer to C.C. and Sun State
charged
> C.C. $65.00 over invoice for each Mustang. The ordered cars from
> dealers/customers from all around the country all went thru Sun
State
> Ford, and were delivered there for C.C. to pick-up.
> American Pullman was located at 1700 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn,
> N.Y. 11233 (212)-485-1090.
> This C.C. example took a little from each of the above. The
> convertible roof from the C`abrio; the rear window design from the
> Bivouac and the inclusion of the rear seat, from the C.C. as well
as
> the C`abrio. They too were made from 1980-1982. No available #s on
> total production.
>
> Convertible tops on all of them were available in black, dark blue,
> dark brown and light tan. Body paints were anything Ford offered
in
> any particular year. Likewise any options available were good to
> go. Examples came with the 4-Cyl, the Turbo-4, the six & the V-8,
> any transmissions and many different seats, from cloth to velour to
> leather to Recaros. All cars began as a 2-Door Sedan. Rear
> Defrosters and Vinyl Roofs and T-Top or Sun Roofs were the only
items
> that were taboo to order.
>
> When Ford unveiled the 1983 "Factory made" {Yes, I know it was made
> by Cars & Concepts of Brighton, Michigan) but it was touted as
> Factory Made by Ford....it pretty much overshadowed all of the
> herewith aforementioned products and ran them out of business,
> literally overnight. No longer did a product have to take 90 days
to
> arrive, it could be delivered from Ford in 30 days, and be 100%
> warranteed by FORD. This spelled doomsday for all of the above
> companies Mustang Convertible Projects.
>
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