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Number: 4966
From: "Sandy Block"
Date: Fri Apr 23, 2004  7:26 am
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Please Read / History of PRE-McLarens

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Re: [ASC McLaren ] Please Read / History of PRE-McLarens

When Mustangs come, Capris will follow! But remember, they built 11
Mustangs and then a Capri. 11 Mustangs and then a Capri, 11
Mustangs and then a Capri. You'll get like 25 Mustnags, before a
Capri. Ahh, the beauty of the arrival of the first really nice
Capri. Like ice water in the desert!!



--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, T D <blklistd@y...> wrote:
> well quite a few of us are cops so .... listen out for shots
fired ...hahahahaha...
> its just so hard for cats to just get together they want it but
they don't want to take the time... I'll do the best I can
> Thanks as always Sandy
> "You Da Man"
>
> Sandy Block <cigarsandy@c...> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > S A N D Y
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> >
> >
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