Yeah, I remember now...I think you probably added more with that detailed account just now.
-Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Foreign ascMcLarens> I've done this before, but I guess you missed it...So..... > During 1988, the powers that were did not wanna lay off workers, when > demand sluffed off. They also found that dealers - when they wnated > one - want it YESTERDAY. Daeler "A" drives past competitor Dealer B > "B"s lot and sees a "strange looking Mustang". He calls up & finds > out the who, what, and where and calls ASCMcLaren and now he want one > TOO!!! Like NOW! No time to place an order with FoMoCo and wait 5 > weeks for it to be built, and a week to be be shipped and arrive at > Autry Avenue in Livonia and logged in and wait the 2 weeks for > conversion and then wait for shipment to his Hometown Motors! He > wants it NOW NOW NOW NOW !!!! (I worked for dealers, they are that > way...G_D forbid another dealer has something that they don't have). > Okay? That said, by keeping the lines moving, ascMcLaren built up a > storage yard of a fine selection of 1988 ascMcLarens. A deler could > call and have the car inside of 10 days. > PROBLEM TIME. > They apparently mis-judged and over built, doing exactly 99 cars. > The last of the cars (most VINs last 6 digits all start with either > 266 or 279, were built late in the run (June, July, August, > September) and beginning with October, dealers refused to take them, > wanting instead the new 1989s. Therefore, ascMcLaren was left with > 99 cars that nobody wanted. > > ascMcLaren then "sold" them to Dick McQueston Ford of Northern > Michigan (Out of business, now). McQueston then took them across > boarder to Canada and sold them (for ascMcLaren - representing > ascMcLaren) at a loss. However, many other dealers from the USA went > there & bought them for much cheaper than when "new" from > ascMcLaren. I am told that these American-based dealers actually > paid $16,000 a piece fro them and brought them back into the USA and > sold them for the "normal" new-car price of $24,000, frequently > making $8,000 on each one. > I have found these (I refer to them as 266 & 279 cars) just about all > over! Especially on the East Coast of New Jersey/New York/ > Ct./Mass./ and Pa. and Maryland as well as Ohio and of course, > Michigan. > Owners all (rightfully) swear that they bought it brandy new > from "XYZ FORD IN_______" {Fill in the blank} ... Unknowing the real > story, now told here...Some of the car were actually trucked TO Dick > McQueston and then trucked across the boarder to the auction, and > acutually sold right off the truck, and then trucked back into > America. Some were driven the entire trip back & forth, so it's not > unusual for an American to have bought one of these cars with 1,000 > miles on it or so, or to have bought one with 35 miles on it! I do > have a VIN listing of all 99 of these. > > S A N D Y > > > > > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> > > wrote: > > > 99 went to Canada. MOST ALL of them came BACK to the States!! > > > > > > S A N D Y > > > > > > > > > > > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote: > > > > > Did asc do any business over seas? Canada? Mexico? Or was > > > > > everything only available to domestic dealers? > > > > > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > Canada for sure and I remember seeing a RHD Aussie ASC too. > When > > > > they over produced in '88 if I am not mistaken 100 of the ASC's > > > went > > > > to Canada on auction. Sandy please clarify this if you can > > thanks. > > > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > Groups Links > > > > > >