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-Mike
--- 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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