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Number: 5294
From: "Sandy Block"
Date: Fri Aug 6, 2004  2:13 pm
Subject: Re: Interesting Vert Read

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Re: Interesting Vert Read

W-O-W Jeff, THAT IS A GREAT STORY !
I can just imagine how they felt!
There is no doubt about it, an ascMcLaren is far better looking than
a run of the mill Mustang Convertible, LX or GT. C&C did however,
have the capacity to turn out loads more of their product, that asc
did of our cars.

S A N D Y

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Burgy" <cobrajeff@c...>
wrote:
> Intersting article on the Mustang convertible conversions at Cars &
> Concepts. I have been to the C&C plant in Brighton, MI, and the
ASC
> plant in Livonia, MI. In April of 1986, my Dad bought his 1985 ASC
> McLaren convertible new (a left-over model) from Tom Botzum L/M in
> Akron, Ohio. Later that summer, he brought the car up to Michigan
> to visit me. It happened to be the same weekend as a car show
that
> used to be put on each summer by Cars & Concepts at their plant in
> Brighton.
>
> My brother and I helped Dad clean up and detail the McLaren for the
> C&C show. The car really sparkled, and our Dad won First Place
> for "Late Model Open Sports". They used to award the trophies by
> having the winning cars drive through the final assembly area of
the
> plant, where Dick Chrysler (head of C & C) would present the
> trophy. There was kind of a hush as Dad rolled down the line in
> the beautiful black ASC McLaren roadster. I overheard C&C people
in
> the background whispering "...hey! That's not one of OURS, it's
one
> of THEIRS!" (meaning an ASC conversion rather than a C&C). It was
> pretty entertaining to see the ASC car take a first at the C&C show.
>
> cobrajeff
>
>
>
>
>
>

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...>
> wrote:
> > That was interesting, had never seen it. However, our
ascMcLarens
> &
> > 1984-1986 Capri versions of the convertible went thru a whole lot
> > more!!!! I think that asc might have skimmped a bit on that
> quality
> > stuff, especially the water leak tesing, but the total scope of
> the
> > ascMcLaren conversion was way more involved than the C & C one.
> >
> >
> > S A N D Y
> > (Dealing with a computer that cannot get on-line by sending sites
> I
> > visit their URL to my e-mail and clicking that to get on. Cannot
> get
> > on the internet, otherwise. Stinks)!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote:
> > > Its not asc material but something interesting nonetheless.
> > >
> > > http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=526450
> > >
> > > -Mike