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- Barson - 19 Mar 2008
hello Cain. how are ya?
do you know why your hood was replaced? what was the story with your PO - did he do it?
any ho - welcome
- Way of Cain - 19 Mar 2008
The previous owner was a Colonel in the US Army. Apparently he was afforded the luxury of having the DMC crated up and shipped with him to his various stations around the World. (Notice that the car still sports it's Hawaii Interstate tags on the bumper). Anyway, I believe he said the car was in a minor accident in 1983. I want to say that it was something invilving shipping, but I could be wrong. It was enough to warrant replacement and all that was available were the flat hoods.
In fact, I was talking to my wife the other night about where the car had been. It will have circled the globe and 27 years after it was built, will return to where it started.
- mnickels - 19 Mar 2008
Interesting story. I love the experiences these cars have had in their lifetimes. From being sold at auction and left in a field/barn to traveling the world and ending up 3 miles from the place of its birth.
- Dan6457 - 20 Mar 2008
Mine was in a scrapyard in the states before it was rescued
I know what you mean, lots of these cars have a lot of history to tell. And you will probably find someone else in the UK has one with a vin a few numbers away from yours which is quite cool to think they were just hours apart on the production line.
- Way of Cain - 20 Mar 2008
Any idea how many they built a month? 2835 and 2456 aren't too far apart themselves.
- Guinney1971 - 20 Mar 2008
Dan1986 Wrote:I know what you mean, lots of these cars have a lot of history to tell. And you will probably find someone else in the UK has one with a vin a few numbers away from yours which is quite cool to think they were just hours apart on the production line.
I think its Frederick Van Acker in Belgium that has got a car which is
less then 30 vin's away from Flopsy - and Paul Salsbury used to own a
Canadian spec car (BKZ9095), which was #6463 - only 6 vins away from
DGS :wink:
BTW - anyone know where Paul's old car is these days?
- Dan6457 - 20 Mar 2008
Yeah I was reading paul's website the other day actualy and thought theres somthing familiar with that vin number, then realised!
- mnickels - 20 Mar 2008
At least one of the sellers has received his money so the cars will soon be on their way.