Re: [FWDLK] "46K ORIGINAL MILES!!?? "

[Greg Filtz <filtz@xxxxxxx>]

I have also heard of the factory "using up" inventory at the end of the
model year.   If this is true, I would suspect that this would lead to a
number of interesting "color combinations" and "extras" being put on the
car.   Another thing to drive the restorers and judges nuts.

Greg in WI
1956 Dodge Royal Lancer

Ray Jones wrote:

> Very true; I worked for a guy in 1956-57 who ordered a new Olds every year
> with a Pontiac interior. His wife hated the Olds interiors he said and he
> had to pick the cars up at the factory, as I remember. Did this for many
> years, until his wife was killed in one.
>
> Special orders were common in those days. Some could drive the restorers and
> judges nuts.
> Ray
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> > From: Reggie Knowlton <Reggie_Knowlton@xxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: Reggie_Knowlton@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:47:06 -0400
> > To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [FWDLK] "46K ORIGINAL MILES!!?? "
> >
> > Y'all have to remember one thing. there was a day when you could order any
> > kind of color combo you wanted. One mans dream is another mans nightmare!!