Thank you to whomever instigated the research at CH...I agree wholeheartedly with Wayne's statement. Reminds me of the local dealership that sold me a very low mileage '99 Dakota. They didn't bother to run it thru CarFax.com...it came up as "totalled"...The dealership was reluctant to take it back, and very reluctant to let me out of the lease...they wanted to replace the vehicle with a "similar" (?) unit. A lot of nerve, but no forward-thinking...I will never go there again! Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Graefen" <WGraefen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 9:41 AM Subject: [FWDLK] Barrett-Jackson '01 '57 Adventurer Cv > The black/gold '57 DeSoto Adventurer convertible, VIN #50424347, at the 2001 > Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, which did not meet its reserve, and is > currently still under B-J "post-sale" contract, has been researched through > Chrysler Historical. The original IBM build card for that VIN number shows > that the car left Chrysler as a Fireflite convertible with a triple white > paint code and Fireflite patterned interior and lesser options. > > Barrett-Jackson auction company has been advised, by me, of the > documentation problem as of yesterday. > > Consider this a heads-up advisory for the good of the hobby. It is not > intended to hurt the owner of the car who may have been mis-informed when he > bought the car and may wish to seek recourse. > > Real cars deserve real money when sold. "Built", bogus, or fraudulent cars > deserve to be exposed as soon as they are discovered. > > Wayne Graefen >
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