Re: [FWDLK] "how many are left , "

[Roger Howard <rhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Philippe,
I tried this company some years ago. They were prompt in their reply.
They get their numbers based on current registrations, as far as I know.
(How else could they come up with a count?)
This means they miss all the UNregistered cars sitting in barns, garages and
fields, whether they are parts cars or restorables.
   Which makes me wonder, how DOES the system work in the U.S.? When a car
goes to a wrecking yard with title, and subsequently gets crushed, isnt  the
yard owner required to send the title into the state DMV, reporting it as
such?
In any event, Philippe, I agree with you that there must be more Imperials
out there than reported by your company.
RogerH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippe COURANT" <accf_clb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] "how many are left , "


> Hi all,
> I've a friend who has a book named "how many are left" (1984
> edition) and the numbers of "survivors" are very strange:
> About my car (1957 Imp. cv.) they said 69 cars ( prod: 1167) .
> About 1961 Lebaron, 88 cars (prod: 1026).
> About 1962 Cad....Eld.. 907 cars (prod: 1450 ex. )  !!
> i thinks that these numbers are very exaggerated and i don't know
> how they can assert a particular number of survivors.
> I've seen that a society of La Mesa (Ca) has the same name "how
> many are left". Is this society valuable with their "computer
> tracked registrations" as they ad.. They charge $ 19.00 to both
> national ans state registration (for one year car ? for a make
> ?). Does someone has used this society ?
>
> --
> Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)
> Imperial 57 Crown convertible
> Buick 58 Roadmaster sedan
>
> - American Car Club de France (ACCF) : http://www.accf.com
>
> - Chrysler Imperial France : http://www.ifrance.com/c-i-f
>
> - Cadillac " Standard of Excellence " :
> http://www.ifrance.com/accf-cad
>
> - SportsCars : http://www.ifrance.com/accf-sprtcar
>