I ordered my Camaro "special" too. Little difference except more Camaros
are produced. And check out a Chevy parts department for extras...pretty
nifty and off the shelf.
--Pat K
"Colbert, Raymond J." wrote:
>
> So at least some of my asumptions were correct.
>
> Ray
>
> > ----------
> > From: Phil Ethier[SMTP:pethier@isd.net]
> > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:25 PM
> > To: Pat Kelly; Colbert, Raymond J.
> > Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Kit cars in Prepared
> >
> > From: Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net>
> > To: Colbert, Raymond J. <Raymond.Colbert@alcoa.com>
> > Cc: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>; 'Phil Ethier'
> > <pethier@isd.net>
> > Date: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: Kit cars in Prepared
> >
> >
> > >some 7s arrived already assembled by the factory. Still are, in fact.
> >
> > Not THAT factory. Lotus sold the rights to the Seven to Caterham many
> > years
> > ago.
> >
> > > The Elan isn't a kit car either...nor most of the Lotuses produced
> > >since as the factory went upscale.
> > >--Pat K
> > >
> > >"Colbert, Raymond J." wrote:
> > >>
> > >> The Europa was the first Lotus not to be considered a kit.
> >
> > Nonsense. Lotus cars were factory-built. Some of them were available in
> > England as a box of parts because of a substantial tax break there. In
> > fact, the way the game was played, they were not supposed to sell "kits".
> > The idea is that to skip out on the new-car tax, you had to build your own
> > car from parts. The factory sold you parts, not a kit. To meet the legal
> > hoops, you could not have help from a professional at the local petrol
> > station. Also, the manufacturer could not print an instruction book,
> > since
> > that would make it a "kit". So you would go to the local car-book shop
> > and
> > pick up a book. The weird part is that after you got the Ministry of
> > Transport to sign off on your "home-made car", you could drive it over to
> > the Lotus factory and have it inspected again. After the Lotus
> > inspection,
> > if you put it together right, it was pronounced a Lotus car and you got a
> > new-car warranty. I can't remember which models were available this way.
> > I'm pretty sure that the Elite was a little too complicated for this sort
> > of
> > thing, but maybe not.
> >
> > Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> > 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
> > LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
> > "If I can do it, it's not art" - Red Green
> >
> >
> >
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