While this could be a hoax, it is also completely plausible. I have no idea
how big Byers is, but working in commercial real estate I see stuff in
warehouses all the time that people have no clue what it is but also don't
care to find out. A lot of times with personnel changes stuff just gets lost
or nobody wants to throw it away because it might be worth something. FWW
Pugs
-----Original Message-----
From: Seth [mailto:sbunin@provide.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 8:17 PM
To: Bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: Fwd: bricklin parts uncovered
I am interested but very skeptical. It doesn't make sense. Byers bought
out Bricklin over a decade ago! and now some guy is finding parts in a
warehouse? "hundreds of bricklin parts"? It doesn't make sense that the
company which bought bricklin would "lose" these parts. ESPECIALLY
since I can't believe Bricklin would have that much stock on hand when
even at it's best, the plant was only turning out 2062 /year. Next, the
statement that the parts would be put up on Ebay?!?!? Furthermore,
why did the email come from a personal account (maddog6198@AOL.com)?
And finally, why is the phone number his personal number? I'm guessing on
this one, but Byer's prefix is 228, not 864. While I'm not saying that it is
not legitimate, I would be careful.
Seth
#1544
On 11/12/00, at 9:09 PM, John T. Blair <jblair@exis.net> wrote:
>
>I just received the following email.
>
>John
>
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>>X-From_: MADDOG6198@aol.com Sun Nov 12 19:01:46 2000
>>Return-Path: <MADDOG6198@aol.com>
>>From: MADDOG6198@aol.com
>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 19:01:40 EST
>>Subject: bricklin parts
>>To: john.blair@bricklin.org
>>Content-Disposition: Inline
>>
>>My name is John Curry.... I am the corporate fixed operations director for
>>Byers Automotive Group in Columbus, Ohio - I work for the company that
>bought
>>out Bricklin when it went into bankruptcy several years back.... About a
>week
>>ago, I was in our downtown warehouse and found several hundred bricklin
>parts
>>that were lost in a corner somewhere and am in the process of having them
>>transferred to one of our dealerships for liquidation. i havent a clue
what
>>all is there, but it is a ton of stuff.... the stuff i saw that was
obvious
>>was body panels... there are several hundred pieces of all body panels in
>all
>>colors.... i saw complete exaust systems with convertors... i saw several
>>interior pieces as well.... please post this for your members.... feel
free
>>to call me at (614) 864-5180 ... i will be moving this stuff in the next
few
>>weeks and will be putting as much as i can on the web and / or e-bay
>>
>>best regards,
>>John Curry
>
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>
>John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
>Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
>
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> 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
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