This is a true Story
While working at Pratt&Whitney Engines(One of only two Jet Engine makers in
this country)their warehouses are so big that one day some workers clearing
out one of P&W's warehouses discovered a BRAND NEW never installed Wasp
engine( propeller engine) that was supposed to go on A Fighter Plane DURNING
World War 2, somehow,during the hey days ,of the 1940's rush to build
aircraft engines for the "war" it got misplaced,and put in storage,and
forgotten untill 1990,when the above crew were cleaning out,the
warehouse,and sitting in a dusty corner all crated and ready to ship,there
it was a Vintage World War 2 aircraft engine that never saw its destiny of
helping to fight the war, in world war 2,This aircraft engine sat in a dusty
warehouse for 46 plus years,until it was discovered,by that cleaning crew,(I
heard the story, and went in the department were they store jet engines,at
that plant,and was shown the above engine,so I know that the above story is
true) so that twenty five years is not,that unfeasable for Bricklin parts to
be "lost" in a warehouse.
Claude
Vin# 1024/1136
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Pivirotto <jimp@SALT.FirstIndustrial.com>
To: 'Seth' <sbunin@provide.net>; <Bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: bricklin parts uncovered
> 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
> >
> >-----------
> >
> >>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
> >
> >----------
> >
> >
> >John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
> >Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
> >
> >48 TR1800 48 #4 Midget 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> > 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
> >
> >Morgan: www.team.net/www/morgan
> >Bricklin: www.bricklin.org
> >
>
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