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Re: ADO Numbers

To: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: ADO Numbers
From: Martin <martin@virtual-motors.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 18:56:03 -0500
Liberia alows multiple registration of ships for the same reason. Only one ship 
is in port at
a time. Hard to track what is realy being shipped.

Larry Hoy wrote:

> Kelvin Dodd said:
>
> >The point is that the factory records and recollections are vague enough 
>that all kinds of
> possibilities exist.
> >
> >    Anyone who believes that the history of MG is etched in stone, hasn't 
>taken the time to
> turn the stone over to see what crawls out.
>
> Take this for what it's worth.  A friend in Denver worked for Hollywood 
>Sportscar (in
> Hollywood ... duh) back in the middle 60's, a British car dealership.  He was 
>a young man,
> in charge of the parts department.  The owner of Hollywood Sportscar 
>campaigned many MGBs in
> the local Southern California race circuits.  My friend insists that MG 
>shipped 5 MGB cars
> to Hollywood Sportscar that were to be prepped for racing, all with the same 
>serial number.
> Not by mistake.  The idea is you qualify a car, and have several "identical" 
>backups.  One
> breaks you use the next one, no one knows the difference ... one goes through 
>scrutiny ...
> one doesn't.  Get the picture?  He swears this is a true story.
>
> Larry Hoy
> Plan on attending the 49th Annual Glenwood Rallye
> http://mgcc.org/glenwood2001/main.htm

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