quote:Originally posted by Mike Drew:
George, I think you should re-re title this thread. It’s not a registry, it’s ARCHIVES, and it is quite real. Phillippe bought the collection from Marcel Schaub. Marcel told me the collection was far from complete, but he did have a LOT of information on a lot (but not all) non-US cars.
The data on US cars is sparse. They were all built to a single standard (which changed over time of course) and the only documentation De Tomaso kept was the shipping and sales invoice to Ford. It’s really more of a customs requirement. I bought a copy of the document for my own car from De Tomaso when I visited with Fred Phillips in 2013. Mine lists something like 25 cars by serial number (not all in sequence, but in the same general neighborhood), and listed the color and engine number of each car, and a total price for the shipment.
Interesting conversation piece to have....
FWIW Marcel was asking 125,000 Euros for this collection. Fred tried to buy it but wouldn’t pay that much. One can only guess what Philippe had to pay but suffice it to say, it wasn’t cheap! So if you think that he is asking an unreasonable amount to share the info he has, realize it will take a thousand years to make back his investment, most likely.
Lashdeep Singh bought a smaller collection of similar documents on 9000-series cars from a source in Italy. He likewise paid a fortune and it will be difficult for him to recoup his investment, even if he charges a lot for the info he has to each individual....
Nobody (except maybe Marcel!) ever got rich selling De Tomaso parts, magazines, or information.....
I have great respect for Mike Drew, I have great respect for Mike Drew, but I have no idea where heget theses wrong infos.
Contact me by email Mike, thank