That's about par for a dealer I remember asking a Ford dealer about getting
a SVO Mustang in 1986 and he had about the same reply.
Doug
fAt 01:03 AM 1/21/00 -0500, RSpontelli@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 1/20/00 11:56:57 PM EST, TIGEROOTES@aol.com writes:
>
><< How about assembling questions from the list, and interviewing your
> neighbor. Then write an article for all the Rootes Club Newsletters? I
> guarantee we will print it!
> Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
> >>
>
>Be careful what you wish for Jim.
>
>I remember, once upon a time, we had an ex-Rootes dealer at a C.A.T. meeting.
> Theresia and I were just getting into SCCA autocrossing with the Mk II at
>the time, and so I was very interested in the "legitimacy" of the L.A.T
>options. I explained the "situation" with the SCCA, at that time, and then
>asked him point-blank: " . . . So, could I, say in 1966 or '67, have walked
>into your dealership and ordered a brand new Sunbeam Tiger with such-and-such
>L.A.T. options, and had it delivered that way?"
>
>His answer was devastating:
>
>"What's an L.A.T option?"
>
>Ramon.
>
>P.S. No sense telling ANYBODY in Denver that story, right?
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