Russ,
This sounds like what Chrysler did in the seventies with a
warehouse full of Sunbeam Talbot and Alpine stock when they closed
the warehouse in Montreal. The whole lot went to the dump and buried!
If they had inquired around I'm sure there would have been someone
interested in the lot. I could use some now!
Bob
At 08:41 PM 1/19/97 +1100, you wrote:
>I was horrified to read just now in Hillmanews (magazine of the Hillman
>Owners Club of Australia) that Mitsubishi Australia had dumped their
>remaining stocks of Rootes and Simca parts. For the benefit of
>non-Australians, when Chrysler were in trouble in the late 70s and selling
>off their international operations, Mitsubishi bought Chrysler's Australian
>subsidiary including the remains of Rootes Australia.
Lots deleted...................
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Robert A. C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The "Proper" Sunbeam Man!
1953 Alpine & 1954 90 MK IIA Drophead Coupe and Saloon (+1973 & 1979 Midgets)
See Sunbeams (at) BATANS: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/BATANS/index.html
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