That era appears to be a black hole for Chrysler Historical. I asked
about my LA-built 1962 Dodge Lancer and they could supply me with the
build record but little else - no specs and no production numbers.
And this was in 1993.
So don't blame Cerberus.
What angers me about this slop passed off as an informative article is
that the author has based his whole article on hearsay. Nowhere does he
state he spoke to some person of authority at Chrysler Engineering or,
actually, to anyone who works there now. You would be surprised the
difference in stories you get when speaking to someone who has worked at
the company for umpteen years and is still is there as opposed to someone
who used to work there but was escorted to the door some years back. Not
to mention the stories people who have never worked there but heard from
some friend, who was told by his neighbour, who heard it from his wife's
hairdresser, who heard it from the postman, who heard it from someone who
worked at the Hamtramck plant who was told about it by his grandfather ten
years after he died, etc., etc.
Also remember Cerberus lost control over Chrysler the moment Chrysler
applied for bankruptcy. The Chrysler auto company that rose from
bankruptcy has four shareholders - the UAW, Fiat, the American government
and the Canadian government. No Cerberus. And no Germans.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: <thepulpitmaster@xxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: Chrysler Archives Destroyed?!?!
In a message dated 7/28/2009 1:07:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx writes:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorial-chrysler-destroys-its-historical-
archives-gm-to-follow/
This does not surprise me. I asked for information on my Dodge Custom
880
while I worked for Chrysler and no one could find anything about the car.
It was is if it were never put into production. We are now left to get
information from other owners of our great cars. I hope the answers we
need
are being well kept!
Dayv
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