----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Squires <mhannis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mike Squires <mhannis@xxxxxxxxx>; van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] D500-1-Real or clone?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Squires <mhannis@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] D500-1-Real or clone?
>
>
> > Roger...Im sorry you feel I am passing off my 1956 Dodge as a fake...The
> car
> > is real in every detail...I have no monetary interest in Cars & Parts
and
> > have no interest in their profit, loss or how many are sold...I was
> > contacted and asked to have my car featured...I felt it an honor to have
> it
> > featured and agreed...If I sound upset, you can say I am...I resent the
> > accusation that I am misrepresenting my car in anyway...How many 1956
> Dodges
> > have the chance to be featured in a national publication? I felt any
> > Forward Look Member that would see it would be excited to have one of
our
> > cars finally featured...sorry that you decided to take it
negatively...It
> is
> > a shame that even Mopar fans can't just enjoy the hobby and have fun.
> >
> > Mike Squires
> > 1956 Dodge
> > Custom Royal
> > D500-1
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:41 AM
> > Subject: [FWDLK] D500-1-Real or clone?
> >
> >
> > > Just saw the December issue of Cars & Parts at the dentist's office.
> > > There's a nice article on the white and yellow 1956 Dodge CRL 4dr
sedan
> by
> > > Arch Brown, who has written numerous authoritative articles.
> > >
> > > Didn't see any ID information anywhere in the article regarding
whether
> > this
> > > is a true
> > > D500-1. Seems to me that there was extensive interchange a while back
> on
> > > this list that this car is a clone, not a factory D500-1. As I
recall,
> > one
> > > of you had known the prior owner and the same guy or another had had
the
> > > chance to buy the 2x4 intake manifold.
> > >
> > > It was good to see a MoPar feature and it really doesn't matter to me
> one
> > > way or another, but I'd hate to see someone pass off a clone as an
> > original
> > > just to make an unfair profit on a sale at some future date, quoting
> this
> > > article as "authority."
> > >
> > > Does anyone who is more informed on this matter have an inclination to
> > write
> > > a letter to the editor of Cars & Parts?
> > >
> > > --Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth, '73Duster, '81
> > Imperial,
> > > Washougal, WA [All special limited editions]
> >
>
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