Isn't that fascinating on the chassis numbers. Despite having a number 960 cars earlier - and I believe they are built more or less in chassis number order at that stage - Tam's car is registered just on 4 weeks later. This at a time when there was a waiting list for cars that was a minimum of 6 months and sometimes much longer. And in consequence, with cars being built exclusively to customer order - none for stock.
Nick Dunning's car from the same period seems to have sat around for a long period as well. His explanation is that it was a showroom display car that the dealer was reluctant to see leave the premises - otherwise he had nothing to show new customers what they would be buying.
I wonder if this is what has happened to Tam's car? The build date is just about as production is beginning to ramp up, so could it be that this is about the time that dealers first started to be able to hold a car back for display?
I think we really need to know which dealership this car was despatched to, Tam!
Chris
Nick Dunning's car from the same period seems to have sat around for a long period as well. His explanation is that it was a showroom display car that the dealer was reluctant to see leave the premises - otherwise he had nothing to show new customers what they would be buying.
I wonder if this is what has happened to Tam's car? The build date is just about as production is beginning to ramp up, so could it be that this is about the time that dealers first started to be able to hold a car back for display?
I think we really need to know which dealership this car was despatched to, Tam!
Chris