cmeade wrote:
Hopefully you are dealing with an honest dealer. I special ordered a new El Camino years ago with midnite blue metallic paint, 4 spd, gauges, bench seat, SS trim etc the car of my dreams and dealer said it was totalled on the railcar. When my replacement arrived I saw its twin there for warranty work. Owner said he saw it and had to have it and paid $1000 over sticker!!!!!!
"Hotshot" drivers - the guys who deliver trailers from factory to dealer - want quickest turnaround possible.
Another job, another payday.
"Professional driver" only applies - as they get paid for what they do.
Anyone with a pickup can get on the payroll - you can too.!
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But, back to your off-topic El Camino story.
Here's the opposite - a stroke of luck with no "premium" added.
Friend was impressed by the 1963 Dodge 426 Wedge factory hot rods.
Decided he had to have one for 1964 - but in a nicer package, so ordered a 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury with a 426 Wedge.
Went with him when he got "the call". We had to walk past the repair garage to enter the dealership in Culver City CA.
One of the mechanics offered some "bad news":
"Your car was delivered with the
wrong engine!!"..:(
Yeah it sure was!..:@
The first Hemi on the West Coast!..:C
The new owner immediately took it to the old San Fernando Drag strip "as is". Tried to do so without disclosing what was under the hood, but after tech inspection (for a "stock" class) the word got out.
Dick Landy discovered (peeved) the engine that was supposed to be in a car destined for him (& hadn't arrived yet) was in a car at the track with - -
factory stock tires, a PCV valve and....... NO tach!
That car was eventually sold to someone working at the studios 1965(?), when the owner was going thru a divorce and couldn't afford to rebuild a blown engine.
What would it be worth now?
Fer sure - A *LOT* of hotshot deliveries..:B
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