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> > From: Maverick <Maverick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I was just wondering if anyone knows where the original cars of the
> > series ended up?
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> according to several people who worked on the show, none survived.
> universal studio's contract with gm (pontiac) ordered them to be crushed
> when the show ended and all of them were flattened. universal wanted one
> for display so barris made one up for them but it was never on the show.
> it was made up from some spare parts that barris had. it went to rot
over
> the years and universal had mark's restore it. according to these folks,
> every other car out there is replica.
I don't know if it was an actual show car or a replica, but there is
one that travels around various countries for auto-shows, or at least
it used to (I haven't heard of it in a while).
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