Wednesday, December 02, 2009
FROM THE WACKY FILE
When this experimint in marketing went belly up in the mid seventies,
Aquacar's West Coast facility rounded up all the bankrupt dealer inventory
and stored them on a lot about 3 blocks from my house. You could have
bought one for pennies on the dollar. I should have bought one, but there
was kids, mortgage, braces, etc, etc, etc..............................................
Ain't that a familiar "tune" in the car world?
When this experimint in marketing went belly up in the mid seventies,
Aquacar's West Coast facility rounded up all the bankrupt dealer inventory
and stored them on a lot about 3 blocks from my house. You could have
bought one for pennies on the dollar. I should have bought one, but there
was kids, mortgage, braces, etc, etc, etc..............................................
Ain't that a familiar "tune" in the car world?
These were called Schwimmermobiles.